Civil social engineering

[Tooting Gull]

I've just read an amazing story - that the civil engineer representative bodies, reacting to a shortage of graduates and with big projects coming up, are giving out £35,000 to screenwriters to portray their profession 'kindly' in stage, TV and radio productions.

They are also claiming that if Ross or Rachel from Friends had been a civil engineer, there would be loads more people wanting to do it and depts at universities wouldn't be closing.

So next time you're watching some quality drama and the hero is suave, sophisticated, successful with the laydees, and builds bridges all day, you know what's happened.

 

[Cian]

Aww, I thought this thread was going to be about social engineering

 

[Simon Morgan]

my dad's a civil engineer, can't see whats wrong with it if you're good at maths.

 

[Charles 'Charley' Charles]

Sorry, I;m a mechanical engineer

 

[Tooting Gull]

Sorry, I;m a mechanical engineer

No. it's you too! All of the bodies have clubbed together.

But this thread isn't some go at engineers, it's the fact that any profession would resort to those sort of tactics. Will they work?

And if it's £35k for engineers, how much for politicians? journos? estate agents?

 

[Charles 'Charley' Charles]

No. it's you too! All of the bodies have clubbed together.

But this thread isn't some go at engineers, it's the fact that any profession would resort to those sort of tactics. Will they work?

And if it's £35k for engineers, how much for politicians? journos? estate agents?

Really, unfortunately, engineering as I know it seems to be on a very heavy decline. The amount of firms just around Sussex that have gone under is huge. Wish I got £35k a year, let alone for just being nice about my profession And didn't take it as a go was just very surprised

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Having spent most of my working life working alongside civil engineers, I'd simply report that this concern about perpetuating their species has been around for a long time.

What they don't seem to realise is that their problem isn't about "image", it's about the fact that the Engineering Institutions haven't woken up to the fact that people these days want more from life than the traditional, plodding progress from A-Levels straight into University and then straight on to the process that delivers Chartered membership of one of their hallowed Institutions.

That sort of long haul might still work for the medical profession, but is there really a case for other professions to ape it? Engineers need to cast their net wider and offer a way into their world that is attractive to men and women who - for all sorts of reasons - turn out to be "late starters".

 

[watsongooal]

I am a recruitment Specialist for Civil Engineers. I like them

 

[Tooting Gull]

I am a recruitment Specialist for Civil Engineers. I like them

Eh? If I sold burgers, I'd like fat people. What's your point?

 

[watsongooal]

Eh? If I sold burgers, I'd like fat people. What's your point?

I dont have one.

 

[Citrus]

Having spent most of my working life working alongside civil engineers, I'd simply report that this concern about perpetuating their species has been around for a long time.

What they don't seem to realise is that their problem isn't about "image", it's about the fact that the Engineering Institutions haven't woken up to the fact that people these days want more from life than the traditional, plodding progress from A-Levels straight into University and then straight on to the process that delivers Chartered membership of one of their hallowed Institutions.

That sort of long haul might still work for the medical profession, but is there really a case for other professions to ape it? Engineers need to cast their net wider and offer a way into their world that is attractive to men and women who - for all sorts of reasons - turn out to be "late starters".

What do you do?

 

[Bry Nylon]

Can't beat rude engineers, IMO.

 

[perseus]

When is "Bash a Social Worker Day" this year?

Civil, f*** that!

 

[GNF on Tour]

I am a recruitment Specialist for Civil Engineers. I like them

Are you?

Can you get me the f*** out of Opus in Auckland then please?

 

[watsongooal]

Are you?

Can you get me the f*** out of Opus in Auckland then please?

PM'd ya sunshine!

 

[Deportivo Seagull]

Having spent most of my working life working alongside civil engineers, I'd simply report that this concern about perpetuating their species has been around for a long time.

What they don't seem to realise is that their problem isn't about "image", it's about the fact that the Engineering Institutions haven't woken up to the fact that people these days want more from life than the traditional, plodding progress from A-Levels straight into University and then straight on to the process that delivers Chartered membership of one of their hallowed Institutions.

That sort of long haul might still work for the medical profession, but is there really a case for other professions to ape it? Engineers need to cast their net wider and offer a way into their world that is attractive to men and women who - for all sorts of reasons - turn out to be "late starters".

The reason there are so few graduate Engineers about is because an Engineering degree is basically maths and physics which are not the easiest of subjects to study. Why have 32 hours of lectures when you could study business and only have to attend 15 hours of lectures, and business is a piece of piss. Before any of you business graduate jump down my throat I've got an MBA which is a shed load of work but hardly technically challenging.

The other thing is that engineering is not that exciting, it's stimulating and interesting but that's about it, also engineers are in general a bit geeky, it comes with the territory.

The IET may well be fixated with Chartership but to me the only benefits are letters after your name which at present I couldn't be arsed to get.
Also I was a late starter .....