Originally Posted by portsharbourflyer
To summarise the industry is short of engineers, P and J, your lack of experience shouldn't be too much of an issue, as a fresh graduate even if you are not on a formal training scheme, I have found in the small companies experienced engineers are generelly happy to pass on knowledge and advice. If you can follow an ESDU data sheet you should be fine. There is a shortage of stress analysts and other specialisations, so I would expect some companies are prepared to take on graduates as trainees.
Thank you for the advice. The industry from your point of view seems to be encouraging for graduates, and it's nice to hear some good news! Perhaps next line of action is to pursue to get a foot in industry, and maybe company will sponsor matching section later. This may sound like a stupid question but what type of work goes on in the design office?
Thanks again.