Appropriate for many senior level engineering courses.

Based on research with 200 accomplished professionals, Building a Winning Career in Engineering offers twenty-five proven ways to build and sustain a successful engineering career. Using a very practical approach, it examines specific "soft skills" that complement technical course work, and demonstrates how to learn and implement strategies such as integrity, perseverance, public speaking, leadership, and negotiating to take one to the top of their profession. Complete with success stories, discussion cases and insightful tips, it serves as an excellent reference and provides a road map for building a winning engineering career. 

Appropriate for many senior level engineering courses.

Based on research with 200 accomplished professionals, Building a Winning Career in Engineering offers twenty-five proven ways to build and sustain a successful engineering career. Using a very practical approach, it examines specific "soft skills" that complement technical course work, and demonstrates how to learn and implement strategies such as integrity, perseverance, public speaking, leadership, and negotiating to take one to the top of their profession. Complete with success stories, discussion cases and insightful tips, it serves as an excellent reference and provides a road map for building a winning engineering career. 

Tailored to engineering majors—this text is an excellent supplement for many senior level courses. 

• Emphasizes "soft skills" that complement technical abilities and course work and lead to a successful career.
• Provides examples, cases, tips and strategies specific and relevant to engineering professionals. 

A collection of twenty strategies—demonstrate proven ways to build and sustain a successful career.

• Identifies 20 traits, skills and strategies that contribute to success after graduation, such as credibility, integrity, perseverance, self-discipline, public speaking, negotiating, etc. 
• Serves as an excellent reference by outlining not only what readers need to learn, but also how to implement the strategy for maximum effectiveness.  

Research with 200 successful professionals—provided the source material for this title.

• Presents the author’s findings based on a research study with 200 successful technical professionals.
• Compiles the experience, knowledge and recommendations of accomplished professionals in one convenient source. 

Success profiles—appear in chapters 1, 5, 10, 15 and 20.

• Illustrate how five different engineering professionals have used recommended strategies to make it to the top of their field.
• Motivate readers and provide them with role models for their own career success.

Discussion cases–appear throughout the text.

• Spark class debate and deliberation on specific strategies and why they are important.  

Success tips–appear throughout the text.

• Offer guidance on specific actions that have been used by successful professionals in the past.

1.      Make Integrity Your Hallmark

2.      Become an Effective Communicator

3.      Become a Leader In Your Organization

4.      Set High Expectations for Yourself and Develop a Plan for Achieving Them

5.      Identify Positive Role Models and Learn from Them

6.      Be an Effective Team Player and Team Builder

7.      Be a Positive Change Agent

8.      Project a Winning Image

9.      Become an Effective Negotiator

10.  Apply Self-Discipline and Time Management

11.  Never Just Pass the Time–Use It

12.  Learn to be Customer-Driven

13.  Develop and Apply a Can-Do Attitude and Seek Responsibility

14.  Don’t Just Plan–Execute

15.  Become an Effective Public Speaker

16.  Become an Effective Problem Solver and Critical Thinker

17.  Learn How to Manage Conflict and Deal Effectively with Difficult People

18.  Be a Mentor to Team Members and Your Boss

19.  Learn to Balance Work and the Rest of Your Life

20.  Persevere Through Difficult Times–Don’t Quit and Never Give Up

APPENDIX A: SAMPLE RESUMES

APPENDIX B: JOB SEEKING TIPS

APPENDIX C: INTERVIEWING TIPS

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