ANOTHER TWO PEOPLE INTO WORK THIS WEEK
ANOTHER TWO PEOPLE INTO WORK THIS WEEK! Some more good news from The Graduate Coach™ community. This week, another two people secured employment: ✅ An Electronics Engineer who will be…
Tips for Engineering Graduates
This Week Was Interesting…
This week, traction.
✔ Some have secured work (contracts pending).
✔ Others finally moving after two flat weeks.
✔ Conversations turning into interviews.
Why?
Consistency.
The Pattern I See (After Critiquing 8–10 Graduates Recently)
Let me be honest.
The girls have been outperforming the boys lately.
Not because they’re smarter.
Not because they’re luckier.
Because they’re:
• Hitting their numbers
• Following up
• Communicating clearly in meetings
• Showing up disciplined
Some of the guys?
❌ Inconsistent
❌ Repeating the same mistakes weekly
❌ Too temperamental when things didn’t move fast
Now this week they’ve lifted. But after some Tough love..
And guess what?
Results follow discipline.
Engineering Is a Disciplined Profession
Engineers don’t like meetings.
If they attend, they want:
• Facts
• Clarity
• Brevity
• Value
No rambling.
No emotional spirals.
No over-explaining.
The same principles you use at work
use them in networking conversations.
Be respectful.
Be clear.
Be concise.
Be consistent.
The Real Problem? Follow-Up Weakness.
Most graduates don’t lose opportunities because they’re unqualified.
They lose them because:
• HR takes too long and they give up..
• A meeting gets postponed and they assume rejection
• Someone doesn’t reply and they spiral
• They stop calling
The workplace doesn’t operate smoothly.
People are busy.
Hiring gets delayed.
Budgets move.
Projects stall.
If you’re too fragile, you won’t survive it.
Stop Overthinking. Start Calling.
Text messages and LinkedIn messages are shallow networking.
Real skill is built on:
📞 Phone conversations
☕ Coffee meetings
📆 Follow-ups over weeks
Once you push through the discomfort:
• Calls get longer
• Conversations warm up
• Meetings happen
• Offers follow
Some get there in 5 weeks.
Some take 5 months.
The difference?
Consistency and emotional control.
And Please — Stop Proposing Marriage on the First Date
You don’t run down the street yelling:
“Will you marry me?!”
So don’t network like that.
You don’t ask for a job immediately.
You build rapport.
You earn trust.
You show value.
You follow up.
That takes steps.
And here’s the classic engineering mistake:
Trying to do everything in one day.
This is a process.
If you can master:
✔ Perseverance
✔ Follow-up
✔ Emotional discipline
✔ Clear communication
You’ll win.
Always.
