Bridging the gap between the time of a first job and advancement to the middle management level, this book focuses on the first five years of an engineering or technical career, telling what to expect and providing tips for getting ahead in the technical professions. It can also be used by managers who want to help new employees adjust quickly to their new environment and responsibilities.
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Managing Your First Years in Industry,
This review is from: Managing Your First Years in Industry: The Essential Guide to Career Transition and Success (Paperback)
Perhaps you don't hava a job yet, or perhaps you do - either way, it can be scary. You have your degree and you're excited about your career, but you're not sure what the future holds in store for you. You may wonder: Why don't I have a job yet? What went wrong in the interview? Why do my friends already have offers? Now that I've got the job, will I like it? Will I fit in? Will I measure up? How can I make work more interesting? Why didn't I get the promotion? What do they want from nme anyway? How can I get ahead?Focusing on the technical fields, this book looks at these issues to help you get the most out of your career and increase your value to management. Key topics include: * Identifying your career objective * The functional you: positioning yourself for success * Making your resume work for you * Your transition to indusatry * Career problems: emotion vs. reason * Thinking like a good manager This book will help you better understand why leaving school and going to work is often difficult, and what you can do to avoid the many common obstacles to career growth and satisfaction. It will also help you to understand important perceptual differences that occur between new hires and management and how to overcome the communication problems that can result. An increased abiity to meet your employer's needs as well as your own is the value-added you. --- from book's back cover
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