Graduate Skills
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What is it like to work for Shell? Two recent graduates from the University of Warwick give some insight into what it’s like to work for one of the largest companies in the world.
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Engineering grad Katherine Ebsworth first worked for PepsiCo on a university placement.
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Richard Kirk, based in Belfast, is the regional director at the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE). He tells The Engineer about his career path, his work at the ICE, and how students can improve their chances of progessing in the engineering industry.
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Proving his passion for automotive engineering won this graduate a top international job with Volvo
29/06/2015
Former Loughborough University student Chetan Kotur reveals how he used a set of fantastic experiences to get a headstart in the car industry. -
The Shell Eco-marathon embodies the innovation that young would-be engineers need to succeed in the field, says the chief executive of EngineeringUK.
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A group proposing the UK’s first new university in 30 years believes it’s time for a revolution in the way we teach engineering.
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The Student Engineer spoke to Serena Tulloch, graduate recruitment adviser at engineering consultancy Atkins, to find out how to navigate the firm’s hiring process.
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Looking for tomorrow’s engineering leaders
08/05/2015
Neil Hopkinson of the University of Sheffield explains the importance of teaching leadership skills to engineering students. -
The most popular graduate employers that recruit engineers have been announced following a record vote by 40,000 students.
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As a graduate engineer you’ll probably be earning a pretty decent salary but did you know that over a fifth of the world’s billionaires are engineering graduates too?
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Big firms offer prestige – and top starting salaries – but small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can often give you a much broader engineering experience.
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Meet the engineering graduate who gave up a City job to join Britain’s craft beer revolution
26/03/2015
Jaega Wise used her chemical engineering background to help start one of London’s most exciting new microbreweries. -
Whether you’re applying for a job or conducting a public meeting, communication is a vital tool for engineers to master. Here’s how you can get started.
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When James Williams started at university, his ambition was to enter the music industry. But he soon realised a highly competitive job in a recording studio wouldn’t provide the challenging lifelong career he was looking for, and so he switched to a media technology degree and set his sights on b...
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The motorsport industry offers a plethora of exciting projects and challenges for engineers.
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Motorsport has one of the most exciting images of any engineering sector and the UK is its global capital. But behind the glamour lies a hugely rewarding intellectual challenge that stretches far beyond Formula One.
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An internship doesn’t just look great on your CV; it can also be a shortcut to a permanent job, as one engineer discovered a fortnight after completing his placement with Tata Technologies.
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BT is creating hundreds of graduate jobs to help deliver one of the UK's biggest engineering proj...
12/03/2015
BT has announced 300 new graduate jobs to support its £3bn rollout of next-generation broadband and the development of new ultra-fast technology. -
The food industry is Britain’s largest and arguably most important manufacturing sector - and offers some fascinating jobs for engineers.
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Engineers face particular challenges when applying for their first job. Here are our tips for being the best you can be on interview day.