[offtopic] job inquiry; entry/trainee FPGA/ASIC designer

You don't tend to get many jobs advertised on this newsgroup and it tends to concentrate on technical issues. Many companies do list jobs on their own websites and some even have direct contacts with university departments so worth asking there too. Occasionally recruitment agencies fill the gap but some companies like ourselves have a policy of not recruiting due to the fees agencies charge and maybe a just a little because the irrating number of calls they make even when they are told that you never use an agency.

John Adair Enterpo> Hi!

Do they teach how to Google at university? ;-)

HTH., Syms.

Hi Symon,

Yes, were are tough to look for information on the Internet. I am a frequent visitor at cwjobs, eures, etc. It seems that there is plenty of jobs but:

1. most of them are dupes (an agency is posting the same offer every day)
2. yet I have to find one that does not require commercial experience (I am not browsing all offers, just the one with lowest salary proposals, as these are usually entry/junior jobs; I agree, I might have missed the post I am looking for).

Don't get me wrong. I am not whining or begging. Moreover I am not asking anyone to look for a job for me. I simply asked If anyone knows about entry/trainee job out there, that is not offered via job boards.

Still, thanks for response.

Does your university have a career center? At a previous job where we hired entry level engineers, we only recruited through the university career centers for entry level positions.

Regards,

John McCaskill

Yeah, sorry, suggesting Google was a bit glib. It seems daunting starting out, but I'm sure you'll be ok! John M., makes a good point, you might be able to get something through your Uni's career service. That worked for me (if I can remember that far back), but in the end my first 'proper' job was advertised in my local newspaper. I guess you tried trawling big companies' websites. They often have graduate programs.

Good luck! Syms.