Contents
1.
Career Advancment and Survial for Engineers
2. Job
Search Skills for the Engineer: Finding Jobs, Resumes
& Interviewing
3.
Making a Successful Transition from the University to
Industry for Engineers 4.
Making Great Technical Presentations
5.
Engineering Guidelines for Test Planning
6.
Writing Better Technical Proposals in Less Time with Less
Effort
7. How
to Successfully Survive Corporate Downsizing and Layoff
8.
Advanced Infrared Systems of Technology
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- The "Big" Picture: how companies really "think"
- Corporate engineering structures: engineering Ladder, Product Organizations, Matrix Organizations
- The engineering process in your company
- Formal & informal criteria: Perfaormance reviews, hidden bias, actual rating tables
- Mentoring: Coaches & Sponsors
- Creating and maintaining a Company Calendar
- Surviving change and using it to get ahead
Who
Should Attend:
All Engineeres who consider themselves at a
"crossroads" in their careers
Course 2 Objective:
Developed with the aid of industry personnel departments,
this course
gives Engineers the job search skills that are essential
to gain the competitive edge in the 90's. Finding the
right job enhancing resume and scoring the
"knockout" interview are all identified to aid
you in advancing your career.
What
You Will Learn
- Turning a "ho-hum" resume into a "killer" resume
- Networking: the job search key
- Putting together an impressive portfolio
- Getting past HR and into the interview
- Secrets of effective interviewing
- Controlling the interview to your advantage
- Finding the right job
- Career Fairs and how to get offers
Who
Should Attend:
Any Engineer who is thinking about changing positions
(either internal or external to the company); anyone who
has not interviewed in the past two years
Course 3 Objective:
Getting started on the right foot is key
to launching a successful career. The transition from
school to employment is easy if you know what to do. This
course shows students the sure and steady steps to
success.
What
You Will Learn:
- Where and when to start looking for jobs
- Writing resumes that get you hired
- Interviews: questions to expect and ask, how to succeed with one, what to do after
- Handling multiple offers
- Accepting offers: the protocol
- The first year on the job
- Getting ahead once youÕre working
Who
Should Attend:
Undergraduate and graduate Engineering Students;
Engineering career Counselor and Advisors
Course 4 Objective:
Making technical presentations to
customers, management or at conventions can be difficult.
This course can save hours of work and make the task much
easier. Great presenters are not born that way; they
learn techniques and practice. This course will give you
the shortcuts you need to know to become a most welcome
-- and impressive -- presence at the podium!
What
You Will Learn:
- Management and technical presentation strategies
- The different types of technical presentations: Oral Briefing, Team Instruction, Program Reviews
- Using presentation aids effectively
- Mechanics of chart making
- 20 different chart styles for getting technical info across
- Staging the presentation
- How to put complex technical subjects in ÒlaymanÕsÓ terms
- What to emphasize and what to exclude
- How to handle difficult questions
- Speaking doÕs and donÕts
- Tips from the professionals
- Eight easy steps to great presentations
Who
Should Attend:
Any Engineer who is currently or will soon be making
presentations; Undergraduate and graduate Engineering
Students; Engineers who wish to broaden their speaking
careers
Course 5 Objective:
Prepared by design engineers, test engineers, program
management, and cost control, scheduling and production
personnel, this course provides unique, real-world,
step-by-step instructions on how to develop a master
plan.
What
You Will Learn:
- How to develop a master test plan
- Establishing a test-planning team
- Identifying program objectives
- Developing winning strategies to meet those objectives
- Implementing a test program
- Developing test data acquisition plan
- Pinpointing interdependences
- Creating checklists
- Minimizing resources, time and people needed to conduct tests
- Preparing test summaries
- Developing a contingency plan
- Releasing MTP to Document Control
Who
Should Attend:
Engineers who are currently or will soon be test
planning; Undergraduate and graduate Engineering Students
Course 6 Objective:
This course will not only give you the buzzwords to write
winning proposals -- it will help you do so in less time
with less effort with your existing staff. YouÕll become
better organized and get your message across like never
before.
What
You Will Learn:
- Information gathering
- Laying out a winning approach
- Planning the proposal effort
- Generating a schedule
- Using storyboards
- Generating outlines and assignments
- Understanding feature vs. benefits
- Creating art and charts
- Estimating costs
- Trackability
- Working with pubs
- Picking the right team members
- Getting feedback fast
- The Final Edit
- Covers and Executive Summary
- Models, demos and videos
Who
Should Attend:
Any Engineer who is currently or will soon be writing
technical proposals; Undergraduate and graduate
Engineering Students
Course 7 Objective:
Corporate takeovers, mergers, shutdowns and reductions in
the work force are common in todayÕs world. This course
is the only practical, put-o-the-test guide to surviving
it all. To help you get organized and form a plan of
attack without panicking, take this lifesaving course --
even if youÕre not in immediate Òdanger.Ó
What
You Will Learn:
- How to deal with first feelings of anger, depression, denial
- Tips to reestablishing a routine in your life
- How to leave with whatÕs rightfully yours: vacation time, severance, letters of recommendation, health benefits
- How to tell family members and friends
- Going straight to the placement center, and getting the most from its classes and services
- Starting the job search
- Preparing for the interview
- Presenting your past job to future employees
Who
Should Attend:
Engineers who have been laid off or are in tenuous job
circumstances; Engineers who are considering leaving a
less than positive job situation
Course 8 Objective:
Advanced infrared systems and technology are playing an
increasingly important role in military and commercial
products. This course will update you on the latest
progress in this dynamic area and make you better
positioned for the growing number of engineering
opportunities in the field.
What
You Will Learn:
- Missions for 2000 and beyond: Leveraging advanced IR systems
- Recent advances in modeling and simulation
- Critical components and technologies for advanced IR sensors
- IR Focal Place Array Technology: Achievements and directions for advanced systems
- Modern signal processing techniques for IR sensors
- Advanced IR systems integration methodology
- Developing high-performance and cost-effective advanced IR systems
- Examples of current advanced IR system development
- Anticipating further developments
Who
Should Attend:
Engineers who are currently or will soon be specializing
in IR systems and technology
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