The Hardest Jobs to Fill in America

Even during this economic downturn, employers are still having a hard time to get skilled professionals such as engineers.

http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/artic...reer-leadership

While I generally agree with the tone of the article, I don't know if you can really take it to heart when you read statements like the following ...

Beginning engineers need only an undergraduate diploma--and with that they earn a starting salary of six figures.

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I am not sure I have ever met anyone with 'only' an undergrad diploma that can come out earning a starting salary of 'six figures'.

I am not sayin' ... just sayin' ....

JR

Creative license - they're counting the zeroes after the decimal place!

This seems like a more accurate assessment of engineering salaries:

http://www.eweek.org/site/News/stats/NSPE_survey.shtml

geofs said:

This seems like a more accurate assessment of engineering salaries:
http://www.eweek.org/site/News/stats/NSPE_survey.shtml

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I'm disappointed that that site couldn't put the salary info into a chart. No way I'm going to read through all those words when a chart would have worked.
/engineer

Yeah, better yet, they could have put it in a chart with the salary numbers in scientific notation so we wouldn't have to deal with all those pesky zeroes...

they arent calling me and tex... :-(

Is stormwater modeler on the list?

I am not sure I have ever met anyone with 'only' an undergrad diploma that can come out earning a starting salary of 'six figures'.

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What if you went to a Top 3 program and own a contracting business?

VTEnviro said:

Is stormwater modeler on the list?


What if you went to a Top 3 program and own a contracting business?

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Then it doesn't matter, your sheer awesomeness creates a situation where dollars are meaningless to you.

I don't know about that six-figure statement, but I'm sending that article to my boss.

Dleg said:

I don't know about that six-figure statement, but I'm sending that article to my boss.

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I'd do that, but I'd be kindly directed to HR for my exit interview.

Yeah, I didn't really send it ... too afraid to. If everything works out for me, he will be approving a decent new position for me anyway, so the last thing I need is to look like a whiner at this point in time.

^^^ Good luck Dleg!!!! Fingers crossed for ya man!!!