Who wants to be an engineer?
By: Institute of the Motor Industry | 15 December 2005
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Who wants to be an engineer? Not aspiring millionaires, that's for sure, as talented school leavers and university graduates are lured to the richer grounds of financial services. But pay is not the only issue as industry struggles to fill engineering vacancies. Confusion over the definition of an engineer seems to compound another problem - its lack of status in society's pecking order. This report by Chris Phillips is from the UK-based Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI).
Who wants to be an engineer? Not aspiring millionaires, that's for sure, as talented school leavers and university graduates are lured to the richer grounds of financial services. But pay is not the only issue as industry struggles to fill engineering vacancies. Confusion over the definition of an engineer seems to compound another problem - its lack of status in society's pecking order. This report by Chris Phillips is from the UK-based Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI).
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