Career Corner

摘要

Our May Career Corner argued that education (RF and microwave engineering, in our case) is a key factor in the global competition for technology and jobs. Generating engineering graduates is the key to sustaining domestic technology jobs, as much as it is a bottleneck for expanding offshoring destinations. A recent study by Engineering Trends examined the projected number of engineering graduates based on enrollment figures. The report shows a steady and concerning decline in the number of enrollments to science and engineering faculties, including Bachelor degrees, Master degrees and PhD programs. Lower enrollment was explained by other experts as caused by expectations of decreasing employment in those fields. Is it possible that the "outsourcing" and "offshoring" buzzwords are becoming a self-fulfilling propliecy? This must not happen because: a) It is the wrong conclusion and b) Going along with this approach makes things worse. Blaming offshoring and taking for granted declining employment is an underdog state-of-mind, which will lead to corresponding results.