Ashok Harridaw a Senior Civil Engineering Technologist shares his CAREERTIP with Herve-Noel Kimpwene a Young Civil Engineering graduate who wants to know how to work towards achieving finding an opportunity to work in a Civil Engineering field of his choice whilst employed in a different field.
I have a dream of becoming a Structural Engineer but I currently find myself employed in a company that focuses on a different aspects of Civil engineering. How do I work towards my dream?
The easy response would be to persevere until an opening becomes available in your desired field of choice. The unfortunate reality with this is that years may pass and your passion may not be realized.
In such instances, and favorably for Mr Hervé-Noël, who is at least employed in the broader field of engineering, there has to be sacrifices made in the short term for long term benefits.
This would involve the sacrifice of your personal time to offer your services at zero cost to any prospective employer. This is understandably easier said than done, but with the desire to attain your goal, one must be prepared to demonstrate how their service to the company will result in a win-win situation.
What advice or tips would you give a young graduate on his way to professional registration?
I would advise young graduates to make their registration applications to the relevant bodies earlier, rather than later in order to be guided on what aspects they could be lacking for obtaining their professional registration, and use this information to focus on obtaining these necessary skills for the purpose of registration.
Remember that in order to be registered as a professional, does not entirely involve having the relevant skills in the field of registration you desire, but must show personal growth of the individual, demonstrating their ability to perform in a manner that is deemed professional.
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The challenge is a lot of company don't just accept people even those offering free services.
ReplyDeleteAnd we do settle for other job while looking but as time pass by we still need to put food on the table and our CV don't look as attractive anymore.
It is really not as simple but I believe as long as we keep on trying something can always come up