Eurograduate have launched the digital issue of Eurograduate 2012.
Eurograduate focuses on graduate recruitment and further study opportunities in Europe. This issue includes:
Working abroad
Women in the workplace
Industry information from Tourism to Automotive
Postgraduate courses
University profiles.
You can view the magazine online and save a copy. For more information about working or studying abroad please see Prospects and visit Careers in WG3 in the Queens’ Building.
Studying engineering? Thought about a career in teaching, but not sure what subject you can teach?
One option is to use your creativity and imagination, along with your problem solving and technical skills to teach physics. By showing how physics is one of the foundations of engineering, you will be inspiring future engineers too.
For more information, including routes into teaching, bursaires available and how to apply, visit www.iop.org/buildingbrains
Yesterday I went on a visit to Jaguar Land Rover’s facilities to find out about their graduate vacancies. Their company is about to launch a big recruitment campaign to promote their various vacancies.
Last year they took on 336 graduates, and this year they want to recruit even more. They are also looking for 1st and 2nd years (and 3 year MEng) to apply for their 3 month summer placements and 12 Month Industry placements. Applications open 10th October.
When graduates start with them, they are allowed to “try out the products”. This basically involves driving very fast round a track in Jaguars and taking Land Rovers off road on their purpose built terrain. I was allowed to have a go yesterday and I can definitely say that it is a great perk of the job!
Who are they looking for?
They are a big business, so need people from all degree backgrounds for finance, sales and marketing, procurement and IT roles. As you’d expect, they take on a lot of Engineers and are particularly keen to recruit Electrical Engineers as well as Mechanical, Aerospace and Automotive Engineering and Materials Scientists.
They also want to attract more female applicants to the industry and are keen to emphasise that it is definitely not a macho testosterone filled environment to work in.
Top tips for getting in:
Six friendly people on their current graduate scheme gave some great tips for being successful in applying for Jaguar Land Rover.
Vinny Potter – Careers Consultant
Calling students of urban planning and design, architecture, landscape architecture and engineering. You are invited to enter the Urban SOS 2011 student competition.
Urban SOS is an annual student competition created to engage students with the issues confronting modern cities and to find solutions to the complex challenges facing today’s built and natural environments. The theme of this year’s competition is water.
Water is the world’s most vital resource and needs creative design, planning and engineering responses to tackle water-based challenges facing urban sites. If you or a team of yourself and some friends have any buzzing ideas you are encouraged to submit them as a project plan by Friday 29 July 2011.
In November, three finalists (individuals or teams) will travel to the centre for London’s built environment, New London Architecture (NLA), to present their submissions to a panel of judges. The finalists will be competing for a cash prize of £9,500 and a further award of up to £15,600 in value for a charitable/relief organisation to help make your project possible. For more information please see the website.
Entering this competition is a great opportunity to build skills like problem-solving and project management for the workplace. It shows a strong interest in the industry which employers look for in applications. It offers the chance to progress your ideas into reality, which is a great achievement in itself and also a good way to learn about the sort of job you would like to do in the future.
As we’ve mentioned before on this blog taking part in student competitions is a great way to boost your experience. Here are two pretty amazing competitions for Engineering students that have caught my eye.
Bosch Technology Horizons Award
The Bosch Technology Horizons Award is a national essay-writing competition run by Bosch in partnership with the Royal Academy of Engineering. It is open to 14 to 24 year olds and aims to generate an interest in engineering and technology. By selecting an area they are passionate about, entrants get to test their writing skills and provide their opinion on the impact engineering and technology has on their chosen subject.
Entrants must write a 750-word essay answering just one of the following questions:
1) What role can engineers play to ensure a greener world in the next 125 years?
2) What do you think was Robert Bosch’s greatest engineering achievement in his lifetime and why?
Deadline is 18 March 2011 and full details are available at http://www.bosch.co.uk/technologyhorizons
Automotive Challenge
Cranfield Uni are offering a fantastic automotive prize for the 4 students who enter their competition.
