Technical career survival handbook: 100 things you need to know
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Amsterdam
Elsevier, Academic Press
[2017]
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Inhaltsverzeichnis Klappentext |
| Physical Description: | XVI, 267 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme |
| ISBN: | 9780128093726 |
Staff View
MARC
| LEADER | 00000nam a2200000 c 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | BV043873032 | ||
| 003 | DE-604 | ||
| 005 | 20180219 | ||
| 007 | t | ||
| 008 | 161111s2017 a||| |||| 00||| eng d | ||
| 020 | |a 9780128093726 |c pbk |9 978-0-12-809372-6 | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)966296550 | ||
| 035 | |a (DE-599)BVBBV043873032 | ||
| 040 | |a DE-604 |b ger |e rda | ||
| 041 | 0 | |a eng | |
| 049 | |a DE-29T |a DE-703 | ||
| 084 | |a ZG 9050 |0 (DE-625)156019: |2 rvk | ||
| 100 | 1 | |a Burke, Peter Y. |e Verfasser |4 aut | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Technical career survival handbook |b 100 things you need to know |c Peter Y. Burke |
| 264 | 1 | |a Amsterdam |b Elsevier, Academic Press |c [2017] | |
| 264 | 4 | |c © 2017 | |
| 300 | |a XVI, 267 Seiten |b Illustrationen, Diagramme | ||
| 336 | |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |b n |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Techniker |0 (DE-588)4138289-4 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Ingenieurstudium |0 (DE-588)4072811-0 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Karriere |0 (DE-588)4073274-5 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
| 689 | 0 | 0 | |a Ingenieurstudium |0 (DE-588)4072811-0 |D s |
| 689 | 0 | 1 | |a Techniker |0 (DE-588)4138289-4 |D s |
| 689 | 0 | 2 | |a Karriere |0 (DE-588)4073274-5 |D s |
| 689 | 0 | |5 DE-604 | |
| 856 | 4 | 2 | |m Digitalisierung UB Bayreuth - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment |q application/pdf |u http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=029282850&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |3 Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| 856 | 4 | 2 | |m Digitalisierung UB Bayreuth - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment |q application/pdf |u http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=029282850&sequence=000002&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |3 Klappentext |
| 999 | |a oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-029282850 | ||
Record in the Search Index
| _version_ | 1804176762620346368 |
|---|---|
| adam_text | Contents
4
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction xv
Part I Preparing for the Work Force 1
1 Technical Careers 3
2 The Big Four Engineering Degrees 5
Civil Engineering 5
Electrical Engineering 5
Mechanical Engineering 6
Industrial Engineering 6
3 Other Engineering Degrees 7
4 Technology Degrees 13
5 Career Choice 15
What Are My Interests? 15
What Subjects Do I Like? 16
What Subjects Are My Strengths? 16
Who Do I Know in the Field? 16
6 College Selection 19
7 Engineering Technology 21
8 Graduate School 23
9 Day Versus Night School 25
10 Co-Op Programs 27
11 Internships 29
12 Alternative College Funding 31
Grants 31
Scholarships 32
vi Contents
GI Bill 32
Company Benefit 33
13 Finding That First Job 35
Where to Look for Your First Job? 36
14 Geographic Factors 39
Where Are the Jobs? 39
Where Are Manufacturing Centers? 40
15 Interviews 41
Campus 41
Telephone 41
Neutral Location Interview 42
Employer’s Facility 42
Panel 42
16 Opportunities for Women 45
Part II Employment Challenges 47
17 Experience 49
Discipline 49
Industry 49
Specialty 49
18 Work Direction 53
19 Manager 55
20 Management Styles 57
Coach 57
Micromanager 57
Conservative 58
Ambivalent 58
Dodger 58
Dictator 58
21 Positions---Open Versus Created 59
22 Specialties 61
23 Contractor 63
24 Consultant/Self-employed 65
Contents
vii
25 Part Time 67
26 Temporary 69
27 Technical Spectrum 71
28 Job Titles 73
29 Job Descriptions 75
30 Salary Structure 77
31 Key Employee 81
32 Nondisclosure Agreement 83
33 Company Size 85
34 Company Organization 87
35 Pensions 91
What Is a Pension? 91
What Are the Types of Pensions? 91
What Companies Offer Pensions? 92
What Is an Example of an Annuity Payment? 92
36 Training 93
37 Benefits 97
Social Security 97
Worker’s Compensation 97
Unemployment Insurance 98
Obamacare 98
38 Public Versus Private Technology Companies 99
Private Companies 99
Public Companies 99
39 Industries 101
40 Industry Trends 103
41 Green Jobs 105
42 Regional Manufacturing Centers 107
109
110
111
113
115
116
116
116
117
117
119
121
123
125
129
129
130
130
133
135
137
139
141
143
145
147
151
viii
43 Foreign-Owned Companies
Personal Concerns
44 Manufacturing
45 Engineering Department
46 Plant Engineering
What Are the Duties of Plant Engineers?
