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Global Poverty Ambassador crowned 'Graduate of the Year 2013'

Caleb Meakins, a 24 year old Civil Engineering Graduate, has been crowned ‘Graduate of the Year’ by UK Job sites Adzuna & Milkround.

The competition set out to find Britain’s brightest and best Academics, Artists, Entrepreneurs, Sportspeople and Social Contributors. Caleb beat off thousands of other entrants and amassed an impressive hundreds of votes from around the country to win the competition.

The competition, run by Milkround and Adzuna saw entrants from over 100 UK universities fighting it out for the illustrious title. Caleb has won a cash prize of £1,000, a CV clinic with a top UK entrepreneur and an internship with a top UK company.

With a Master’s in Civil Engineering from Loughborough University, Caleb was also awarded the University’s 2012 Social Enterprise Award, is an Ambassador for the Global Poverty Project and recently sat on the board of judges for the National Student Apprentice.

Caleb is a creative, hardworking individual who lives by the motto of ‘He Who Dares Wins’. The half Ethiopian and half English graduate decided to take a year out after graduating to launch ‘My 40 Days’.

The idea behind this is to undertake and document 40 challenges submitted by the public and deemed ‘impossible to achieve’, to shape the way he deals with failure and to inspire Graduates nationwide showing that failing is actually a valuable experience in today’s competitive graduate job market.

Andrew Hunter, Co-founder of Adzuna said: “Competition among graduates is tougher than ever for university leavers, with over 50 graduates fighting it out for every job. It’s great to see exceptional talent like Caleb carving his own path, inspiring other graduates and thinking in an entrepreneurial way. It’s young talent like this who we are proud to be supporting straight out of the blocks. “

Alex Sydney, Head of Marketing at Milkround said: “We were blown away by the talent this year and the whole initiative has been a real testament to the hard-work from all the finalists. Caleb’s entrepreneurial spirit and enthusiasm really shone out. I have no doubt this is the first of many achievements for him and he’ll continue to inspire the next generation of graduates.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Adzuna .