b'Member News July 2023 9Early careerContinuing to recognise future talentNow in its second year,Talent Awards; the Launch the Future Talent AwardsScholarship which is for those are continuing to providewho have faced or are facing financial support to thosepersonal or financial challenges at the beginning of theirand the Boost Scholarship which we offer to support career in engineering. excellence in academic studies and degree apprentices.trusts as well individuals whoThe Future Talent Awards The Future Talent awards,We award students in theirhave pledged through theare part of a significant like past scholarshipssecond year onwards who areIET Futures Fund. We areprogramme that the IET programmes, offer annualachieving higher than averagededicated to encouraginghas been offering since financial support to students,grades at 70% or above. students and apprentices2013. Now in a flagship apprentices, and degreeinto a career in engineeringyear, celebrating our 10 year apprentices on IET accreditedThe scholarships are supportedto address the skills shortageanniversary, the IET has courses to help with anythingby the IET and donors fromand contribute to widening thesupported over 1700 scholars they might need to supportindustry and charitablediversity of the profession. with annual funding.their studies or work.We offer two scholarshipsWere now welcoming applications for the 2023 awards so please visit our website for as part of the Futureeligibility criteria and to apply. theiet.org/Future-TalentUsing EngTech to kickstart your careerDaniel Nock has achieved EngTechBecoming EngTechLife as EngTech Professional Registration at 24Daniel talks about what led him to applying;After being awarded EngTech, Daniel and is already thinking of his nextWhile I was at Vodafone, I was working withstarted thinking of his next challenge and challenge, and what advice he wouldan engineer who was also a Fellow of thehow he could use his new EngTech status to give to those trying to do the same. IET, and so was able to mentor me throughbenefit his career. Daniel currently works as anthe process.Being EngTech made me a more suitable Electromagnetics Environmental EffectsTaking full advantage of the IETs self- candidate when applying for graduate roles. (EEE) engineer at Portsmouth Naval baseassessment tool, Daniel was able to assessI probably owe it to the fact that I had a where he enjoys a varied role. However, ithis competence and start to draft an initiallevel of professional registration that I got was during a placement year application which was then ready to be sentthe engineering job I did straight out of that Daniel first thought to a Professional Registration Advisor (PRA). university. of applying for EngTech.Holding an active IET membership also helped as being part of a well-recognised institution helped show my competence to It helps massively, it allowed mefuture employers. to break down the whole process Gaining advice from an IET Mentor was also of applying for EngTech intoa large part of Daniels journey. His mentor bitesize steps. was able to provide some clarity and guidance that enabled him to showcase his ability within the application. Lucky enough to have the mentorship of an IETIn my experience, IET members are always Fellow, Daniel was able to piece together hishappy to support you in whatever way they application and once he submitted the wholecan, and seeking their help can only aid process seemed to be pretty seamless.your application.'