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UK work placement/Internship
16 years ago
Well, for those of you not in the know, the past couple of months, from before my research trip in October/November, I've been trying to get a placement with a UK Civil Engineering company. Up untill yesterday, I thought I had a fairly good chance at getting a placement, but it turned out differently.
Yesterday evening, after having attempted getting in contact through phone a gazillion times, I sent the guy I know there an e-mail (after having to dig it out from his associates), and fairly quickly got a reply.
Basically, what he said is that I was refused the placement, and that I'm better off assuming the company hasn't got place for another student. Even though I know he was being honest, it came as a devastating blow to me, and practically shattered my hopes of ever finding a placement in the UK.
Well, things haven't changed now. I sent the guy two e-mails yesterday, in reply to his, asking a range of questions. He still has to get back to me. He mentioned in his mail that nature might be the biggest interference in getting the communications up, because of snow and nobody being able to get to work. Well, he sent me the e-mail, there's no sense to assume he can't get to work. My friend who lives in the area got to work alright, so why couldn't he?
Anyway, I've send a number of other e-mails around to other companies, and more importantly Aston University. As I understood it from my visit to the British Council, Aston is required by law to help me find a placement in the UK whether it succeeds or fails is a different matter entirely... especially since I'm quite late to start off with.
I also applied for BAM Nuttall, a firm in the UK which specializes in exactly what I want to specialize in. It's a daughter company of the famous Royal DUTCH BAM, an international company active all over the world, among others on the Palm Islands in Dubai with its Dredging wing.
So far, all my calls have gone unanswered, but it's probably the weather to blame, next to the fact that I've only send those e-mails yesterday and today...
Fingers crossed... and let it be know, I AM NOT GIVING UP ON AMEY! (The company that refused me firstly) If I can get my hands on the contact details of the person who refused me, I might teach him a lesson or two about Dutch Autistic Student Determination.
Yesterday evening, after having attempted getting in contact through phone a gazillion times, I sent the guy I know there an e-mail (after having to dig it out from his associates), and fairly quickly got a reply.
Basically, what he said is that I was refused the placement, and that I'm better off assuming the company hasn't got place for another student. Even though I know he was being honest, it came as a devastating blow to me, and practically shattered my hopes of ever finding a placement in the UK.
Well, things haven't changed now. I sent the guy two e-mails yesterday, in reply to his, asking a range of questions. He still has to get back to me. He mentioned in his mail that nature might be the biggest interference in getting the communications up, because of snow and nobody being able to get to work. Well, he sent me the e-mail, there's no sense to assume he can't get to work. My friend who lives in the area got to work alright, so why couldn't he?
Anyway, I've send a number of other e-mails around to other companies, and more importantly Aston University. As I understood it from my visit to the British Council, Aston is required by law to help me find a placement in the UK whether it succeeds or fails is a different matter entirely... especially since I'm quite late to start off with.
I also applied for BAM Nuttall, a firm in the UK which specializes in exactly what I want to specialize in. It's a daughter company of the famous Royal DUTCH BAM, an international company active all over the world, among others on the Palm Islands in Dubai with its Dredging wing.
So far, all my calls have gone unanswered, but it's probably the weather to blame, next to the fact that I've only send those e-mails yesterday and today...
Fingers crossed... and let it be know, I AM NOT GIVING UP ON AMEY! (The company that refused me firstly) If I can get my hands on the contact details of the person who refused me, I might teach him a lesson or two about Dutch Autistic Student Determination.
Also I wouldn't be surprised if it is the weather that's doing it. It's been really bad here. Most of the roads are closed or blocked by trapped vehicles, it's so bad that I ended up with the day off work today. And the way things are going there's a good chance I might have tomorrow off too :P