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Engineer Your Own Success - 7 Key Elements to Creating an Extraordinary Engineering Career

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"Focusing on basic skills and tips for career enhancement, Engineer Your Own Success is a guide to improving efficiency and performance in any engineering field. It imparts valuable organization tips, communication advice, networking tactics, and practical assistance for preparing for the PE exam--every necessary skill for success. Authored by a highly renowned career coach, this book is a battle plan for climbing the rungs of any engineering ladder"--

List of contents

A Note From The Series Editor xiii
 
Acknowledgments xv
 
Foreword xvii
 
Preface xix
 
Introduction: Use This Book Strategically 1
 
PART I YOUR GUIDE TO ENGINEERING A SUCCESSFUL JOB SEARCH 3
 
1 Building a Winning Résumé 5
 
1.1 Building a Winning Résumé (Online and Offline) 5
 
1.2 There Is One Key Factor to a Great Résumé 6
 
1.3 The Importance of Customizing Your Résumé 6
 
1.4 There Is a Formula to Building a Winning Résumé 7
 
1.5 Determining the Proper Length of a Résumé 8
 
1.6 Effectively Show Non-engineering Experience on Your Résumé 12
 
1.7 The Importance of Honesty During the Interview Process 13
 
1.8 Seven Steps to Creating a LinkedIn Profile That Can Land a Job 14
 
1.9 Your LinkedIn Profile and Your Résumé Should Be Perfect Professional Snapshots 16
 
1.10 Key Points to Remember 18
 
2 Landing and Acing an Engineering Job Interview 19
 
2.1 Leverage LinkedIn Groups to Land a Job Interview 19
 
2.2 Understanding Prospective Employers and Their Needs 20
 
2.3 Interview Research and Preparation 22
 
2.4 Interview Etiquette and Attire 23
 
2.5 Performing During the Actual Interview 24
 
2.6 The Follow-Up to the Interview 25
 
2.7 Jobs Can Affect Your PE License 26
 
2.8 Key Points to Remember 26
 
Part II THE 7 KEY ELEMENTS TO AN EXTRAORDINARY ENGINEERING CAREER 29
 
3 Career Goals Act as Your Destination 31
 
3.1 Career Goals Act as Your Destination 31
 
3.2 Start by Defining "Success" 32
 
3.3 Define Your Values 33
 
3.4 Ask Yourself Where Why What How and Who 34
 
3.5 More on Why 35
 
3.6 Think Big and Then Think BIGGER! 36
 
3.7 Formulate and Prioritize Your Goals 37
 
3.8 Be SMART and Use Small Steps for Big Results 37
 
3.9 Let Your Definition of Success Guide You 40
 
3.10 Motivate Yourself to Pursue Your Goals 41
 
3.11 Time to Celebrate! 42
 
3.12 Key Points to Remember 42
 
4 Obtain Credentials That Will Help You to Reach Your Goals 45
 
4.1 Credentials Bring You Credibility 45
 
4.2 Set Yourself Apart from Others 46
 
4.3 Recognizing the Difference between Patience and Procrastination 47
 
4.4 Exam Preparation: Start With the End in Mind 48
 
4.5 Tips for Approaching the PE Exam 49
 
4.5.1 Take the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam as Soon as Possible 49
 
4.5.2 Start the PE Exam Application Process as Early as Possible 50
 
4.5.3 Submit the Application as Soon as Possible 51
 
4.5.4 Don't Take the Exam Just to See What It Contains 51
 
4.5.5 Take a Review Course Whether You Want to or Not 52
 
4.5.6 Ask Others What Worked for Them 52
 
4.5.7 Bring the Right Materials to the Exam 53
 
4.5.8 The Day of the Exam 54
 
4.5.9 The Day After the Exam 55
 
4.5.10 Credentialing Processes around the World 55
 
4.6 If You Fall Off the Horse Get Right Back On 55
 
4.7 Master's in Engineering or Business Administration? 56
 
4.8 Awards Are Underrated 58
 
4.9 Take Advantage of Company Benefits 58
 
4.10 Key Points to Remember 59
 
5 Find and Become a Mentor 61
 
5.1 The Many Faces of a Mentor 61
 
5.2 Finding a Mentoring Program and Selecting the Right Mentor 62
 
5.2.1 Try to Select Someone from Your Specific Discipline 63
 
5.2.2 Consider Your Level of Comfort 64
 
5.2.3 Don't Settle on the First One That Comes Along 64
 
5.3 The Mentoring Relationship for Protégés 64
 
5.3.1 Esta

About the author










Anthony Fasano P.E., is the founder of Powerful Purpose Associates and is known in the engineering industry as the engineering career coach because he has helped countless engineers create extraordinary careers. After a successful engineering career, Anthony transitioned his career from designing to inspiring engineers. The techie turned talker has been referred to by many of his seminar attendees as "the Tony Robbins of the engineering industry" and has been profiled in newspapers and magazines from the Wall Street Journal to the Bergen Record to the New York Professional Engineer, as well as being featured on Boston's Civil Engineering Today television show.

Summary

Focusing on basic skills and tips for career enhancement, Engineer Your Own Success is a guide to improving efficiency and performance in any engineering field. It imparts valuable organization tips, communication advice, networking tactics, and practical assistance for preparing for the PE exam every necessary skill for success.

Product details

Authors A Fasano, Anthony Fasano
Publisher Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 16.12.2014
 
EAN 9781118659649
ISBN 978-1-118-65964-9
No. of pages 232
Series IEEE PCS Professional Engineering Communication Series
IEEE PCs Professional Engineer
IEEE PCS Professional Engineering Communication Series
Subject Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Electronics, electrical engineering, communications engineering

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