Featured Guest Blogger: JC Ryan from MyCollegesandCareers.com
Knowledge and skill will help you extend and expand your engineering career, but sometimes the squeaky wheel needs some amplifying in positive ways. Fortunately, engineers looking for ways to develop their careers and fortify positions can do so easily and simply.
- Networking
One of the mainstays in any career field, networking with other engineering professionals and firms increases your professional profile among those with whom it counts.
Regardless of your engineering specialty, get to know those in the field and let them get to know you in return. Read their books, magazine articles and reports. Subscribe to their newsletters or e-zines and send comments to them. Ask pertinent questions that spotlight their specialty. Give them professional attention and respect without fawning over them.
- Presentations
Attend professional conferences and seminars. Spend constructive time outside the conference room discussing the presented information, projects and other industry issues. Attending presentations of various forms extends your professional networking into national or international arenas, not just locally. However, if there’s an important conference in or near your city, don’t overlook that silver-platter opportunity. [Read more…] about 6 Simple Ways to Develop Your Engineering Career