Serving Eastern Massachusetts
Course Description
| Course Name: | Career Survival for Engineers and Scientists in the 21st
Century. A 1-day career management seminar provided by:
IEEE-USA Career & Workforce Policy Committee (CWPC) Hosted by the IEEE Boston Section |
| Time & Date: | 8AM - 5PM, Saturday, October 24, 2009 |
| Location: | Auditorium, Textron Defense Systems, 201 Lowell Street, Wilmington, MA |
| Speakers: | Ed Perkins past chair of IEEE-USA CWPC |
| Henry Lindborg is a recognized expert in organizational program development and planning, management consultant and career coach. | |
| Tarek Lahdhiri is the co-chair of the CWPC subcommittee on Career Issues. | |
| Chris McManes is IEEE-USA Public Relations Manager | |
| Lunch Keynote speaker, Greg Hutchins, CWPC |
Course Summary:
- Every mega trend requires new frontiers, new visions, new tools, and new problem solving skills. The latest trend is globalization of commerce, science and technology development. Change is the only unchangeable force in nature. Engineers’ and scientists’ career markets have gone through the following paradigms:
- 1950s-1960s: Secure engineers in corporate world
- 1970s-1980s: Restless and trend-knowledgeable engineers
- 1990s-2000: Project-based engineers
- Future Trend: Globalization, Globally competitive engineers
Objectives and Outcomes:
The
goal of this Career Workshop is to empower engineers, technologists,
and scientists and their profession to take control of their
careers.
The goal of this seminar is to teach you how to help yourself manage/run your career in this era of globalization and selective hiring.
You will learn about:
- Changes in job market, list
- Job market requirements, how you relate to market, your business model
- of resulting challenges
- Analyzing personal factors impacting adapting to new workplace
- Starting a personal career plan, values statement, and branding
- New methods of job search, and begin development of your elevator pitch
- Understanding the interview process, what to expect, how to present yourself
- How to help yourself using IEEE resources and help available and be motivated to try new job search approaches
Course Outline:
- Globalization and Your Career (Perkins)Career Survival Course class room
- Get the “big picture” and dynamics of today’s job market. Understand market requirements, how to relate to market, branding, your business model (EXERCISE)
- How you can Adapt (Perkins) * What attitudes and approaches are needed to respond to the new workplace. Understand how personal factors impact adapting. What are your “critical variables”. Elevator pitch – tell me about yourself (EXERCISE)
- Developing a career strategy (Lindborg)
- Developing, branding and presenting a successful career plan. Identifying and building your “value added.” Recasting your accomplishments (EXERCISE)
- Creative job search (Lindborg)
- New ways find the right job and work opportunities. Networking, informational interviewing. Elevator pitch – tell me about yourself (EXERCISE)
- Lunch – Keynote Speaker (To be announced)
- Effective Communications (McManes)
- How to improve your written and spoken communications.
- Closing the deal Part I (Lahdhiri) * How to use your resume, how to sell yourself
- Break
- Closing the deal Part II (Lahdhiri)
- Understand interview process, what to expect, how to present yourself
- Emerging Future Jobs (Perkins)
- Where news jobs are coming
- How IEEE can help (Lahdhiri)
- Understand IEEE resources and help available
- Conclusion (Perkins) * Wrap-Up and Program Evaluation
- Speakers
- Ed Perkins past chair of IEEE-USA CWPC
- Henry Lindborg is a recognized expert in organizational program development and planning, management consultant and career coach.
- Tarek Lahdhiri is the co-chair of the CWPC subcommittee on Career Issues.
- Chris McManes is Senior Public Relations Coordinator with IEEE-USA.
- Lunch Keynote speaker, Greg Hutchins, CWPC
Registration:
Registration includes refreshments, and all notes and materials
Decision (Run/Cancel) Date for this Courses is Friday, October 16, 2009
FEES
Payment received by Oct. 15: IEEE Members $50
Payment received by Oct. 15: Non-members $70
Payment received by Oct. 15: Unemployed Members $40
Payment received after Oct. 15: IEEE Members $60
Payment received after Oct. 15: Non-members $80
Payment received after Oct. 15: Unemployed Members $45