After reading the two articles, i think the most important idea is that engineering discipline still has good prospect in the future. Engineering has become one of the most important field for thousands of years. Nevertheless, it is not showing any signs of declining for the foreseeable future. Even though so many people from engineering area have been dispatched to help building civilization, the needs for engineers in today’s community still remain high. There are many reasons that are backing this fact, one of which is because of globalisation.
So, why does globalisation make an impact for demand on engineers? Is it because globalisation help to produce more engineering job market? True, but not completely. According to Prof. Seeram Ramakrishna, NUS’ Dean of Engineering, as economy diversifies, career choices will widen as well. Thus, engineers nowadays are often seen in other areas of jobs.
He also quoted that engineers, through their systematically trained mind, and also the flexibility of engineering education, benefit from the widening career choices, thus making them recruited by corporations in banking, finance, and commerce (2007, p.25). In some circumstances, they even have an upper hand to get the jobs in those areas compared to their counterparts from other fields, including business graduates. It is not that other areas lack of manpower from their own, but because engineers have a comparative advantage that they are hired in many different businesses.
So, engineer is still a good profession to be attained. Engineers are recognized as important parts of community, even outside engineering context. Their ability to solve problems systematically supported by their flexibility in learning new ideas, are some things needed in the globalisation era. Because of that, the prospects are there for future engineers. What they need to do is not worrying for the job prospect, but to expose their potential to reach the extent.
Ramakrishna, S. (2007, August 5). The expanding world of engineers. The Sunday Times, p. 25.
So, why does globalisation make an impact for demand on engineers? Is it because globalisation help to produce more engineering job market? True, but not completely. According to Prof. Seeram Ramakrishna, NUS’ Dean of Engineering, as economy diversifies, career choices will widen as well. Thus, engineers nowadays are often seen in other areas of jobs.
He also quoted that engineers, through their systematically trained mind, and also the flexibility of engineering education, benefit from the widening career choices, thus making them recruited by corporations in banking, finance, and commerce (2007, p.25). In some circumstances, they even have an upper hand to get the jobs in those areas compared to their counterparts from other fields, including business graduates. It is not that other areas lack of manpower from their own, but because engineers have a comparative advantage that they are hired in many different businesses.
So, engineer is still a good profession to be attained. Engineers are recognized as important parts of community, even outside engineering context. Their ability to solve problems systematically supported by their flexibility in learning new ideas, are some things needed in the globalisation era. Because of that, the prospects are there for future engineers. What they need to do is not worrying for the job prospect, but to expose their potential to reach the extent.
Ramakrishna, S. (2007, August 5). The expanding world of engineers. The Sunday Times, p. 25.
