Sometime back i met a graduate from aesi and after a year of completing his degree he still is without a job and now is looking for training or job. When asked why is he not joining a particular vacancy. his reply was "I want to work in my core field?"What is core field? Your core field is not propulsion or avionics or aerodynamics! When you begin your career specialist is not demanded. Specialist is not what company looks for in a fresher. For someone starting out you need to be generalist, a person who can do multiple things, a person who is adoptable. A person who can fit the work he his assigned to from time to time. This is one general quality that freshers are taken for.
They look for a lump of mud, un-curved and un-molded but soft and of quality. Its the job that you get that molds you, your inherent interest and the core fields generally comes out when you are in the job.
So how does this apply to aesi graduates?
If you have taken more than 4+ years in getting your degree then the first priority for that guy is to get appointed as soon as possible, or else he will need to explain lot of things. The training in NAL or GTRE, ADA or any other organization fills this gap. If you have done training, then not only your confidence is higher but you also you are perceived better qualified by the would-be employer.
You know aesi puts you at the disadvantage of people not knowing about it, so why put yourself in more disadvantage, start early. Begin with a broad category, a broad title. Unless you are a PHD, there's no use of a core specialist. And not taking a training or low paying job just because its not related your core is simply stupid. So don't make that mistake.
Do you feel the same way or do you think core is what you get in first? what else will you advise, do comment.
