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to heyniceperro: not necessarily. The 8 girls in my program (mechatronics) are having an equally tough time finding a job as the guys. I know its a small sample size (sigh...) but I wouldn't take it for granted. to Cypress: I currently know 3 Canadian engineers working in the US for NASA or the defense industry. I don't know how difficult the process was, and I don't know have any easy way to contact them, but its not impossible, so don't give up!
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Dads posted:At my school (and likely in most others) the job placement program is heavily geared towards large companies, industry types, and 'career-oriented' opportunities. Most of the companies at job fairs seem to be looking for semi/permanent employees, and this seems to be where most of my peers end up. A general attitude I get is that most people are looking for jobs where they will always be advancing and always be making more money. I'm wondering the same thing. My GPA is a bit better (although I'm still in first term so that may change (but hopefully not)) and I'd like to live a similar life to what this guy is proposing. Anyone else done something like this? Cypress posted:I personally haven't tried these but they always looked kind of fun: The "(whatever) for the evil genius" project books. We used Electronic Circuits for the Evil Genius in my high school electronics class (the guy who wrote the book taught the class) and it was OK at best. If you end up getting the same book, don't take the books word on everything, there are tons of errors, some pretty appalling ones too, like mislabeled datasheets for ICs. The projects start off fairly simple, like a light detector, and become moderately complex by the end, the last project uses up to 4 IC's and you can do quite a bit with it. I made D and D dice, with a switch that causes a 7seg display to count really fast, and then you stop it by turning off the switch. You could choose 2, 4, 6, or 8 "sides" to the dice with 4 other switches. Also, I'm looking for a Co-op job right now, any Canadian engineers who are at a company that does co-op and could help get me a job? 
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leo_r posted:This seems like a good place to ask. (speaking only about Canada) BC is one of the most beautiful and vibrant places in Canada, especially Victoria and the coast. Quebec is nothing to shake a stick at either, but I still prefer BC. If you are looking for a top tier school, Waterloo is consistently ranked first or second, but the town and general area is kinda boring. McMaster I don't know much about, but I imagine it wouldn't be much more interesting than Waterloo (do not take my word on that part, though, I haven't been to Hamilton myself.) I agree that a term abroad should be something to enjoy, not something to spend working your butt off. I have no plans currently to spend a term abroad, but if I did, I would choose my location before I even looked at schools in the area.
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Have you told the power plant that you have another offer and don't want to risk not getting any job, and if they could let you know sooner? I have no idea if that would help, hurt, or not affect your chances, but its what I would do in your situation.
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BeefofAges posted:The mistake you made here is that you only applied to ten companies. I had a great GPA and a good resume and I still applied to dozens and dozens of companies only to get a handful of interviews. It also often takes companies months to get back to you. As a college student, you are worth less than dirt, and so most companies won't give more than a few seconds of attention to your resume. This. Everyone I've shown it to tells me I have a killer resume, but I still applied to almost 40 companies, and I thought it was barely enough.
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