Students at any University in the UK are eligible and this is what you could win…
Day 1. You will get to drive a skid car at Millbrook test track with an advanced instructor.
Day 2. You will be given exclusive access for a day at the Aston Martin One-77 production facility and then get to experience “The Cave”, Jaguar Land Rovers 3D virtual reality suite.
Day 3. You then get to go for a behind the scenes tour of Mercedes GP Petronas Formula One HQ and find out if you could be the next Michael Schumacher!
So what are you waiting for? Enter now!
Vinny Potter
QM Careers Adviser
On Friday I went to the National Engineering and Construction recruitment fair in Birminham to see what opportunities there might be for Queen Mary Students and Graduates. The results were surprisingly upbeat. After quite a difficult recruitment year in 2009, things are starting to look up for this sector.
The list of companies who were interested in applications from QM students and Graduates was extensive and included: Cummins, JCB, BAE Systems, GE, General Dynamics, Jacobs, Jaguar Land Rover, Messier-Dowty, Network Rail, Sharp and even a Canadian Mining firm called P&H MinePro Services.
The number of Graduate jobs as well as 12 month placements and paid summer internships seems to have increased from last year, (Cummins alone has more than 50 twelve month placement vacancies).
But the list of degree types the companies were interested in was also diverse. Obviously there were technical roles, which require specific degrees or Masters, such as Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace, Electrical and Material Science etc, but the sector is also looking for people to go into other roles such as HR, Marketing, Sales, Finance and many more. For these roles, most companies will look at students from any degree background.
So whatever your qualification, why not consider the engineering sector?
Many of the companies will be looking for more recruits within the next few weeks, as there are some large commercial contracts to be won in December, so keep going to their websites and have a look at the vacancies coming up.
27 October 2010
This day long event organised by the School of Engineering & Materials Science with the support of QM Careers is aimed at furthering links between Queen Mary, University of London and Industry through Presentations, A Prize Ceremony and Networking.
The activities schedule for the Autumn ILF includes:
- Display of current doctoral research projects (attended by academics, employers / industry partners and QM students)
- Annual Prize Ceremony (sponsors present their student prizes)
- Networking between QM students and Industry Representatives
Companies confirmed to attend include Advanced Healthcare Ltd AEM / Namtec , AFC Energy, Alcoa, ARTIS, Apatech, BAA (Heathrow), Bose Limited, Corin Ltd, De La Rue International Ltd, Doosan Babcock Energy, EADS Astrium Ltd, Engineers without Borders, General Motors, Interface Europe Ltd, Jaguar Land Rover, MAST Carbon Ltd, Matchtech Group Plc, National Physical Laboratory, Rolls-Royce, Sphere Medical Ltd, Tata Steel Europe, Teach First, TFL and Tyco Electronics
Please visit http://www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/ilf/ for details and register at http://www.thecareersgroup.co.uk/engineeringforum/
When a recruiter is looking at a pile of CVs or Applications as tall as the day is long a certain amount of fatigue sets in, and all the wonderfully constructed sentences about your academic achievements tend to merge into one. Something that really cuts through is the external achievements.
One of the obvious ways to demonstrate your wider experience is of course being an active member of a student society, but another interesting way of demonstrating your creativity, drive, team working, problem solving and all that other good stuff is through taking part in competitions.
Below is an example of one that has just been launched, and I’ll keep an eye out for any interesting ones and post them here.
Next Generation Award
Autocar, the SMMT and Courland Automotive practice are on the hunt for the automotive industry’s brightest future stars. Answer a brief set by editor-in-chief, Steve Cropley and win industry placements at Honda, Peugeot, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota and the Marshall Motor Group – as well as a £7500 cash prize. Find out more about the Next Generation Award on their micro-site. http://nextgen.autocar.co.uk
