{"product_id":"the-engineers-career-guide-isbn-9780470503508","title":"The Engineer's Career Guide","description":"This is the most complete career resource guide book for engineers dealing with the non-technical side of engineering. It provides career advice for engineers at all stages of their careers, whether newly graduated, mid-career, or soon-to-be-retired. This book provides many real world, practical, proven, common sense career tips supported by actual work and experiences\/examples. Tips deal with problems the engineer may encounter with supervisors, co-workers and others in the corporation. The book provides step-by-step guidance on how to deal with career problems and come out ahead. \u003cp\u003ePreface xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xxiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author xxv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1 Successful Career Planning\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Successful Careers Start with You 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Developing a Successful Career Plan 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Career Trategies: What Works and What Doesn’t? 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Successfully Making a Job or Career Change 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Strategies for Getting Your Next Promotion 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Career Discussion Guide for Employees, Managers, and Mentors 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Thementoring Process and Value to Your Career 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Stuck in a Dead-end Job? What to do to Break Out 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 My Career Has Plateau, Now What? 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 How New Graduates Can Successfully Transition Into Industry 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Phases of Retirement Planning: Beginning with the Young Engineers 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2 Company Structures, Organizations, and Barriers Impacting Your Career\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 How Company Size Affects Your Career 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 The Corporate Ladder: Careers Open To You 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Invisible Company Barriers Stopping Your Career Growth 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Getting Ahead In Product-Oriented Organizations 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Getting Ahead In the Functional-Matrix Organization 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 3 Determining the Criteria By Which You Are Measured and What It Takes to Get Better Performance Ratings as Well As Promoted\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Determining How the Company Measures Your Performance 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Determining the Informal Criteria By Which You Are Assessed 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 The Leading Reasons Engineers Are Not Successful 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 4 Improving Your Performance on the Job and Standing Out From Your Peers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 The Engineering Process in Your Company: Learning the Business 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Team Skills: Essential for Successful Engineers 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Generating Career Advancing Ideas 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Getting Promoted Whether Your Project Is Successful or Unsuccessful 277\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 How to Ask For A Raise: It Is Easier Than You Think, Even In Bad Times 289\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 How to Get Your Next Promotion 297\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 People Networking: A Vital and Indispensable Career Skill 307\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Accomplishing More in Less Time and Getting Organized For Success 325\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Your Internet Image: It Could Be Sabotaging Your Career 345\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 The Importance of Maintaining A Company Calendar 351\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Join an Engineering Society: Enhance Your Career 357\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 5 Successfully Dealing With Difficult People at Work (People Skills)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Dealing With a Difficult Boss 363\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Diversity—Endorse It Or Be Left Behind 377\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 6 Lost Your Job? Looking for a New Job? Strategies to Make You Successful!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Time to Change Jobs Or Stay 383\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Using the Company’s Job Opening System To Your Benefit 387\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 surviving layoffs, corporate takeovers, mergers, shutdowns, and reductions in work force 397\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 Understanding the Job Search Process 415\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Self-Inventory 421\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 Searching and Finding Jobs 427\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 Creating Resumes That Get You Interviews 437\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 Cover Letters That Will Impress Employers 449\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 Why Portfolios Are Important For Engineers 455\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42 Interviewing 461\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43 Following Up, Getting an Offer, and Negotiating 475\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e44 Relocating and Starting the New Job: Tips To Make It Easier 483\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 7 Further Education and Lifelong Learning\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e45 How to Get an Education From Your Company 495\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e46 Getting A Master’s Degree: So Worth It! 505\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e47 Lifelong Learning: Growing or Decaying 513\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 8 Financial Planning\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e48 Basic Financial Management 101 519\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 9 Fast Track Advancement and Career Accelerators\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e49 Getting On the Fast Track for Advancement 533\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 10 Be a Consulting Engineer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e50 What Is a Consulting Engineer? Is This the Right Choice For You? 545\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e51 Setting Up and Building Your Consulting Business 553\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix A Career Planning Workbook 571\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix B Self-Inventory Workbook 589\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix C List of Engineering Societies 595\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix D Notes 601\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 605\u003c\/p\u003e  \"This all-inclusive guide will serve as an excellent resource for engineers at any stage of their careers. Highly recommended. Upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, professionals, and general audience.\" (Choice, 1 March 2011)  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJOHN A. HOSCHETTE\u003c\/b\u003e is a Technical Director with Lockheed Martin in Eagan, Minnesota. He has also worked with other world-class organizations such as Northrop Grumman, Honeywell, and Loral. Mr. Hoschette has helped more than 5,000 engineers enhance and advance their career development. Additionally, he is a senior member of the IEEE, the author of more than sixty published papers, and adjunct professor at several universities. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eCareer Advancement and Survival for Engineers\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley).    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE COMPLETE, ONE-STOP CAREER RESOURCE GUIDE FOR ENGINEERS, ENGINEERING MANAGERS, AND HUMAN RESOURCES PERSONNEL\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery engineer needs strong career-planning strategies in order to survive and get ahead in corporate America. Whether you are a recent graduate, mid-career, or looking ahead to retirement, \u003ci\u003eThe Engineer's Career\u003c\/i\u003e Guide offers proven, commonsense advice for navigating all stages of your engineering career.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePacked with real-world tips supported by actual work experiences and examples, this book gives you step-by-step guidance in handling a multitude of career issues. The author draws upon more than three decades of experience to cover every aspect of an engineer's career, helping you build the skills you need to: \t \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDevelop a career plan that leads to success\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSuccessfully transition from university to industry ahead of your peers\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eImprove your job performance and stand out from your peers\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDeal with difficult people at work, from supervisors to coworkers\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNegotiate a raise or promotion\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRecover from a career setback or job loss\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGet on the fast track for advancement\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eManage your finances throughout your career\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePlan for your retirement\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLearn how corporate America operates and promotes engineers\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \t \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Engineer's Career\u003c\/i\u003e Guide is an excellent resource for any practicing engineer or engineering student who is interested in getting ahead in corporate America.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990218195173,"sku":"NP9780470503508","price":88.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470503508.jpg?v=1761786949","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-engineers-career-guide-isbn-9780470503508","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}