What Are the Requirements for Plant Engineers?
What Is the Outlook for Plant Engineers?
What Are the Trends in Plant Engineering?
Who Is a Certified Plant Engineer?
47 Service Companies and Consulting Engineers
48 Government
49 Union Versus Nonunion
50 Utilities
51 Spinoffs, Acquisitions, and Mergers
Spinoffs
Acquisitions
Mergers
52 Startups
53 Alliances
54 Joint Venture
55 Job Site Work
56 Commuting/Telecommuting
57 Reorganizations
Part III The Job Search
58 Resumes
59 Headhunters
Contents
ix
60 Staffing Firm 153
61 Networking/Newspaper/Internet 155
62 Offers/Counteroffers 157
Part IV On the Job 159
63 The Midcareer Years 161
64 Technical Library 163
65 Associations/Societies 165
66 Seminars /Webinars 167
67 Publishing 169
68 Industry Standards 171
69 Employment File 173
70 Patents 175
71 Trade Secrets 179
72 Professional Engineer 181
73 Safety 183
74 Business Plan 185
75 Schedules 187
76 Budgets 191
Man-hours 191
Expenses 191
Capital 192
77 Time Management 195
78 Specifications 197
79
Documents
199
x Contents
80 Performance Appraisals 201
Performance Review of Goals and Objectives 201
Performance Review of the Job Description 201
Review of Performance Characteristics 202
Co-reviews 202
81 Decision-Making 203
82 Project Team 205
First—Why Have a Temporary Organization? 205
Second—Who Should Participate on the Team? 205
Third—What Are the Qualifications of a Project Manager? 206
Fourth—How Is the Workload Organized? 206
Fifth—How Is Group Progress Communicated? 206
83 Scope of Work 207
84 Procurement 209
85 Trade Shows 211
86 Vendors 213
87 Meetings 215
88 Transfers 219
89 Feasibility Studies 221
90 Projects 223
91 Promotions 225
92 Demotions 227
93 Layoffs 229
94 Resigning 231
95 Relocation Packages 233
Part V The Career 235
96 The Earning Years 237
97 Success
239
Contents XI
98 Retirement/Winding Down 241
99 Parting Advice 243
100 Glossary 245
Further Reading 251
Index 257
TECHNICAL CAREER SURVIVAL HANDBOOK
100 Things You Need to Know
PETER
Technical Career Survival Handbook provides the information needed
to survive a technical career. The books enables prospective technical
career candidates, and those currently in technical careers, to
explore all technical education possibilities, industries, disciplines,
and specialties. Technical Career Survival Handbook better equips
the reader to deal with tough situations and the decisions they have
to make throughout their career. Topics include preparing for the
workforce, employment challenges, opportunities for women, and
dealing with on the job situations.
This book is a practical guidebook for scientists, engineers, and
technicians who collectively apply the principles of science and
mathematics to develop products, product features, and systems.
