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Personal Growth 3. 40 Years of Career Experience in 82 Minutes

30 ABSOLUTE MUSTS TO KEEP YOUR ENGINEERING JOB & GET AHEAD!

Your Presenter & Course Author John R. Puskar, P.E. (2:32)

Is Your Career or Job on Life Support?

Have you received hints or warnings to change things? (2:29)

MY CORE MESSAGE - The 3 C's - Credibility, Culture, Communications

Credibility, Culture, & Communications - will mean everything to your career (0:39)
You must be known as a CREDIBLE Engineer! (4:28)
Understanding employer and client CULTURE is vital to your future. (6:42)
A genius who can't COMMUNICATE will get no where! (7:10)

Your daily work habits will define you and your future!

Step up for challenges and try to work independently (2:23)
Real world engineering is not like school! (1:19)
You better get good at project management and being accountable (5:15)
Be more than fair with expense accounts...err on company's side (0:55)

Try not to do really STUPID things that you will REGRET forever!

Act like you're never off the clock and always being watched! (6:52)

Vendors can make you a hero or trash your career and life if mismanaged.

You'll have lots of vendor relationships, there are rules! (2:19)
Don't abuse vendors, be brutally honest and more than fair. (1:22)

People and relationships make the world go around - develop and nurture many!

Stay in touch with current and former clients and coworkers. (1:22)
"RESPECT" and the role in plays in your relationships (3:59)
Learning about other groups and departments at your place of work (1:18)
Find Mentors, inside and outside where you work (0:53)

Professional Societies are a MUST in your career life!

Be a "Joiner", and then get very involved. (3:32)

Have a good HR (Human Resources) relationship.

Learn the rules, follow them, use them to your benefit (1:22)

You will spend more than 25% of your time in meetings.....Learn how to handle them

Good behavior and practices for meetings. (3:20)

Cyber security and social media considerations

Don't be the one that takes down the entire organization (1:29)
Remember, everyone looks up social media and interprets you that way (0:56)

Am I getting anywhere, do I get paid enough, and why?

Do you feel stuck? Getting no where? (1:48)
Are you viewed as a Hi-Pot? If not you may never be. (1:48)
Are you getting paid enough? Compensation package expectations. (5:07)

What career path are you on, and what one thing can distinguish you forever?

Where are you heading, "Technical" or "Management"? (1:48)
The one most important distinguishing feature amongst all of us. (1:17)

You must be able to artfully but BLUNTLY deliver important sometimes unpopular news.

You will likely at some point make life impacting decisions - SAFETY (1:37)
BE BLUNT - BE FACTUAL - You will have to deliver unpopular news (3:19)

Additional tools to help you in your journey

Some additional things to help you. (1:26)
Closing, Questions, & More........ (0:59)

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