9 Routes into a Rewarding Engineering Career
There are various routes into engineering and ways to gain engineering experience, with many of these routes open to diverse candidates from a range of different backgrounds.
Every brain is unique
Last year, EqualEngineers was a founding supporting organisation of Neurodiversity week, and this year we’ve been asked to help raise awareness of the benefits neurodivergent individuals bring to the workplace.
Engineering a winning workforce for the nuclear sector
EqualEngineers is leading the Engineering Talent Awards 2020, an event that showcases role models and celebrates diversity in the Engineering and Technology sector
Engineering Sector Facing Mental Health Emergency
A report, published today (Thursday 3rd October) by us, has found that one in five engineers have lost a work colleague to suicide. Over a fifth (22.5%) of engineers have considered suicide or self-harm, with men 3.5 times more likely to have said so. These alarming statistics to come from the Masculinity in Engineering survey, which surveyed over 800 …
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Reflection on two years since establishing EqualEngineers
This month marks 2 years since I founded EqualEngineers. Naturally, such birthdays bring about moments of reflection. This is an important thing to do to make sure you are on the right track, professional and personally. I worked in technical safety consulting in industry for a number of years and did not see any visible …
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20+ top tips for starting out on diversity & inclusion…
I have had the privilege to work with many engineering and technology companies in a short space of time on equality, diversity and inclusion activities. This puts one in a position to see themes come up across an entire industry. Rest assured, the barriers people are facing are fairly similar across the piste. And it’s …
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Come out, come out, however you are…
“Bringing your whole-self to work”…what does this actually mean? Not leaving a limb at the reception on the way in, or the site office when signing in? It is becoming (in my view) a slightly over-used phrase within the drive to recruit diverse candidates into roles. Recruiters, hiring managers, culture teams use it to describe …
#MeToo and the impact on industry
Guest article for Computer Weekly, 5th September 2018, by Dr Mark McBride-Wright CEng IChemE, Founder & Managing Director, EqualEngineers The #MeToo campaign has become one of the largest movements for female equality in recent times. It has challenged the patriarchal-systems of industries which have been led by men for years, and has denoted a tipping-point …
Equality in Engineering Conference 2018
September 2018 is a big month for me and my business (EqualEngineers). I have six major events I am delivering, the first of which will be my Equality in Engineering conference on 7th September in partnership with Siemens and the IET in Manchester centring around diversity and inclusion in engineering and technology. Read on why you …
7 helpful tips for inclusive recruitment
This is the first in a series of blogs where I will be outlining common themes I have been coming across from speaking with different organisations, particularly within the engineering and construction sector. This blog focuses on inclusive recruitment. Recruitment. The way we get talent into our organisations. Some organisations do it direct, whilst many …