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change of career for a civil engineer, anyone done this?

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burnda · 01/06/2025 20:18

posting for my daughter with her permission as she doesn’t have an account and feels “weird” posting here as she’s not a Mum. 🤣
She’s looking at possibly moving careers from her job in civil engineering (geotech) to another role which could use her skill set. Has anyone here done that? She graduated two years ago from Imperial with a First (MEng) and has extremely strong Mathematical ability.

She’s thought about finance/accounts etc, but not sure about the best way to make a career move and which of her skills are transferable. She’s also interested in a possible job switch to another role, as she’s wondering if it’s the company culture (workaholic, overloaded with work) that’s the issue rather than the position.
Have any engineers here switched role/company/career?
Are there specialist agencies who can help, she’s tried the usual suspects?
Asking here as I suggested, have had amazing help in the past which worked, so thought I’d have another go!

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Tbrh · 02/06/2025 09:09

burnda · 01/06/2025 22:16

what doesn’t she like: site work, office politics and cliques, massive workloads which assume you’re going to work 12 hours a day. Maybe it’s an employer rather than sector issue.

These are issues you get anywhere. If she likes her actual job, then she should try another company first

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