One Simple Behaviour That Changes Everything for Graduate Engineers

One Simple Behaviour That Changes Everything for Graduate Engineers
Written by Mark Healy
Mark Healy is the Graduate Coach and has 20+ years work experience in Australia’s mining and resource sector, including the construction of gas pipelines, power stations, alumina refinery plants, and rail plants & equipment.

One Simple Behaviour That Changes Everything for Graduate Engineers

Tips for International Engineers & Graduate Engineers

Just recently literally within the last week another graduate secured work.

She had only been with me for a very short period of time, not even a month.

And the reason she secured the role might sound strange, but it’s very simple:

👉 She genuinely wanted work.

If I asked her to do 10 things, she didn’t do 7.
She didn’t do 9.
She went away and did 40+.

Some people will do most of what’s asked.
They think “7 out of 10 is good enough.”

It isn’t.

The people who:
• push themselves
• do the uncomfortable work
• and stay consistent

…are the ones who do well.

Getting work isn’t rocket science but it does require consistency.

What makes it hard is:
• not having results yet
• feeling exposed or rejected
• not having a clear methodology

And here’s the truth:

Even when you do have the methodology

(like what I teach in the GAP program),

👉 nothing changes unless you actually apply it.

When people apply it consistently:
• they get work in 3–6 months
• sometimes even sooner
• occasionally they get “lucky”

But luck always sits on top of effort.

One important distinction I see all the time:

🔹 Some people want work
🔹 Some people want permanent residency

They are not the same thing.

The people who:
• want the work
• want to live here
• and understand that PR follows good employment

…do far better.

Those who think:

“I’ll take any job for PR, then move later”

Almost always struggle longer than they need to.

Eventually, they realise this:

👉 It takes the same amount of effort to get a job you like as it does to get a job you don’t like.

So take the time.
Do it properly.
Apply yourself fully.

Consistency wins every time.

Mark
Graduate Coach | GAP Program
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