Also need a job

[Lou Girardin]

Bugger! It's that premature ejaculation thing again.
Lou

[Coldkiwi]

Is the university you got the degree from one of those noted in the Washington Accord Marmoot? if you're not sure, get hold of IPENZ and find out. That may mean that some employers won't recognise the qualification (unlikely given how desperate you obviously are for work). The accord is a document put together by prof eng. institutes from around the world about which Universities engineering degrees are at a suitable level to be considered as equal. If your university isn't one of them it may cause problems but I would've thought only if you went to get registered as a prof. engineer. Dunno mate, you should be fairly employable if you go down the electronics road.

[Marmoot]

May be. It was accepted by NZQA though (in my residency application).

I'd just put it to underexperienced-overqualified. It's nice to have a scapegoat within easy grasp.