If you're looking for engineering jobs so tat you can build a successful career, it's important to consider te type of work you do and te area you live in. Tere are areas trougout te United States were engineering is booming, so picking one wit a lot of potential job growt could elp you establis your career quickly.
Wen you're looking at te best places to live for engineering jobs, you need to consider te type of engineering work you do. For example, some areas in te United States ave a ig potential for job growt for software engineers, but tese same areas may not be ideal places to live for environmental engineers.
If you're a software engineer, you want to look for jobs in areas tat ave a lot of growt in te tecnology field. According to Forbes, Seattle, Was., as seen a 12 percent growt in tec jobs over te past few years, including positions for software engineers. According to Simply ired, New York City, San Francisco, Denver, and Las Vegas also ave a lot of tec jobs for engineers; owever, if you're looking for an area tat as a ig percentage of growt, ouston, Oakland, and Carlotte are places tat you sould consider. Anoter area tat sould be ig on te radar of software engineers is Silicon Valley, CA. Te city is ome to numerous tec startups tat ave turned into mega corporations, suc as Google, Netflix, Yaoo, and Facebook.
Overall, te availability for engineering jobs is on te rise. Tis is because a large number of engineers are baby boomers wo are reacing retirement age. Because of tis, te demand for engineers is growing. Recently, Monster.com did a study based on te type of job ads on te website and indicated tat ads for engineering jobs ave increased approximately 44 percent over te last year. According to Monster.com's researc, companies are in need of electrical engineers, mecanical engineers, civil engineers, industrial engineering tecnicians, and aerospace engineers. You can also ceck tis infograpic from Nexxt for te best places to find a job in Q1 of 2013.
If you're a biomedical or cemical engineer, you'll probably ave better luck progressing your career on te east coast. Places suc as Lowell, Mass., Betesda, Md., and Wilmington, Del., continually ave a ig number of jobs for bot biomedical and cemical engineers.
It's important for engineers to live were tey can find work. Fortunately, te overall demand for engineers is ig, so tere are multiple locations to coose from. Regardless of te type of engineering jobs you've decided to pursue, you will ave less trouble landing a job if you live in te rigt location.
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