Electrical Engineer looking for Job Tips

I graduated about 2yrs ago with a BS in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university. I decided to take some time off because through my entire collegiate career I had to work full time to pay for school as well as help support my parents since my father was laid off. This had some adverse effects on my GPA. I had a few interviews that went well but was never hired for various reasons. I kept busy while searching for jobs and started Grad school as a non-matriculation student and completed 2 courses with satisfactory grades. I also did some Matlab training, free online courses offered at MIT and Stanford in EE, became a freelance tutor, worked on programming skills. I feel as though I am a better engineer and more focused then when I graduated but don’t understand what I am doing wrong when it comes to job searching or what I can do to better market myself. I was wondering if anybody had any career advice.

So would you suggest that i would be better off completing my masters, trying to get an internship or temp Job in gaining experience? Or is there a way to word in Cover Letter that I have kept busy

Have you tried going back to your school for help in your job search? From my experience, "Career Services" or the equivalent department often extends its services to alumni. They may even be able to hook you up with a former student who is in your field who can give you some direct advice about what it would take for someone in your position to get hired.

phriot in Medford, Massachusetts said: Have you tried going back to your school for help in your job search? From my experience, "Career Services" or the equivalent department often extends its services to alumni. They may even be able to hook you up with a former student who is in your field who can give you some direct advice about what it would take for someone in your position to get hired.

Thank you for the advice, I got in contact with some former classmates and trying to look for intern positions. I also trying to get in contact with hiring managers to see if it would be possible to talk to a hiring manager about what it would take to get hired