If you’ve finished your engineering degree or you’re close to it, here’s a helpful breakdown of the type of jobs you could do and what sort of skills are needed to be successful.

Engineers are logical by nature and always willing to take on a new challenge. Hard work and long hours don’t scare an engineer – especially when they have one goal in mind: to make their project a success.

Skills that an engineer would have to possess:

• Patience
• Great planning ability
• Must be an analytical and logical thinker – numbers drive
• Communication and strong presentation skills are vital
• Strong computer skills
• Engineers are problem solvers
• Team players
• Strong attention to detail

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A few sectors that engineering graduates could work in:

• Business and management
• Procurement and purchasing
• Fire prevention and safety
• IT
• Law
• Management consulting
• Technical writing and training

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If you’re looking to go into a completely different direction with your engineering degree, here is a list of a few famous graduates who chose a different career path:

• Alfred Hitchcock, Famous Film Director best known for directing Psycho
• Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States
• Neil Armstrong, American astronaut and the first person to walk on the Moon
• Rowan Atkinson, a famous English actor best known for his role as Mr. Bean.

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