Recent 42 yo graduate from USA on temp Visa, are engineering graduate programs right for me?
Hey all,
So, I went back to school for mechanical engineering at the ripe age of 37. Just as I was entering my final year, my wife was recruited and hired to do some amazing work in the speech pathology world here in Brisbane. I know everyone's having a rough go with the job search, but I've been applying for these graduate programs with zero luck even landing an interview. I don't know if it's because I am American (maybe they prioritize grads from Aussie universities?), or that I have quite the resume that shows my age (including owning a business), or maybe everyone is going through the same thing.
Are these graduate programs restricted to either conventional aged students or citizens? Or maybe do I need to dilute my resume down to one page and remove some past jobs? Anyone have any pointers for this scenario? It's very likely we'll be staying for quite a while (we love it here and the Australian demand for my wife's work is very high), but yeah, hard to make ends meet on the one income.
Thanks in advance!