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Find out what are the most pressing matters in the industry and how they could affect recruitment. It may even help you to see where to look for the best candidates or help you find a good engineering recruitment agency to work for.
This article will help get you started and make you aware of recent developments in the industry. If a particular story catches your attention then you should look for more information online.
Head of Network rail calls for more women in Engineering.
Adrian Thomas of Network rail has recently said that engineering recruiters should make more effort to get more women into engineering.
The government has been advised to emphasise STEM subjects.
The education director and head of early career programmes at BAE Systems passionately believes that more needs to be done to advertise technology, science, engineering and maths subjects. This would ensure that engineering has a strong future and generates more and more talent.
There is a high demand for electronics in engineering recruitment.
It seems that there are more and more vacancies emerging for electronics specialists. There is also a demand for electronics design engineers.
Construction companies learn from last recession.
The construction industry has invested in the future by putting time and effort into developing junior talent. They have tried to provide as many opportunities as possible for young people. This includes things like apprenticeships, school leavers programmes, work experience and graduate schemes.
High quality scheme aims to promote education in engineering.
This scheme gives students real practical experience of solving engineering related problems. The scheme has been made possible by the Royal Academy of Engineering and surprisingly it has been running since 1984. The aim is to make sure that people are aware of how important it is to include engineering in education programmes.
Survey shows 14 and 15 year olds have a lack of interest in engineering.
This could be due to a lack of knowledge about the subject in general. The IET have conducted a study that shows 90% of 14 and 15 years olds know little or nothing about engineering careers.
