International engineers often believe they need more confidence before they can contact companies.
But confidence is not something you wait to feel.
You build it through preparation.
Making phone calls certainly helps. The more conversations you have, the more comfortable you become.
But the greatest improvement occurs when you genuinely understand what the company does.
If you contact a mining maintenance contractor but don’t understand:
• The equipment being maintained
• The problems occurring on site
• Shutdown and maintenance activities
• The role of engineers, tradespeople and supervisors
• The difference between brownfield and greenfield work
…then naturally, you will struggle to speak confidently.
You are trying to have a professional conversation without enough substance behind your words.
That is why preparation must sit behind everything:
Your resume.
Your email.
Your phone call.
Your interview.
Confidence grows when you can say:
“I understand the type of work this company performs.”
“I understand where a graduate engineer could contribute.”
“I can ask sensible questions about your projects.”
You don’t need to know everything.
But you do need enough knowledge to participate in the conversation.
Real confidence is not pretending to know more than you do.
It is knowing that you have prepared properly and trusting yourself to begin, this is what the GAP program OFFERS, no need to learn it all from scratch, no need to find companies, no need to know who to talk to , its all there for you, so you can learn and focus over a few months and secure work, so if you are SICK AND TIRED of applying online, reach out to talk to me about how i can help, HIT THE LINK BELOW and book in for a FREE 15 MIN CALL
Mark
Graduate Coach™
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