I need some advise from the wonderful engineers here!
Let me explain: My husband is currently waiting for his PE exam results (AGAIN, 4th attempt). He was laid off in Oct 2009 and has not had a single offer for employment since then. Since he bagan his job search 14 months ago, he has only had about 6 in-person interviews and appx 10 phones interviews after sending out close to 2,000 resumes all across the country. The feedback he has received from the very few companies that gave him any were "you're over qualified", "you have earned more money in the past than this job will ever pay" and "PE is required". He has 16 years experience and the last 8 years was as Sr. Project Manager (land development). He has only worked for 2 companies; one for 3 years in Water Resources and the other for 13 years in Land Development. I'm thinking there MUST be something wrong with his resume to only get this few calls. I have thought about getting his resume rewritten by someone that knows the engineering field. What do you think? Would that help? Is there anyone that you would recommend for resume services that won't charge an arm and a leg? Of course he is feeling like he should get into a different line of work!
Thanks for any help/advise you can give and good luck to you all who are waiting for exam results!
Let me explain: My husband is currently waiting for his PE exam results (AGAIN, 4th attempt). He was laid off in Oct 2009 and has not had a single offer for employment since then. Since he bagan his job search 14 months ago, he has only had about 6 in-person interviews and appx 10 phones interviews after sending out close to 2,000 resumes all across the country. The feedback he has received from the very few companies that gave him any were "you're over qualified", "you have earned more money in the past than this job will ever pay" and "PE is required". He has 16 years experience and the last 8 years was as Sr. Project Manager (land development). He has only worked for 2 companies; one for 3 years in Water Resources and the other for 13 years in Land Development. I'm thinking there MUST be something wrong with his resume to only get this few calls. I have thought about getting his resume rewritten by someone that knows the engineering field. What do you think? Would that help? Is there anyone that you would recommend for resume services that won't charge an arm and a leg? Of course he is feeling like he should get into a different line of work!
Thanks for any help/advise you can give and good luck to you all who are waiting for exam results!