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Advice to Rocket Scientists: A Career Survival Guide for Scientists and Engineers - Dr. Jim Longuski, professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering at Purdue University.
I've read this fantastic (and short) book over and over at various points of my career--while earning my master's degree, in the workforce, and again while working on my PhD. Despite the title, this book contains great perspective on career planning for a wide variety of engineering disciplines and even the sciences. I've lent my copy to half a dozen people so far!
Career planning and maneuvering a workplace are two things that are not often taught in engineering school, so this book highlights these topics for technical people interested in careers in industry and/or academia.
There is a book by a professor you may have heard of.
Its not easy getting into a specific niche that you want to do. Read the book and get ready to do non-traditional methods of job searching. Otherwise, there is nothing wrong with getting some experience under your belt and then transferring to aerospace. It is a very competitive field, with some of the best and brightest in the world.
Keep building skills while you are job hunting. Take some online excel courses, general MS office courses, build some code for a pet project, try to get a job with a professor at the university you graduated from, etc.
Good luck!
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