Engineering placements and summer internships: advice for newbies
Engineering work experience can help you dazzle employers and learn valuable career lessons. From placements to summer internships, here’s what you need to know.
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Engineering work experience can help you dazzle employers and learn valuable career lessons. From placements to summer internships, here’s what you need to know.
Every time you jet off to far-flung exotic locations – or Ibiza – you owe a debt of gratitude to the talented aerospace engineers who designed the aircraft. Read more about working in aerospace engineering here.
They perform the crucial task of ensuring that biomedical equipment is working properly and therefore treating patients effectively, as well being safe. Read more here.
Can you feel the chemistry? Are you keen on experimenting? If the answer is yes, then maybe you should consider a career as a chemical engineer. Read more here.
More than just being behind the ‘bread and butter’ of society, some of the most famous man-made structures like the Burj Khalifa, Panama Canal and Olympic Stadium would have been the brainchild of structural engineers and civil engineering visionaries. Read more here.
When you were little, did you love Lego? Were you always curious and ‘hands-on’ as a child? Well, looks like you were showing early signs of being perfect for a career in engineering! Read more here.
Anybody who’s thinking about applying for a summer (or off-cycle) internship should make sure that they’re well-acquainted with the application process in order to maximise their chances of landing the role they’re after.
Your university degree will provide you with theoretical knowledge that will be invaluable throughout your placement, but there are certain things that can only be learnt through working in an industry – or advice from someone who’s been there themselves!