Career success in engineering : a guide for students and new professionals /

Are you ready for real-world matters of employment, job performance, project management, leadership, ethics, and licensure? Drawing on their own experiences and others, the authors provide undergraduates and young professionals with a solid foundation and understanding of these issues that will serv...

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Main Author: Berson, Bernard R.
Other Authors: Benner, Douglas E.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : Kaplan AEC Education, [2007]
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505 0 |a Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Transition from college to the real world -- Launching your career -- The engineering profession -- Engineering career options -- Your résumé -- Interviewing skills -- Career planning: goals and your personal vision -- Organizational mission and vision statements -- Leadership -- Professionalism and its importance -- Ethics for engineers -- Professional liability -- Learning soft skills -- Accounting and corporate finance -- Moonlighting -- Outsourcing -- The licensure process -- Continuing professional competency -- Professional associations -- Mentoring -- Finding another job -- Overseas assignment -- The engineering design process -- Sustainable development -- Project delivery systems -- Construction project procedures and team roles -- Project management -- Risk management -- Legal concerns -- Laws, regulations, codes, and standards -- Protecting intellectual property: patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets -- Qualification-based selection -- Contracts -- Dispute resolution -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Appendix -- About the author -- Index. 
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