Professional Guidance Dr.-Ing. J. Mossbrucker Dr. O. Petersen

GE300 – Purpose Provides Perspectives On: Different Engineering Disciplines and Functions Professional Issues and Career Planning Does the Following: Vote on Senior Electives/Senior Projects Discuss Senior Design/Senior Projects Form Plan for Post-Graduation

What GE300 is & is NOT!!!! It is intended to be informative – But being informed is an active process – YOU must be willing to listen and think and PARTICIPATE Potential disappointments – Entertainment aspects are coincidental – Not all material will be relevant to all of you Impossible task with a diverse group Course and session feedback used for improvements

GE300 – Course Focus Helping you get the job you want – Career opportunities – Placement office, Resume writing Preparing for the senior year – Electives, Senior Design Career financial planning Professional Societies, PE Registration Graduate School

Career Opportunities – Example What industry? – Telecommunications – Automation, etc. – Mature industries/Startups What company within that industry? – Motorola, ATT, Nortel What function within that company? – System/Component Design – System Integration – Customer Applications/Marketing

Examples of Job Functions Research Design Manufacturing Testing Product Development Components Systems Interfacing Technical Marketing Applications

Something VERY Important Do you want to be successful? – Really? – What are you doing about it? Do you know how to get what you want in life? – How to prepare for life? – Do you understand the world you will enter? – What to say to people?

Your Future and the Rules of Life 80/20 rule - Technical competency – Assumed, nothing special – Ratio of time spent on technical versus other topics 50/50 rule - Professional competency – Ratio of needed technical versus professional skills – Does this define you? Are you prepared for this? Are you serious about this?

GE300 – Syllabus You are expected to attend ALL scheduled lectures/sessions for GE-300. In addition, you must hand in the following work on the given deadlines: AssignmentDue 1.Your Expectations of GE300W2D1 2. Research Paper on a CompanyW2D1 3. Resume and Cover LetterW3D2 4.Live-Audience Interview AnalysisW3D1 5. Career Expectations Upon GraduationW5D1 6. Academic Program Explanation to Potential EmployerW6D1 7. Self-Analysis of Professional Interests/Senior Year PlanW8D1

GE300 – Syllabus cont. How your grade will be determined: A one-half letter grade reduction will be made to your final grade for each of the following: – Each unexcused absence from a lecture – Late assignment A one letter grade reduction will be made to your final grade for each of the following: – Unsatisfactory assignment not made up per instructor’s directions A grade of “F” will be given for the course if there are: – Any missing assignments as of 12:00PM noon, Friday, Week 10 – Any missed lectures not made up per the instructor’s directions as of 12:00PM noon, Friday, Week 10 – Any unprofessional behavior based on the sole judgment of the instructors

Schedule 2005 Tentative GE300 Schedule – Winter DayTOPIC 11/29/05GE-300: Purpose, assignments, grades 12/01/05Quality Engineering 12/06/05Gaining Employment, part 1 12/08/05Gaining Employment, part 2 12/13/05A Live-Audience Interview 12/15/05Careers in the Military 12/20/05Teamwork Concepts