I'd say pretty good, providing you're willing to do anything to get your foot in the door (just don't tell the employer that). It all depends what you want to do. If you want to work for a utility, try applying for an auxiliary operator, equipment operator, non-licensed operator. That's a foot in the door with the most opportunity, since most nuke plants hire a new class every year or so. We at Palo Verde have an external posting out right now, go to
www.apsc.com and see that. I believe there are few posts on this board about it, and we're pretty much dying to get navy nukes in because the well is pretty dry for other candidates with experience. Once you're in at a utility for several months and complete your quals, if it's not your cup of tea and you don't want to take the operations route long term, then apply for internal job postings as they come available.
As an ELT, in-house Chemistry/RP jobs are a little harder to come by, since their are usually contract RPs or Chemists lined up for those. Again, operator jobs are more plentiful, but you can you can do the RP/HP thing for a while, get to see many different places as a contractor, but you may have had enough travel. Contract outfits post for that kind of work on this site almost daily. I've been a house mouse (utility employee) since I got out the Nav 20 years ago, so I'm not the best one to give advice on working contract RP, especially if you need to stay working.
If you like construction or maintenance, try outfits like Westinghouse, Bechtel, Framatome, et al.
Happy New Year and good luck
