What Every Engineer Should Know About Career Management / Edition 1

by Mike Ficco

Overview

Thanks to their education, experience, and general philosophical orientation, many engineers fail to notice critical issues in the workplace that can directly impact their career advancement and day-to-day job satisfaction. This text focuses on career management, and the accompanying importance of human and social interactions in the office. Although framed in the engineering environment, it provides observations on people skills relevant to all occupations. Using an informal, yet professional style, the author takes a mentorship approach by offering suggestions and anecdotes devoid of lecturing.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781420076820
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/30/2008
Series:	What Every Engineer Should Know , #43
Pages:	260
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Mike Ficco

Table of Contents

What Every Engineer Should Know: Series Statement, Preface, Author, Introduction, I. The Engineering Career, 1. Education, 2. Framing the Corporate Landscape, 3. On the Job, 4. Alternate Career Paths, 5. Job Searching and Interviewing, II. Product Development, 6. Product Development Overview, 7. Basics Firs, 8. Plan the Effort, 9. Begin the Project, 10. Manage the Development, 11. Epilogue, Index