How to Avoid Getting Caught Up in Career-Development Details as an Engineer
Here’s a HUGE challenge engineers face in their career development: they get caught up in the details of day-to-day tasks and forget to look at the big picture and how all of their actions affect it. This is totally understandable. Our job as engineers, from a technical standpoint, is to make sure that all of […]
Nine Points to Help Prepare for and Get the Most out of Engineering Conferences – Ep 016
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I speak with Christian Knutson, PE, author of The Engineer Leader blog, who shares with us some ways on how to build relationships when attending engineering conferences.. Knutson has over twenty years’ experience in leadership. He learned, and earned, his expertise in one of the most […]
How to Break into the Field of Sustainability with Professional Soccer Player Turned Professor Leidy Klotz – Ep 015
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I interview Dr. Leidy Klotz, associate professor at the Glen Department of Civil Engineering at Clemson University. Dr. Klotz explains his journey from engineering student to professional soccer player to professor. The career-changing tip at the end of the show will provide you with a resource […]
Three Key Pieces of Engineering Career Advice from Randy Over – ASCE National President – Ep 014
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I interview Randal (Randy) Over, PE, FASCE—national president of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Randy shares some key pieces of career advice and also some recommendations for achieving work-life balance and achieving full engagement in your career. The career-changing tip at the end of […]
How to Improve the Quality of Your Engineering Design Work and Boost Your Confidence – Ep 013
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I am going to help a young structural engineer overcome a serious challenge he faces. He has been leaving some important technical details off of his design plans, which is extremely dangerous and can affect not only his career development but also the safety of the […]
Five Steps for Becoming the Best Engineer in Your Field – Ep 012
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I am going to provide five very specific steps for becoming the best engineer in your field. I get this question every day in many different forms from engineers. Having a recipe for how to excel in your specific discipline is invaluable, and that’s what I […]
Deciding on the Technical or Managerial Career Path as an Engineer – Ep 011
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I am going to provide some tips to an engineer on how to decide whether to stay on the technical track in his career path or to make a move toward management when the time is right. Even though he is early in his career, he […]
Acing the Engineering Job Interview – Ep 010
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I am going to provide some tips to an engineer on how to ace the engineering job interview. These are tips I have helped engineers of all experience levels use to land great jobs. “I am so nervous; I have always been nervous since I was […]
How to Not Mess Up Your Annual Review for Engineers – Ep 009
In this session of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, I am going to cover the oh so important annual review for engineers and provide some coaching and guidance on how to prepare for and approach your annual performance review. In the last few weeks I have received so many questions about this annual review for […]
Wow the Crowd: Anthony Fasano’s Guide to Public Speaking for Engineers
Even though I have been a professional speaker for three years as of the publication of this guide, I still introduce myself as an engineer. People often joke and say, “You can’t be an engineer, engineers don’t speak well in front of an audience.” This is one of the reasons that I wanted to prepare […]