WHAT DOES “EARLY CAREER” REALLY MEAN? Whilst there are no officially agreed industry parameters for what constitutes “early career”, it is widely regarded to mean graduate roles, apprentice roles and positions without managerial responsibilities. We recognise that in an industry that is already experiencing a skills shortage, many organisations are struggling to attract early career engineering talent, and those that are succeeding are gaining a competitive advantage in the marketplace, across all sectors. If you want to make sure your employer proposition is attractive to this key demographic, find out a bit more about what makes them tick by reading through the results of our early career engineer survey opposite. 8 Source: IET Student & Early Career Survey, April 2016.