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How do you upskill without experience?

I’m currently a technician working in the food and packaging industry, but also have experience in the variable-speed and HVAC sector. I gained my engineering degree in 2016 with a view to moving into nuclear. Sizewell is close to where I live, and this seemed an ideal location to further my professional career.

This is proving a difficult challenge. I recently had an interview with them for an engineering position and was turned down on one particular sticking point – I don’t have any nuclear experience. It seems that apprentices are accepted, as they will go through the company’s set training. It also seems that young graduates can gain entry too, seemingly as they have a longer working life ahead of them.

I’m 49 years young, with a significant amount of work ahead of me, and I’m doing my best to break through what seems like a glass ceiling. So it’s Catch-22 for me. No nuclear experience, but I can’t gain the...

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  • Ian, thought i would try and help, here. i moved into the Nuclear Industry 20 years ago from High Volume manufacturering and used the employment agencies, like Rullion, NRL, Morsons and worked initially under Engineers who had Nuclear experience, then over time built up the experience, if you are staff like I was twenty years ago, it was a bit of a gamble as I moved from Lancashire to Cumbria, but you have a large nuclear power station near you and they are building another large one, hope this helps

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  • Ian, thought i would try and help, here. i moved into the Nuclear Industry 20 years ago from High Volume manufacturering and used the employment agencies, like Rullion, NRL, Morsons and worked initially under Engineers who had Nuclear experience, then over time built up the experience, if you are staff like I was twenty years ago, it was a bit of a gamble as I moved from Lancashire to Cumbria, but you have a large nuclear power station near you and they are building another large one, hope this helps

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