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How anyone can contend that there is a lack of qualified engineers is a mystery to me. I know a number of great engineers looking for new positions; some are currently employed, some are not.

I would more agree with the picky, dumbed-down hiring manager than the lack of engineers. A lot of hiring or engineering managers haven't got the sense that God gave a toothpick and have no clue about what they want in an employee - most are just empire-builders.

Granted, I've worked with a few engineers who couldn't design their way out of a paper bag, but I have worked with a ton more engineers who had lousy, ignorant, micro-manager bosses. A lousy boss does not an "engineering shortage" make!

Good engineer's usually are introverts. Most are intelligent, temper mental, analytical, and brutally honest people. They are for the most part exceedingly bright and can spot a du-foose, self promoting, smart arse M.B.A. Hr manager a mile off and steer clear.

So the only thing an smart arse Hr person can do is pick some poor soul from a foreign country and hold their visa over their head and scream work naive, work!

A well groomed engineer will just walk and will not put up with the crap. Most likely he is skilled in other disciplines like hydraulics, electronics, plumbing and computers. So making a living another way is not that difficult.