b'12 Partner News Spring 2023AcademicBoostingtheir advice for their future careers from our partners, The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Gradcracker, Lockin China, the University of Sheffield Year Employability in Industry team, and the University of Sheffield Careers Service. Once we finalised the approval from the industry employers, we expanded the invitation to with the Universityall the engineering students. Thanks go to department staff members who promote the event in their lectures. The final programme ran smoothly, with the of Sheffieldhelp of our GTAs and PhD students, which included:Lectures about the UK focus and China focus (in English and Mandarin Language) Diamond Building tour for industry By Dr Mahmoud Masoud MIET employersNine mini-talks from industry employers (Average attendance was 52 students) Fourteen Mock interviews Thirty-two CV reviewNetworking session (attended by214 students in total) The first Electronic and Electrical Engineering Employability and Skills Development Fair day has been a very real benefit to students in the department and the wider engineering faculty. Excellent feedback was received from students and industry employers alike, as well as from academic staff members.It was a privilege to organise this event representing the EEE department, University of Sheffield. It was great to see well-known industry employers on our campus. They enhanced our students soft and technical skills through a deep discussion in the mini-talks and the networking session. It was One of the areas which are considered asevent. With the support of career serviceexhilarating to see the engagement of our a main desire by the industry employers isand a year in industry teams, we contactedstudents. It is essential to have such events employability skills. We know how to conveyover 50 industry employers and internalwhere students can easily assist in their the message to our students inside theorganisations.skills self-assessments and learn about the classroom and how to embed employabilityattributes of different employers. skills in our module, but how can we doWe expanded the event activities by it outside the classroom? We know thatoffering industry talks, CV reviews, MockI received great feedback from industry students lack interaction with industryinterviews, and networking sessions. Theemployers as they were highly impressed by employers. So, how do we engage ourparticipation of 12 industry employersthe events organisation, communication, on-students with industry employers?crowns the effort, and five industry expertssite facilities, and the calibre of the students joined for the day: AGH, AMRC, EATON,they spoke to. Many hands worked together In the Electronicand Electrical EngineeringGHD, INEOS, MAGNOMATICS, MATRIX,to boost the success of this event. Thank department at the University of Sheffield,MaxPower, Rolls-Royce, Siemens Gamesa,you ever so much to all who put effort into we decided to organise an employabilityTATA steel and Wood PLC.this event. It is a credit to our department.and skills development fair day for the benefit of our students; with the targetThere were also lectures and sessions- Dr Mahmoud Masoud, University Teacher, of inviting 6 to 8 industry employers andincluding industry experts who were ableDepartment of Electronic and Electrical around 100 students to participate in thisto help advise and inspire students withEngineering.'