1. Professionalism

2. Objectives Have the ability to: Prepare and critique resumes
Understand job-hunting etiquette and techniques
Understand the function of career services
Understand how to obtain your professional license
Understand the laws related to professional practice

3. Your Work History
How did you find your first couple of jobs? (summarize on board)
Summer Employment Survey (Handout if not completed)

4. After graduation Not the end, but the beginning!!!
Employment (full-time; part-time)
Graduate School (full-time; part-time)

5. Career vs Job

6. Career Planning What are your assets and traits?
Where do you want to start?
What are your short-term goals?
What are your long-term goals?

7. Looking for Jobs Career Services Internet Professional Organizations
Newspapers
Magazines
Friends and Family
Other?

8. Career Services at SUNY Poly https://sunypoly
Workshops
Resume
Internships
Full-time Jobs (College Central Network)
Resume handouts
Tips / Actions verbs
Resume example
Poor resume (critique in class)

9. Resume References: Reverse chronological order (most important first)
Making Your First Impression Count-Effective Resumes
Resumes: The Basics
Reverse chronological order (most important first)
Limit to one-page
No misrepresentations (ET, not ENGR)
Visually pleasing
Easy to read

10. Interviewing Be prepared Arrive early Dress appropriately
Get names of those you interview with (ask for business cards)
Ask open-ended questions
Follow-up

11. Interview Questions
Typical Interview Questions

12. References Better to ask before the job hunt
Provide detailed info to the person who is giving you a reference:
When is due date?
Provide additional information about yourself
Provide a self-addressed envelope (if mailed)

13. Landing the Job – Next steps
How to act professionally in the workplace!!!

14. Professionalism From Wikipedia:
A professional is a member of a vocation founded upon specialised educational training.
The word professional traditionally means a person who has obtained a degree in a professional field. The term professional is used more generally to denote a white collar working person, or a person who performs commercially in a field typically reserved for hobbyists or amateurs.
In western nations, such as the United States, the term commonly describes highly educated, mostly salaried workers, who enjoy considerable work autonomy, a comfortable salary, and are commonly engaged in creative and intellectually challenging work.[1][2][3][4] Less technically, it may also refer to a person having impressive competence in a particular activity.[5]
Because of the personal and confidential nature of many professional services and thus the necessity to place a great deal of trust in them, most professionals are held up to strict ethical and moral regulations.

15. Work Environment Professional—Knowledge, ideas and information
Nonprofessional—Work can be measured by the quantity and quality of work output

16. Professionalism Managing your time Communicating Teamwork
Treating others with respect
High ethical standards
Positive attitude
Reliable
Leadership

17. Relationships Employee-Corporation Employee-Manager Employee-Employee
Employee-Support Personnel

18. Employee-Corporation
Mutual interests; both need each other
Corporate Obligations:
Fair compensation
Treat employees w/ dignity
Equal opportunity
Employee Commitments:
Work the required number of hours
Adhere to confidentiality guidelines
Respect conflict-of-interest agreements

19. Employee-Manager May be most important relationship
Manager Responsibilities:
Explain company principles and policies
Administer salary, promotion and hiring plans equitably
Review, hire and fire employees
Employee Commitments:
Complete quality assignments in a timely manner
Act professionally
Take responsibility for self-development

20. Employee-Employee Important to form effective working relationships
Most work is accomplished by teams
Collect info from others, analyze, and report results
Everyone knows their responsibilities and target dates

21. Employee-Support Personnel
Treat support personnel with respect
Encourage open communication
Make support personnel part of the team

22. Traits for Success in the Workplace
Competence
Pursuit of Excellence
Personal Integrity
Likeability
Positive Attitude
Effective Communication

23. Homework Assignments (#1 and #2) Individual Work
Prepare a draft resume in career services format
Have a peer critique it (pair up students)
Prepare answers to 10 interview questions
Submit your draft/critiqued resume, your revised resume and interview questions/answers on Blackboard (PDF format) prior to next week’s class (Sept 14th)
By the end of the semester have your resume approved by career services. Forward to me the that says your resume is approved and ready for upload to CCN.

24. Practicing Professionalism as a Student
Round Robin

25. Break

26. Professional Licensing-Why
Professionalism
Pride
Enhances Resume
Job requirement
(NYSDOT JE: )
In most agencies, in order to successfully pass the one-year probationary period, Junior Engineers appointed from this eligible list will be required to obtain a Fundamentals in Engineering Certificate during their first year of service. Upon receipt of this certification and successful completion of one year of State service, you may be advanced to the Grade 20 level of the engineering series with a starting salary of $53,037 without further testing. In some agencies, Junior Engineers who fail to obtain their Fundamentals in Engineering Certificate during the first year may be offered an opportunity to transfer to a para-professional engineering position pending completion of this requirement. You should discuss this with agency representatives during your employment interview.

