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Engineers without Borders workshop: Exploring support for jobseeking refugee engineers.
Kevin Bowsher, QPM28-9-16
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Coming Up…
Introduction Case Studies Identified Barriers
• Individual• Business
Perceived Benefits Summary
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Introduction
Network Rail – In Context
My Work with Transitions, Women in Construction, Spinal Injury Assoc.
Advisory Panel Participation
Attending Events
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Context - What we do is ….
2,500 stations
28bn freight tonne kms
700 tunnels
20,000 miles of track
35,000 employees
30,000 bridges
800 shops
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Case Study – Alban Bytyqi
June to October 2014
Unpaid Placement (travel and subsistence)
CIPD Qualified – HR Role
Applied for several roles(NB internal / external issue)
Successfully led photography competition project
National Grid and Metropolitan Housing
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Case Study – Hafiz Mustafaey
September to December 2015
Unpaid Placement (travel and subsistence)
Degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (Queen Mary University) & Member of IET (MIET)
Placement in Network Rail Electrification Team
‘I will not forget the help you provided me by giving me this opportunity’ - Hafiz
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Case Study – Hasan Abosharfo March 2016 to Present Day
Full Time Employee (Rail Conversion Prog.)
University of Aleppo, Syria Sep 2005 - Sept 2010 Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering
Selected through Established Recruitment Processes
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Further Case Studies
Iyob Ghebrekristos - 2 Week Placement
NA – mentoring and networking MK, MB, AS, HH, OK, LM and SM (Applicants for Network Rail
Jobs)
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Identified Barriers - Individual
Unconscious and Conscious Bias Online Assessments Interview Skills – (on both sides) Recognition of Qualifications Requirement for Institute Membership Experience – i.e. the Context Perceived Communication Issues – Written and
Spoken English
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Identified Barriers - Business
Transition’s Scope (UK wide v London base) Lack of Comparable Services Elsewhere Preferred Supplier List Management Internal Rigidity over Budgets (re funding
placements) Lack of Awareness of Refugees’ Legal Status Focus on Performance Transition’s Business Model (paid / unpaid)
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Perceived Benefits
(of Working with Transitions): Supportive Approaches Skills Development Pro Bono Work Knowledge and Advice Innovative Expands concept of Diversity Refugees as a Key Issue
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Summary and Questions
Have a safe and wonderful day…