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In this episode of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I am going to answer questions from our listeners about career challenges they are facing and choices that they have to make to succeed as an Engineer.
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I have had the pleasure of providing career coaching guidance to hundreds of engineers through my travels with my book Engineer Your Own Success. One very obvious characteristic of those engineers who are happy in their careers is the constancy of purpose.
What exactly does constancy of purpose mean?
Purpose is the reason you do something. If you are clear about why you are an engineer and you have specific goals and reasons for what you do each day, you will find that your career is much more rewarding.
How do you maintain a constancy of purpose?
I wouldn’t say there is a standard engineering equation to be purposeful, but here are 5 steps you can take to help you find and keep purpose in your career and life.
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In this episode, Chris Knutson, PE interviews Brian Howe, a former US Air Force captain who now consults and recruits transitioning military engineers for a nationally recognized recruiting agency.
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In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I give a young engineer some guidance on concerns she has, including lack of engineering-design experience and which master’s degree is best to pursue.
While much of my content on this site focuses on the development of core or nontechnical skills, getting the proper technical and engineering-design experience is also important as an engineer, especially when you are starting your career. Unfortunately, many engineers get trapped in a job in which, for whatever reason, they are not getting this experience. This session offers engineers with this dilemma some strategies for overcoming it.
The career-changing tip at the end of the show will not only challenge you to take action in your career but will force you to do it in a big way.
Listen to this session and learn: [Read more…] about TECC 025: The Engineering Career Coach Podcast – What to Do if You Are Not Getting the Engineering-Design Experience You Need
