04:30 PM - 05:30 PM (GMT+2)
How to Land Your First Engineering Job Without Much Experience
Humzaa Imtiaz Ullah
$10
Webinar Description
What you will learn?
Guest Speaker
One of the biggest challenges facing engineering graduates is competing for positions that appear to require experience they have not yet had the opportunity to gain. But having limited professional experience does not mean having nothing valuable to offer. In this webinar, we explore how students and graduates can use university projects, internships, research, part-time work, technical skills, extracurricular activities, and personal projects to build a credible professional profile.
We will also discuss job-search strategy, networking, applications, approaching job requirements realistically, and why candidates should not automatically reject themselves because they do not meet every listed criterion. The objective is to help participants move from simply applying for jobs to developing a more structured strategy for becoming employable and communicating their potential.
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
Identify relevant experience beyond traditional full-time engineering employment.
Present university projects and academic work as evidence of engineering capability.
Understand which job requirements are essential and which may be flexible.
Build experience proactively through projects, courses, volunteering, and internships.
Develop a more strategic approach to graduate job searching.
Communicate potential when professional experience is limited.
Humzaa Imtiaz is a DTU-trained Chemical & Biochemical Engineer and Founder of ChemEnggLife. His journey from university research into several different industry functions gives him practical insight into the transition between education and professional work. Through ChemEnggLife, he has developed career-focused resources, courses, webinars, and mentoring initiatives aimed at helping engineering students and graduates understand the job market and communicate their skills more effectively.