do below avg e&c enggr get jobs thesedays?

Question

m an enc student have less than 60% in my aggre
can i get a job in good cos

Answer 1

I work in the E&CE field. It is definitely tougher than during the bubble years. Your average doesn't matter if you have some practical experience and can convince an employer you have some skills. Once you've been working for awhile your schooling will matter very little. That said, you may be asked why your marks are so low. Most students are capable of >70% if they're putting in enough study time. If you have bad work habits in school, you will not suddenly pick them up at work. I've actually struggled with this at work where I pretty much breezed through school with an >80% average, but had bad work habits. I've been working on correcting these over time.

Probably the things an employer looks for most are:
1) Basic intelligence (if you get your degree, then check)
2) Curiosity and some knowledge of the field your potential employer operates in
3) Skills. Especially software skills. Being able to program proficiently is a plus, because even if you're just modelling a problem you'll need to code. Hardware is basically a software excercise now as well.
4) Communications skills, although the bar here is pretty low because it's E&CE
5) Any work experience at all that shows you can show up 9-5/5/(52-vacation)

Remember, and I can't stress this enough, when you try to find a job you're trying to sell yourself to someone who has very limited time and has very specific needs. Show that person how you can help him. Don't worry about HR types if you're looking for an engineering job, beyond a few "personality" type questions the engineering dept gets the call on new hires.

Try to do a good job, but don't sweat it too much in your 20s. You will be a grunt until your 30s at least, when your career starts to take off.

At this point in your life you might also want to take a look at what your real interests are. If you're just doing engineering because "it's a good undergrad" you will hate working in engineering by your late 20s. I guarantee it. The stress, the deadlines, the competition will eat you up. There are people out there who LOVE engineering. They'd do it anyway. There are people out there who want high paying jobs. They will force themselves to work in engineering. I don't want to discourage you, but if you're relatively young you have other options outside of engineering. Banking/investment will take engineers because they're better at math than most business graduates. Just make sure you're doing something you want to do, not something you feel you have to do. If you're a guru with low marks then do not worry, you will do fine once you get one job and you show people your practical skills.

Answer 2

try learning job skills that counts more than ur%