1. Employment & Career Services Region 4 Report T. Lahdhiri, PhD, PE, PMP, SM-IEEE Region 4 ECS Coordinator January 2010 1

2. 2010 Plans l Key responsibilities l Improving current employment, career and professional development products and services. l Assisting local sections in providing assistance and information to unemployed members l Develop effective materials and presentations to enhance employers' awareness l Studying and communicating successful career development strategies for engineers 2

3. 2009 Accomplishments l Provided Workshops on the following topics l Project Management Workshop l Dearborn, Southeastern Michigan Section, April-09 l Grand Rapids, Western Michigan Section, November-09 l Resume and Job Interview l Detroit, Southeastern Michigan Section, May-09 l EIT 2009, Windsor, June-09 l IEEE Career Benefits l University of IL at Urbana Champaign, September-09 l Central IL Section, November 2009 3

4. 2009 Accomplishments l Produced Media containing several Career related modules and made them available to local Sections l Promoted Career Webinars offered by IEEE-USA 4

5. 2010 Opportunities l Promote IEEE-USA Career products and services as directed by the ECS Committee l Promote Workshops and use of the IEEE Speaker lists l Produce more career related modules as directed by the ECS Committee l Promote ECS Webinars 5