A: FROM MENTOR MOLLY WILLIAMS IN MI
Unfortunately, personnel managers can be very narrow minded. The first
screening of a job application in the personnel office requires sorting the
applications by discipline, and there may be some confusion with a double
major because the sorter won't know which slot to put the application in.
For example, if you double major in chemical engineering and biology, you
might be categorized either as a biologist or as an engineer. That's not to
say that supplementary studies aren't a good idea, but when applying for a
job, you will need to make it clear what kind of position you're looking
for. On the other hand, electrical and computer engineering are so close,
that it is relatively easy to get both degrees, and often the job
requirements will allow for either degree.
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A: FROM MENTOR AIMEE WILLOZ IN MN
Janis, the most important thing is to pick a field that you find
interesting! This is also true when you consider double-majoring. What a
person's major(s) tells me as a hiring manager is what that person's
professional interests are. If you're interested in both electrical and
computer engineering, a double-major would be great. If you're much more
interested in one side (for me, it's computer engineering), then focus on
that. There's a *huge* variety of options in any of the engineering
disciplines, so you can find a job that fits how you like to work within
any of them. For example, if you like working with people, you can get
into the marketing/sales/customer interaction side of a business.

My brother is a chemical engineer, and he works for a company that makes an
herbicide that is used on farms. All the volume of the chemical they
produce in a year is used in a 6-week period during the growing season.
Previously, he worked as a process engineer, so his job was to keep the
chemical process running (were the ingredients mixing correctly, were the
temperatures of different steps maintained, etc.), so that the company
would have enough of the herbicide to meet the demand. Currently, he works
as a project engineer, which means that he works on specific projects that
take a period of time and then end. As a project engineer, he might work
on improving the efficiency of one of the production steps.

Go out there and find what you love to do!