Student Career Day at the Chem Show (Wednesday, November 18th)
Keynote Speaker:
Carl Selinger is author of "Stuff You Don't Learn in Engineering School" and Adjunct Professor, The Cooper UnionIEEE Spectrum Careers articles by Carl Selinger, Contributing Editor
The articles below appeared in IEEE Spectrum magazine, and are listed most recent first. The earliest articles covered themes in Stuff You Don’t Learn in Engineering School: Skills for Success in the Real World (Wiley-IEEE Press, 2004).
Saying “no”. 3/09. http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/tech-careers/saying-no.
Get a grip! New Year’s Resolutions. 1/09. http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/tech-careers/get-a-grip.
Dealing with Difficult People. 12/08. http://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/security/dealing-with-difficult-people.
Humor Dos & Don’ts. 10/08. http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/tech-careers/humor-dos-and-donts.
Your Mentor and You. 7/08. http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/tech-careers/your-mentor-and-you.
How to Talk Like a Salesman. 6/08. http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/ethics/how-to-talk-like-a-salesman.
Office Politics. 5/08. http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/computing/it/survivor-the-office.
Travel Tips. 2/08. http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/tech-careers/travel-tips.
Dealing with the Media. 8/07. http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/tech-careers/dealing-with-the-media.
Workaholism. 6/07. http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/tech-careers/workaholism.
Becoming Your Own Boss. 4/07. http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/tech-careers/becoming-your-own-boss.
Who Dares, Wins: How to act boldly but not foolishly. 12/06. http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/tech-careers/who-dares-wins.
Gilding Your Golden Years. 8/06. http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/tech-careers/gilding-your-golden-years.
Making Committees Work. 6/06. http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/tech-careers/making-committees-work.
Learning Where the Jobs Are: Managing Your Career. 2/06. http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/tech-careers/learning-where-the-jobs-are.
Recovering from Mistakes. 12/05. http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/tech-careers/recovering-from-mistakes.
The Art of Delegating: Assigning tasks to others is a key managerial skill. 8/05. http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/tech-careers/the-art-of-delegating.
Strategic Planning on the Job: Charting your career allows you to make the most of whatever opportunities arise. 6/05 web-only.
Marketing Yourself: How to make sure that your boss, your clients, and others know who you are and what you can do. 4/05.
From War to Peace: Resolving conflict – Dealing with Disagreement. 3/05. http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/tech-careers/from-war-to-peace.
Drowning in Data: How to deal with information overload and stay abreast of your field. 1/05 web-only.
Take Action -- Now!: How to stop stalling and get on with the rest of your career. 10/04.
Learning to Lead: To be a better leader, develop your ‘soft’ skills and take on new responsibilities. 9/04.
The Creative Engineers: What can you do to spark new ideas? 8/04. http://spectrum.ieee.org/geek-life/profiles/the-creative-engineer.
Pass the Stress Test: How to make your work life less stressful and more fun. 7/04.
Becoming a ‘People’ Person. 6/04.
Ethics on the Job. 5/04.
Negotiate This! 4/04.
We Have to Stop Meeting Like This! 3/04.
How Am I Doing? 2/04.
Anatomy of the Office. 1/04. http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/tech-careers/anatomy-of-the-office.
Decisions, Decisions. 11/03.
Stuff You Don't Learn in Engineering School. 9/03.
This list below is on Carl’s website for easier hyperlink retrieval: http://www.carlselinger.com/IEEE%20Spectrum%20Careers%20articles.htm. If the link is not there or is not live, go to the Spectrum archive at: http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/static/magazine/. Contact Carl at selinger99@aol.com if any problems.
For more information, contact Carl Selinger at selinger99@aol.com, or www.carlselinger.com.