{"product_id":"the-engineers-career-guide-paperback-softback-9780470503508","title":"The Engineer's Career Guide (Paperback \/ softback) 9780470503508","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Engineer's Career Guide\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn A. Hoschette (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780470503508, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 14 May 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e636 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 3.3 cm, 0.898 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\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\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\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? 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