Engineering Recruitment UK are always looking to hire good people. Engineers can have very specialized skills. There could be one that can fixes airplanes, another who deals with recording in a TV studio. They can make a very good salary. Going to school for engineering can put a student on the path to a lucrative career.
Not everyone would make a good engineer. Engineers have to be very focused on minute details of a task. Usually it is not a good job for a creative person. Usually men are engineers. I believe it has something to do with men being more left brained than women. Many engineers have very long careers at a single company. That is rare at a time when job stability is not easy to come by. Engineers are very intelligent, but are not usually considered geeks. It is a well-respected profession. The world could always use more engineers.