Great Jobs for Engineering Majors, Second Edition [Paperback]

Geraldine Garner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 27, 2002 | ISBN-10: 0071387323 | ISBN-13: 978-0071387323 | Edition: 2

Answers the question, "What can I do with an engineering degree?"

Great Jobs for Engineering Majors helps you explore your career options within your field of study. From assessing your talents and skills to taking the necessary steps to land a job, every aspect of identifying and getting started in engineering is covered. You learn to explore your options, target an ideal career, present a major as an asset to a job, perfect a job search, and follow through and get results.

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From the Back Cover

What can I do with a degree in engineering?

The first step toward the rest of your life starts with that question, and the answer is right here. Get on the right path now for a satisfying and rewarding career in engineering by learning to match your skills and interests with exciting employment opportunities. Great Jobs for Engineering Majors will help you

• Assess your strengths and interests
• Choose the ideal location
• Establish your standard of living
• Explore unusual career paths
• Identify the best employers
• Set a strategy for getting the job you want

About the Author

About the Author

Dr. Geraldine Garner is the president of Science and Technology Career Strategies. Previously, Garner was an associate professor and the associate dean of the Walter P. Murphy Cooperative Engineering Education Program at Northwestern University. She has taught career development at both Northwestern and Virginia Commonwealth University.

Series Codevelopers and Contributing Authors

Stephen E. Lambert is the director of career services at Plymouth State College in New Hampshire. He codeveloped this series with Julia Ann DeGalan, a former administrator and career counselor at Plymouth State College.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 2 edition (March 27, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071387323
• ISBN-13: 978-0071387323
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,460,156 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The job hunting strategies are informative but dry reading, April 16, 2002

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Celeste Baine (Oregon, author of "Is There an Engineer Inside You?") - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Great Jobs for Engineering Majors, Second Edition (Paperback)

Great Jobs for Engineering Majors is a good book to pick-up when you are finishing your degree in engineering. The first half covers searching for a job and the second half covers career paths such as careers in industry, consulting, government, education, and non-technical paths. It aids you in assessing your talents and skills, exploring your options, targeting your ideal career, and following through to get the job you really want.

I only read the first edition but hopefully there is additional text to explain how to search for jobs using the Internet and various email strategies in this edition. That was the only thing missing from the 1st edition.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Book helpful but more needed, April 16, 2009

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S. Folse "Job seeker" (DC area) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Great Jobs for Engineering Majors (Great Jobs for ... Majors) (Paperback)

The book may tell you how to become an engineer but it does not point to available jobs. There are many websites that claim to offer jobs but it often remains difficult. At, [ ... ] you can find jobs dealing with this specific career field. At [ ... ] , they only have jobs from employer websites and offer far more jobs than other job boards.