How do engineering placement agencies work? Why are most engineering jobs through placement agencies?
I only ever got one job through an agency. My current engineering gig in LA was through www.monster.com. Or www.monster.ca in Canada. You do know that if you are a Canadian citizen and have an engineering degree you can also work in the USA with a “TN Visa”. And these visas have no quota and are super easy to get. Just to a Yahoo search on “TN Visa”. I am a Canadian engineer working since 2001 in LA on my dream engineering job.