No experience in my current field of study (Biomedical Engineering)
I do love what I learn at school but what's the point of learning if I don't use it? From my past experience in the nursing field, if there is something that I learned is that if you don't use something that is learned... well you will surely lose it. Because of this belief of mine I don't think not having experience in a specific field should stop me from applying to jobs/internships in that field. The sad truth is the only thing HR sees is my resume... using all resources available to build one's own resume is advisable. Ps if anyone reading has a tip, feel free to share.
Although experience is important, biomedical engineering has changed and evolved since its beginnings in the 1980’s. Your nursing experience IS EXPERIENCE. And your practical experience is actual use under clinical conditions. Biomedical Engineering used to mean bare knuckle mechanical engineering but with cross pollination from other fields it is now more. Apply to positions and emphasize experience as end-user. Even if you don’t get a particular position, you can ask what else they want to figure out what additional training might be needed. Good companies like experience but they NEED hires who are open to new experience on the job - not just interns returning to clean up lab equipment. Companies not willing to grow their employees’. skills aren’t really equipped to develop new, cutting edge medical advances. You are better needed.elsewhere
Honestly a lot of ppl are gonna say get an internship or network, which is good, but maybe you should try taking classes, whether online or not, that teach you skills that employers need and put in their job descriptions. I'm actually a mechanical engineering student right now, and even tho I was fortunate enough to get research experience, I'm in the same situation right now where I'm trying to build up on skills for an internship. So try looking at job descriptions of companies to see some skills they need and find some classes you can take to get those skills. For online classes, try Udemy.com. Good luck with your studies and job/internship search!!
it's true that HR only sees what on the printed page. They don't seem to care about anything else. Even if what's on the printed page does not make sense they still go with it.
How can this be your "chosen field" if you have no experience in it? That's what internships and labs are for. Also, get a student job in your school's biomed engineering department. Surely there's something I nursing on which you can help to build your future career.
Have you been doing any networking (e.g. linkedin.com) with friends, classmates, professors, people currently working in Biomedical Engineering? I hope this helps and Good Luck Liz-Audrey!
Volunteer once a week somewhere either during the school term or after you graduate! Pray! Its difficult to comprehend that you dont have or won't land a job within your field when you've worked so hard towards it!
Is College all a bunch of bs. U get ur dehree and then hundreds of thousands of people have debt. Then they have medical problems of worrying about how they will pay it back? It seems likenits a joke. Theu want you to have experience when u graduate also. Its a bunch of bs.