One rejection does not define your engineering career.

I speak with graduate engineers every day.

Some are exceptional.

Smart.

Hard-working.

Technically capable.

Yet mostly everyone misses out on graduate programs.

For many graduates—particularly those who are new to the Australian market—it’s worth broadening your approach beyond graduate programs alone.

Look at smaller companies.

Regional opportunities.

Contractors.

Consultants.

Vendors.

Project support.

There are many different pathways into engineering.

I’ve also learned something else over the years.

Sometimes you get the job you thought you wanted…

…and discover it isn’t actually for you.

I’ve accepted roles expecting to work on site, only to be moved into design.

It wasn’t anyone’s fault.

It simply taught me something important about myself.

Every experience helps you refine your direction.

You begin to understand where you do your best work.

What gives you energy.

What doesn’t.

That’s not failure.

That’s experience.

Don’t be afraid of making the occasional wrong choice.

Be afraid of repeating the same mistake over and over without learning from it.

Your career isn’t built on one application.

It’s built on thousands of small decisions made consistently over time.

Keep learning.

Keep meeting people.

Keep improving your communication.

Keep refining your direction.

And if one opportunity doesn’t work out…

Don’t fight it.

Learn from it.

Then move forward.

Because somewhere out there is a role that’s a much better fit for your skills, your personality and the engineer you’re becoming.

Mark Healy the graduate coach

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