Bit of a rant, also would appreciate some advice if there's any to be had!
I graduated a year ago with a phd in electrical engineering. I figured it would be easy-peasy to find a job even despite the pandemic. "EE Phds are in high demand!" they said. "It doesn't matter exactly what you worked on in grad school, most people don't end up working on the same stuff in their jobs" they said.
Well, I started hunting for a job a year before graduating (2 years ago, now) and what they DIDN'T tell me was that my particular sub-field of EE was so esoteric, no company cares about it. And they DO expect you to work on the same stuff you did for your thesis. So here I am, 5 years sunk and no prospects to show for it, just a piece of paper.
I've been trying to rebrand myself and start a different career trajectory, but the problem is I have no experience working in the new area. Interview after interview always ends with the hiring manager deciding I don't have enough experience in their area--justifiably so! Somebody sees a resume with a phd on it, they expect you to have 5-6 years of experience relevant to the position they're hiring for. They don't expect you to say "Yeah I worked on X for 5 years, but i just started teaching my self Y a year ago as a change of career and have no formal experience". It seems like I'm kind of screwed and I should have just gone straight into the job market after my undergraduate schooling, before anybody expected me to have relevant experience.
I feel so lost. What can I do???
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