Wanted: vacation work opportunities for engineering students

Have you considered offering vacation work within your organisation for engineering students this summer? Engineering students have to complete 12 weeks of vacation work in their field of engineering in order to graduate, and it seems to be getting more difficult for many students to find opportunities.

Our industry is faced with (another) looming skills shortage and if we want well-qualified engineers we need to support them with vacation work opportunities. Vac work is also an ideal way of showcasing your company to prospective employees, and building a relationship with people in our future recruitment pool.

If you are able to offer a vacation work role to an engineering student (any discipline), even if it is for 6 weeks rather than 12, please contact me at stanborough@internode.on.net. I am currently mentoring a student looking for chemical engineering vacation work, but in the event that I receive interest from more than one company or for a variety of engineering disciplines, Sabina and I will use our connections within university careers centres to match you with suitable candidates still looking for vac work.

Regards,

Miriam Stanborough

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