I partially agree with you. Employers do prefer to employ someone who can hit the ground running, but smarter employers will go for a mix of employees and include some graduates who may need some training to fit the bill but will be more effective (and may be more loyal) in the long run than the former. Unfortunately the 'smarter' employers are few and far between, but when you find them you normally find that they are in it for the long term and probably run graduate training schemes such as my old employer (definitely in it for the long term - when they started, America was still a British colony!)
On a different issue, I note the comment about 'Masters level education can be used for CEng registration' but I would take a slightly different viewpoint. Masters level education is not what differentiates CEng, but rather the person who has the competence/ability to achieve CEng is likely to drive themselves to achieve and in the process is more likely to progress to Masters level. Just progressing to Masters level is not, of itself, and indication of CEng capability. In fact, as has been stated on numberous threads, is not a pre-requisite as there are other ways to achieve and demonstrate the underpinning knowledge and understanding. It is just that a Masters simplifies the evidence and therefore the process. I have probably not stated this as clearly as I should, but I hope you see the distinction.
I partially agree with you. Employers do prefer to employ someone who can hit the ground running, but smarter employers will go for a mix of employees and include some graduates who may need some training to fit the bill but will be more effective (and may be more loyal) in the long run than the former. Unfortunately the 'smarter' employers are few and far between, but when you find them you normally find that they are in it for the long term and probably run graduate training schemes such as my old employer (definitely in it for the long term - when they started, America was still a British colony!)
On a different issue, I note the comment about 'Masters level education can be used for CEng registration' but I would take a slightly different viewpoint. Masters level education is not what differentiates CEng, but rather the person who has the competence/ability to achieve CEng is likely to drive themselves to achieve and in the process is more likely to progress to Masters level. Just progressing to Masters level is not, of itself, and indication of CEng capability. In fact, as has been stated on numberous threads, is not a pre-requisite as there are other ways to achieve and demonstrate the underpinning knowledge and understanding. It is just that a Masters simplifies the evidence and therefore the process. I have probably not stated this as clearly as I should, but I hope you see the distinction.