Key Features:
• Provides an understanding of industries, industry trends, consulting,
business plans
• Offers insight on how to pursue and navigate a technical career
• Discusses job searches, interviews, offers, and counteroffers
• Includes day-to-day, in the trenches, job situations that may arise
and best practices on how to address them
r J
ISBN 978-0-12-809372-6
ACADEMIC PRESS
An imprinl of Elsevier
f : elsevier.com
|
| any_adam_object | 1 |
| author | Burke, Peter Y. |
| author_facet | Burke, Peter Y. |
| author_role | aut |
| author_sort | Burke, Peter Y. |
| author_variant | p y b py pyb |
| building | Verbundindex |
| bvnumber | BV043873032 |
| classification_rvk | ZG 9050 |
| ctrlnum | (OCoLC)966296550 (DE-599)BVBBV043873032 |
| discipline | Technik |
| format | Book |
| fullrecord | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>01769nam a2200385 c 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">BV043873032</controlfield><controlfield tag="003">DE-604</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">20180219 </controlfield><controlfield tag="007">t</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">161111s2017 a||| |||| 00||| eng d</controlfield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">9780128093726</subfield><subfield code="c">pbk</subfield><subfield code="9">978-0-12-809372-6</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(OCoLC)966296550</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(DE-599)BVBBV043873032</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-604</subfield><subfield code="b">ger</subfield><subfield code="e">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="041" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">eng</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="049" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-29T</subfield><subfield code="a">DE-703</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="084" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">ZG 9050</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-625)156019:</subfield><subfield code="2">rvk</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Burke, Peter Y.</subfield><subfield code="e">Verfasser</subfield><subfield code="4">aut</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Technical career survival handbook</subfield><subfield code="b">100 things you need to know</subfield><subfield code="c">Peter Y. Burke</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Amsterdam</subfield><subfield code="b">Elsevier, Academic Press</subfield><subfield code="c">[2017]</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="c">© 2017</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">XVI, 267 Seiten</subfield><subfield code="b">Illustrationen, Diagramme</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">n</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">nc</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Techniker</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4138289-4</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Ingenieurstudium</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4072811-0</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Karriere</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4073274-5</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Ingenieurstudium</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4072811-0</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Techniker</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4138289-4</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="2"><subfield code="a">Karriere</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4073274-5</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="5">DE-604</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="2"><subfield code="m">Digitalisierung UB Bayreuth - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment</subfield><subfield code="q">application/pdf</subfield><subfield code="u">http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=029282850&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA</subfield><subfield code="3">Inhaltsverzeichnis</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="2"><subfield code="m">Digitalisierung UB Bayreuth - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment</subfield><subfield code="q">application/pdf</subfield><subfield code="u">http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=029282850&sequence=000002&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA</subfield><subfield code="3">Klappentext</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="999" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-029282850</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |
| id | DE-604.BV043873032 |
| illustrated | Illustrated |
| indexdate | 2024-07-10T07:37:20Z |
| institution | BVB |
| isbn | 9780128093726 |
| language | English |
| oai_aleph_id | oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-029282850 |
| oclc_num | 966296550 |
| open_access_boolean | |
| owner | DE-29T DE-703 |
| owner_facet | DE-29T DE-703 |
| physical | XVI, 267 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme |
| publishDate | 2017 |
| publishDateSearch | 2017 |
| publishDateSort | 2017 |
| publisher | Elsevier, Academic Press |
| record_format | marc |
| spelling | Burke, Peter Y. Verfasser aut Technical career survival handbook 100 things you need to know Peter Y. Burke Amsterdam Elsevier, Academic Press [2017] © 2017 XVI, 267 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Techniker (DE-588)4138289-4 gnd rswk-swf Ingenieurstudium (DE-588)4072811-0 gnd rswk-swf Karriere (DE-588)4073274-5 gnd rswk-swf Ingenieurstudium (DE-588)4072811-0 s Techniker (DE-588)4138289-4 s Karriere (DE-588)4073274-5 s DE-604 Digitalisierung UB Bayreuth - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=029282850&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis Digitalisierung UB Bayreuth - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=029282850&sequence=000002&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Klappentext |
| spellingShingle | Burke, Peter Y. Technical career survival handbook 100 things you need to know Techniker (DE-588)4138289-4 gnd Ingenieurstudium (DE-588)4072811-0 gnd Karriere (DE-588)4073274-5 gnd |
| subject_GND | (DE-588)4138289-4 (DE-588)4072811-0 (DE-588)4073274-5 |
| title | Technical career survival handbook 100 things you need to know |
| title_auth | Technical career survival handbook 100 things you need to know |
| title_exact_search | Technical career survival handbook 100 things you need to know |
| title_full | Technical career survival handbook 100 things you need to know Peter Y. Burke |
| title_fullStr | Technical career survival handbook 100 things you need to know Peter Y. Burke |
| title_full_unstemmed | Technical career survival handbook 100 things you need to know Peter Y. Burke |
| title_short | Technical career survival handbook |
| title_sort | technical career survival handbook 100 things you need to know |
| title_sub | 100 things you need to know |
| topic | Techniker (DE-588)4138289-4 gnd Ingenieurstudium (DE-588)4072811-0 gnd Karriere (DE-588)4073274-5 gnd |
| topic_facet | Techniker Ingenieurstudium Karriere |
| url | http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=029282850&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=029282850&sequence=000002&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT burkepetery technicalcareersurvivalhandbook100thingsyouneedtoknow |