On July of 2005, seven months after
Graduating from Fanshawe College in London, Ontario from the
Mechanical Engineering program, I was let go from my first
engineering job. I still remember my old boss telling me
“You simply do not know enough, and do not have enough
experience.” For the first couple of days I couldn’t bring
myself to unpack my things, out of fear that I would never
use them again. At the age of 20 I thought I would never
again be able to do something that I love to do for a
living.
A week later I went to my
friends house who referred me to CCT, I emailed my resume to
them, and the next day eager and determined to succeed in
engineering I called CCT where I spoke to Bob Van Slyck. The
next day I drove down to Waterloo where I met Bob. Bob did
things a lot differently than the other recruitment
agencies. He looked at me as an individual as opposed to
just another client. He asked me a lot of questions to
figure out what would be the right position for me. Bob also
spoke from experience in both the industry and the business
world. That to me sets CCT aside from everyone else. CCT
Inc. have people who specialize
in helping young Engineers succeed and to get their career
going in this competitive industry.
A few weeks later Bob found
me a position at Viessmann Manufacturing in Waterloo, we
both called them the Mercedes-Benz of the boiler industry.
The position was contract which I was a little sceptical
about. However I did not look at the commute from London to
Viessmann everyday, the gas and the hours on the road. I
looked at what I could get out of working at the company,
even if it was contract. After working there for 18 months,
I learned an immense amount about the boiler and engineering
industry. I gained experience from the largest boiler
manufacturer in Europe and one of the largest in the world.
I learned the do’s and do not’s of designing, engineering
and ethics.
After meeting Bob for lunch
several times during my time at Viessmann, he helped open my
eyes to the business world. After reading in the newspaper
that David Foote was visiting London I started reading a lot
of his and other great entrepreneurs’ writings of our time
such as Donald Trump’s books and doing a lot of research. A
few other people and I started a business venture together.
Six weeks before my time was
up at Viessmann, I took the knowledge I learned while
working at Viessmann and accepted a position at EnerWorks in
Dorchester, Ontario as a Product Designer. EnerWorks is a
young, up and coming company that specializes in the
manufacturing of thermal solar panels.
What I am trying to get at
here, is that for anybody getting into the Engineering
field. I would highly Recommend CCT Inc; they treat you as
an individual instead of throwing you in the mix with all
the rest of their clients. They also give you the
encouragement that you can succeed and do something you
enjoy for a living.
Adnan
Zabian
unsolicited
2007-05-20