5 Steps to Winning Your First Engineering Job. Congratulations, graduate! You’re a qualified engineer! Now get a job and start paying back those student loans. Engineering Competitions Can Get You Hired. Top schools and employers scout engineering competitions for talent. Even if you don’t win, it’s worth your time to be there. read more
Earn your engineering degree. You will need to have at least a bachelor's degree to get a civil engineering job, but you will get farther in your career path with a master’s. Research the details of any program before you enroll. Some engineering programs focus on employment after the bachelor's degree. They usually feature internships. read more
In fact, it’s not unusual for engineering firms, especially interesting startups, to get in touch with universities they’ve worked with in the past to search for new recruits for graduate jobs. read more