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How Work Placements Can Improve Diversity In Engineering

The Horizons Tracker

The researchers explored how students feel about so called Work Integrated Learning (WIL), including the quality of the placement, the support they received during it, and their general professional development as a result of the placement. ” Compulsory practice. . ” A better approach.

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Why Innovation is not "Invented Here"

Coaching Tip

Acquaintances represent a source of social power.and.the more acquaintances you have the more powerful you are. We need diverse social and professional connections to innovate. If you invent something while working in a vibrant and diverse place, your invention has a greater likelihood to soar and succeed.

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Does Work Make You Happy? Evidence from the World Happiness Report

Harvard Business Review

The available categories cover many kinds of jobs, including being a business owner, office worker, or manager, and working in farming, construction, mining, or transport. This is the case across a variety of labor-intensive industries like construction, mining, manufacturing, transport, farming, fishing, and forestry. Related Video.

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