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This month we have news from the Young Women Engineer of the Year winner and the WES CV masterclass run by the Essex cluster. The WES conference is getting closer, click on the website to find out more about what will be happening.
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| Young Woman Engineer of the Year Award Update |
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WES member Mamta Singhal explains what she has been doing since winning the WES Young Woman Engineer of the Year Award in 2008
I had heard former winners of the WES prize say that the prize changed their life but little did I know how big an impact on a global scale it would make. Since winning the prize in January 2008, I have travelled from Dundee to London to give talks and presentations, going to dinners and being the guest of honour at some high profile engineering and business events. In November 2008 I was also awarded a highly acclaimed prize at the Association of MBA's International Student of the Year 2008. In December 2008 I was personally congratulated by HRH Princess Anne for my contribution to Engineering at the WISE Award. I truly believe none of this would have happened had it not been for winning the WES prize and the related PR coverage. I have now finished my MBA and am hoping to graduate with a distinction plus I have secured a really exciting Project Managers job at MARS Chocolate. To have all these amazing things happen to me before the age of 29 is such a boast to ones confidence and career. So a massive thanks to WES and the IET in making it all happen ...The Sky is the Limit!
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| Thank you to Kate Craig-Wood |
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The Women's Engineering Society would like to thank Kate Craig-Wood, Managing Director of Memset & Squirrel for kindly agreeing to sponsor WES by providing online backup of WES data
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| WES Essex Cluster runs successful CV Masterclass
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A joint event for Women Engineering Society Members and BCS Women was run on both Thursday 09 and Saturday 11 April 2009 at Petite Patisserie, Westcliff on Sea. It was a CV Masterclass designed to suit those searching for a new position, climbing the career ladder, returning to work after redundancy or a career break or looking for a new direction. The timing was particularly apt in view of the current jumpy job market.
The event was organised by WES treasurer Betty McCarthy and led by Vanissa Amliwala, Director of Career-SOS Limited www.career-sos.com Special thanks are due to Vanissa Amliwala for not only devising the content and delivery but for also donating one of the two days to assist with 90th celebrations of WES.
Running the CV Masterclass on both a weekday and a weekend addressed the needs of both those in work and those taking a career break or in-between jobs.
What was covered...
What makes a good CV?
How should it be presented? Getting the format right - different styles and types of CV
The nitty gritty of producing a powerful CV. What should I include? What can be left out? What order should it go in? How long should it be?
How to sell your skills and experience without going OTT
Common pitfalls and how to avoid them
CV top tips
All attendees received an informative CV Masterclass pack containing in-depth practical guidance on how to create a powerful CV with real impact.
Boilerplate - Career-SOS is an independent careers consultancy, which has rapidly gained a reputation for its bespoke services for organisations and individuals. The company's straightforward and commonsense approach is balanced by a refreshing combination of creativity and practicality. The Career-SOS portfolio covers everything from building individual capability, developing customised careers resources through to careers promotion, managing career events, research, and strategic career provision. The latest thinking in the careers world underpins the expertise at Career-SOS and enables it to provide total career solutions and added value.
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And finally....
If you have any articles you would like to have featured please contact the WES office by clicking here. We'd love to hear your stories of your schools outreach activities or ideas to inpsire young people that we can share across our community.
Don't forget to forward on our e-newsletter to your friends and contacts, male and female and help to inpsire more young women to consider engineering and technology as a career.
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| WES 2009
ANNUAL CONFERENCE |
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THE POWER OF CHANGE
Inspiring the next 90 years
Surrey University, Guildford
11-13th September 2009
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Annual Conference 2009 is moving ahead. We have a full programme of interesting speakers lined up, from the Bloodhound team at the Annual Dinner, to Futuring by Wendy Schultz, and from dealing with changes in demand and supply of energy, to planning a career break or recession-proofing your career.
The new conference website is planned to go live mid-May, with a new improved service allowing you to book tickets and pay online, but you can take advantage of our special Earlybird rates even earlier by contacting the office on 01438 765506 or by email on info@wes.org.uk to book your place.
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Quick Links |
The Panel on Fair Access to the Professions
more infoGlobal Women Inventors and Innovators have launched their competition for the British Female Inventor or Innovator of the year 2009. click here for entry forms and more information
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Dates For Your Diary
5 - 6 June - NEC, Brimingham National Graduate Recruitment Exhibition.
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3 - 7 June - Cheltenham Science Festival
16-18 June - National Electronics Week, Earls Court
24 June - W-Tech event 2009 a free recruitment, career development and networking event for women interested in IT
30 June - 4 July - The Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2009
10 September - WES panel and networking event, British Science Festival, Guildford
11-12 September - WES Annual Conference, Guildford
14-15 November - Doris Gray Student Congress, Edinburgh |
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| What does a Woman Engineer look like? |
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As Picture Editor on the IET publications, when it comes to sourcing images of female Engineers, it is no easy task. In fact, finding imagery of Engineers generally can be challenging, unless you want stereotypical boiler-suited, hard-hat-wearing, men branding hammers and spanners! So when it comes to finding realistic images of women Engineers, it's almost impossible, unless a photographer is commissioned with this brief. To give the picture agencies their due credit, what is a true visual representation of a "Woman Engineer"? - surely if the model in question isn't wearing a hard hat and brandishing a large tool, she is actually just a female model. If the lady in question is wearing a suit then is she not just a generic businesswoman? - as much as us picture editors strive to find realistic, genuine and honest images of women, this is no easy task, especially with so few female Engineers in the public eye to act as inspiration. So what does a "Woman Engineer" really look like? ...answers on a postcard please....We will feature some in next months newsletter
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