Possible Jobs?

Where have previous graduates in your group gone to? Contact them to see if they know of other companies (i.e., competitors) that use such services. Does your group receive/have they ever received any financial support from industry? Are any of research articles in the journals that you publish in by industrial researchers? Contact them directly. Tell everybody you know that you are looking for a job. Ask everybody you know who they would know that might be able to help. If you know 300 people and all of them each know 300 people, that's 90,000 potential people that you are 1 degree of separation from. Realtors, minsters, politicians,... know far more than 300 people. Monster.com, careerbuilder.com. There are other sites as well that specialize in various fields. Keep working on these skills and never let them get out of date. There is no job security in the workplace anymore.

Big tip: never give your resume to someone to pass on to someone else. Find out who the third party is and contact them directly. You always come across better in person than on paper (if not, you have REAL problems) and you can represent yourself better than the other person can (if not, you have REAL problems).

Despite having spent onerous years on your MC/MC research, this is for real and for keeps. This is your chance to show off how well you can really do self-directed research.

John

Thanks for the tip, John. The problem for me is that I am almost the first student to graduate. And not like doing experiments, there is really little information for finding a job of doing simulation. But your suggestion really opened my mind and I will try to do those things.

Modeling at a coarser scale will likely be more in demand - FEA in particular - for static/dynamic applications with solids, as well as fluid flow. I'm sure you can pick it up fast if you can find somebody to take the chance on you.

John