Competitive Market is Good News for Mechanical Engineers
Competitive Market is Good News for Mechanical Engineers
With a competitive engineering market continuing into 2025, engineering optimism is fueled by new technologies, meeting climate challenges, and ensuring energy transition.
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Attracting and recruiting the best engineering candidates in today’s market continues to be competitive moving into 2025. This is good news for engineers who “are not worried about finding a job right now.” This is the conclusion of the 2025 Workforce Planning Guide that covers trends, strategies, and geographic and role-based salary data. The report added that the ratio of job openings to engineers is about three to one. “And that’s down from last year when there were seven listings for every candidate,” it said.
According to Industry Week, the demand for engineers is “cooling a bit,” but three positions for every one engineer are “still good for engineers who seek top salaries.” According to Jim Gerlock, an executive recruitment consultant with Addison Group, engineers enjoying the greatest opportunities are those who are new graduates and those with under five years of experience. These engineers are bringing “foundational, technical knowledge” that is desperately needed in everything from manufacturing to robotics to automotives, he explained.
According to Industry Week, the demand for engineers is “cooling a bit,” but three positions for every one engineer are “still good for engineers who seek top salaries.” According to Jim Gerlock, an executive recruitment consultant with Addison Group, engineers enjoying the greatest opportunities are those who are new graduates and those with under five years of experience. These engineers are bringing “foundational, technical knowledge” that is desperately needed in everything from manufacturing to robotics to automotives, he explained.