Here are things which we’ve found useful over the last couple of months:
EYE:
This stands for European Young Engineers. They are an organisation run by volunteers (so similar to the local IET branches!) to promote engineering and networking amongst engineers in Europe. They organise bi-annual conferences for young engineers to meet up, publish regular newsletters, and also have an extensive contact database. The IET has recently signed up to their charter and therefore any IET member is automatically a member of EYE. Check out their website for more information, to sign up for newsletters, and to register for the contact database. www.e-y-e.org
IET Forums:
Log onto the IET website, click on communities and go to discussion forums. This is a really useful place to ask questions about anything that you don’t know the answers to. There’s a specific section for students/graduates which is regularly visited senior members to share their knowledge, along with a variety of specialist subject areas. There is also a YM discussion forum which is currently underused. This would be a really useful area for Younger Members to discuss issues or problems if we could encourage more people to use it.
My IET:
When you log into the IET website, in the top left hand corner there is a button which says My IET. Click on this and go to Communications to make sure you’re receiving the correct emails, especially the local IET emails which are specifically targeted towards your area.
2 for 1 at Bella Pasta:
This is an offer which is available to all students if they introduce another student to the IET. The person who you introduce gets the same offer. Sweet! Contact us for more details.
Lifeskills events:
We are able to run a variety of these lifeskills events each year. The full list of events on offer is available at here. It includes amongst other things: CV workshop, negotiating skills, presentation skills, interpersonal skills, networking, self assessment of competence and loads more. We can also offer other events so email us and tell us what you’d like us to organise.