The Association for Consulting Engineers has just published the results of a survey into engineering recruitment. The report can be downloaded at the following link:
http://www.acenet.co.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=news&item=515&page=4
Not surprisingly, there is still a large skills shortage in consultancy. This is presumably also the case accross the Architectural and Construction sectors. There are currently 20,000 unfilled vacancies in the Engineering and Consultancy sector. So how do we address this important issue?
Recruiting the right graduates
If we look at the spread of degree subjects being studied in the UK, we find that almost twice as many students are studying creative arts and design subjects compared with Engineering and Technology. Also there is growth in the numbers of creative degree students of 6% per year. Yet when we look at the types of degree within this category, increasing numbers are taking media studies or product design type degrees, which all have an element of Computer Aided Design in them!
Wouldn’t it therefore be adviseable to begin tapping this growing resource? After all, students who begin as CAD technicians are likely to want to progress to Engineers once they see the amount of jobs available out there. Or am I being naive?
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