We have a weekly subcontractor meeting that involves all subcontractor project leads gathering in the site office with Lendlease Foreman and the Site Manager to discuss upcoming works to be aware of and provide a forum for raising concerns.
"The best part of my job is that it satisfies my inner curiosity, allowing me to go down the proverbial rabbit hole in search of a finding or an insight that may have a significant impact on how business is done."
Seeing in real life the equipment I learnt about at university such as pumps and compressors also really help to develop my understanding of how they work and what can go wrong with them.
Do more research into what roles or career paths you would be interested in, put out some time to do extra study on courses related to that specific role, there are lots on Udemy, and LinkedIn learning has learning paths which is pretty useful.
You can’t hope for a perfect entry into a challenging career; and through the scrapes and bumps and bruises, you learn far more than you ever could in a university classroom.
Denver Ingram studied Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce (majoring in Accounting) at Victoria University of Wellington and is now a Consultant at Deloitte.
What really entices me is knowing that the company cares about their associate's growth and development, and also that it has a strong drive to be the best in the industry. These are the reasons I chose Cognizant.