{"id":1400,"date":"2021-03-25T16:44:55","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T16:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/engdes-student-insights\/?p=1400"},"modified":"2021-03-25T16:44:24","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T16:44:24","slug":"how-msc-engineering-business-management-prepared-me-for-my-dream-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/engdes-student-insights\/2021\/03\/25\/how-msc-engineering-business-management-prepared-me-for-my-dream-job\/","title":{"rendered":"How MSc Engineering Business Management prepared me for my dream job"},"content":{"rendered":"

Author: Oliver Redington -<\/h3>\n
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During the final year of my undergraduate degree, I felt very lost. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

All my friends were on placement years and I wasn't enjoying my engineering course as it became ever more technical. I knew that I still had an interest in the technology industry, but was unsure how I can start a career in this field without going through the technical route. Through casual conversations with people in the Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering<\/a>, I heard about the MSc Engineering Business Management course<\/a>, then running in its first year.<\/p>\n

The decision<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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After doing some more reading about the course content and the Practice Track<\/a>, I decided on somewhat of a whim to diverge from the technical engineering route. If I\u2019m honest, a big part was also to spend another year in Bath as a student with my friends who were returning from placements. What a decision it turned out to be.<\/p>\n

Reflecting on how much I have developed over the duration of the course, I am proud of how far I have come.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I am not the same anxious, feeling unprepared student who walked into the Chancellor\u2019s Building for our first Team-Based Learning<\/a> session. Back then, I had no real professional experience or even an understanding of what career paths were available to me, let alone the skills I needed to begin following these paths. I know I still have a lot of work to do, if I am to reach the full potential of what I now believe I can achieve.<\/p>\n

The MSc Engineering Business Management course was the exact push in the right direction that I needed. It prepared me for starting a successful career and a job I can be proud of.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The course, the cohort and the importance of soft skills<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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The elements of the course that were the most helpful for me were:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n