Launching
unprecedented unemployment levels. While from the competition, take courses outside
the economic climate and the difficult job your required curriculum, such as graduate
Your Career -
market are beyond anyone’s control, there level, hands on courses and internships to
Lessons
are a number of things that you can do to gain real-world experience, as well as
position yourself for a successful entrée into courses outside of your degree subject to
from the
the working world. give you increased depth. For example, an
Professionals
engineer with a background in English
IEEE, the world’s largest technical would find these skills highly relevant when
professional association, approached some writing a grant.”
Industry thought leaders from
of its most successful members to ask
IEEE give the inside scoop on
them what students can do to gain a Think globally
how to get ahead in a difficult
competitive edge in the job market. Here’s The availability and use of global
what they said: communication has grown considerably in
job market.
the past decade, and will continue to do so
Take courses outside of what’s required moving into the future. At the same time,
There was a time when the question “what With a daunting course load, there’s always companies are focused on expanding their
do you want to be when you grow up?” a temptation to pad your grades with easy, global footprint, and to that end, face fierce
seemed like it presented endless meaningless classes and avoid the competition in serving a global client base.
opportunities. Fast forward to present day: challenges that will ultimately prepare you Taking the time to understand what’s going
getting a job has become a reality. Your for success. on in the world can be as simple as picking
mindset has shifted away from the most up a copy of The Financial Times.
important aspects of the job search – such “There are thousands of students out there
as how to approach the search, where to with good grades, so that’s not going to “Students need to understand where the
look and what tools you can use to get separate a candidate from the pack,” said market is headed,” said Eleanor Baum,
best results – to drudgery and fear. If that Karen Panetta, Ph.D., Chair of the IEEE Ph.D., IEEE Fellow. “Companies are truly
isn’t stressful enough, students are now Women in Engineering Committee and full global now, with teams scattered across
making critical career choices in the midst professor of Electrical and Computer continents, working in a variety of time
of an economic downturn that is producing Engineering. “In order to distinguish yourself zones, languages and varying cultures. In
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