I’m an aerospace engineering senior graduating in May, and unfortunately I still don’t have a job offer. At this point, it honestly doesn’t look very likely either. I also know part of the problem is that I didn’t apply enough, probably only around 20 to 30 applications total.
Right now I feel like I have two options:
1.Do an MEM degree
I got a full scholarship for Master of Engineering Management and I can do it in the following unis: Duke, JHU, and possibly UT Austin and Rice. They would also give me about $2k a month, and during that time I could keep applying for jobs.
My concern: once in I can't quit, so it might be difficult or impossible to get and offer unless I apply at the end of the program which could just look like I’m delaying unemployment rather than actually solving the problem.
2.Keep applying and hope I land something
The other option is to just keep applying for jobs now and hope something works out.
My concern here is that I might still not get a job, and then I’ll have spent a whole year doing nothing when I could have been using that time to get the MEM.
I guess I’m trying to figure out which option makes more sense long term. Has anyone been in a similar situation?