27. Professional Licensing
FE (Fundamentals Exam)
PE (Professional Exam)
Administered by State
FE reciprocal but details controlled by state
PE state specific

28. New York State New York State Education Dept Licensed Professionals

29. Differences between ET and E
Engineering Technology
Engineering
Eligibility for FE exam
After graduation
Before graduation
Experience before PE
6 years
4 years
Historically—Paper exam; Offered twice a year. Could take FE in Vermont (and PA?) before graduation
Since Jan 2014, FE exam is online but must be taken at a test center
(one location in Utica)

30. Taking FE after Graduation (ET)
New Computer-Based-Testing
Details at
Letter from NYSED

31. FE Civil and FE Mechanical Knowledge Areas
FE Mechanical:

32. Forms and Reference Materials

33. FE Contents Ethics & Business Practices (7% of Morning Test)
Code of Ethics
Agreements and Contracts
Ethical versus Legal
Professional Liability
Public Protection Issues (e.g. licensing boards)
Ref:

34. Engineering Practice Unethical Behavior
Loss of business
Loss of licensure
Monetary fines
Loss of reputation

35. Engineering Practice Ethical Behavior
Increased business
Enhanced professional reputation
Extended employment

36. Engineering Practice New York Education Law
NY Educ (Administration)
NY Educ (Conduct)
New York Code, Rules & Regulations:
8 NYCRR § 68.1 et seq. (Administration)
8 NYCRR § 29.1 et seq. (Conduct)

37. Engineering Practice Engineering Defined
NY Educ. § Definition of practice of engineering. The practice of the profession of engineering is defined as performing professional service such as consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, design or supervision of construction or operation in connection with any utilities, structures, buildings, machines, equipment, processes, works, or projects wherein the safeguarding of life, health and property is concerned, when such service or work requires the application of engineering principles and data.

38. Engineering Practice Licensing and Title Statue
§ Practice of engineering and use of title "professional engineer". Only a person licensed or otherwise authorized under this article shall practice engineering or use the title "professional engineer".

39. Permissible Scope of Practice
The purpose of the Education Law is to safeguard the life, health and property of the public. Licensing requirements which protect the public health and safety must be strictly complied with and a contract in violation of such statutes cannot be enforced.

40. Code of Ethics
No matter what state you practice in, that state has a code of ethics which governs your ethical conduct.
As a member of NSPE, there is another code of ethics which governs your ethical conduct.

41. Professional Code of Conduct
As a professional license holder, or someone who works for a professional license holder, you are required to know the constraints imposed upon your conduct by the state code of ethics.
If you violate the provisions of those code of ethics, you or the person that you work for can be fined or lose their license to practice.

42. State Laws Professional Misconduct-NY Education Law § 6509
Unprofessional Conduct – 8 NYCRR § 29.1
Design Professionals - 8 NYCRR § 29.3

43. Professional Misconduct 8 NYCRR § 29.1
Willful or grossly negligent failure to comply with federal, state or local laws governing the practice of the profession;
Exercising undue influence on a client in such a manner as to exploit financial gain in favor of the practitioner or a third party;
Directly or indirectly offering, soliciting or receiving a fee to or from a third party for client referrals;

44. Professional Misconduct (Cont.) 8 NYCRR § 29.1
Fee sharing with those not otherwise authorized to practice in the same profession;
Moral unfitness;
Willfully making or filing a false report or failing to file a report required by law or the Education Department
Failing to make available to a client copies of documents in the possession of the professional which have been prepared and paid for by the client

45. Professional Misconduct (Cont.) 8 NYCRR § 29.1
Revealing personal information without the consent of the client (identity; financial condition; how you’re getting paid)
Practicing or offering to practice beyond the scope permitted by law, or performing services which the professional is not competent to perform;
Delegating responsibilities to a person that is not qualified to perform them;

46. Professional Misconduct (Cont.) 8 NYCRR § 29.1
Performing professional services which have not been authorized by the client (going above and beyond in hopes of getting paid)
Failing to respond to inquiries from the Education Department (must “rat out” your friends; most often comes up amongst partners)

47. Design Professionals 8 NYCRR § 29.3
Being associated with any project or practice known to be fraudulent;
Failing to report to the owner any unauthorized or substantial disregard by any contractor of plans or specifications when observation of the work is provided for in the agreement between the owner and design professional;
Signing and sealing documents for which professional services have not been performed by the profession;

48. Design Professionals (Cont) 8 NYCRR § 29.3
Failing to maintain plans, documents, computations and evaluations to which the professional has signed and sealed for at least 6 years;
Having a substantial financial interest in a contractor, manufacturer or supplier on a project for which the professional is responsible without the knowledge and approval of the client;
Fee sharing with persons other than partners, employees, associated in a professional firm or corporation, subcontractor or subconsultant;

49. Design Professionals (Cont) 8 NYCRR § 29.3
Accepting compensation from more than one party for services on the same project without disclosing the same to all interested parties;
Participating as a member, advisor or employee in a governmental body in actions or deliberations which pertain to the services of the professional;
As to the practice of land surveying, revising, altering, or updating existing boundary lines without adequate confirmation of relevant boundary lines and monuments;

50. Homework Assignments (#3) Individual Work
Download the FE manual
reference-handbook/
By knowledge areas (Civil-- content/uploads/2012/11/FE-Civil-CBT-specs.pdf ) or Mechanical-- content/uploads/2012/11/FE-Mec-CBT-specs.pdf ), prepare a written summary as to how well you think you know the material. If you feel you don’t know the material, list courses you could take or areas for review to help you be better prepared.

51. Assign Professionalism Topics
Preparing for FE exam (reference materials, classes, etc.)
Rules for taking the FE/PE in New York State. Research differences between Engineering and Engineering Technology
Job Search Engines (find and review 3)
What’s on FE exam; What’s on PE exam?
FE exam (Computer-Based testing)
Dress Codes
Appropriate use of Technology at Work
Patents
MLA/APA Citation and Citations for online Sources
Working With “Difficult” Personality Types
Determining who is licensed as a Professional Engineer in New York State; Other states?
Good answers to hard interview questions