Peter Lutz
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From: "IEEE Career Alert" <spectrumcareersnewsletter@ieee. >org
Date: Mar 3, 2010 2:32 PM
Subject: IEEE Career Alert: Job Hunting by "The Rules"
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IEEE CAREER ALERT for 3 Mar 2010
Your weekly report on jobs, education, management,
and the engineering workplace, from the editors of
IEEE Spectrum
IN THIS ISSUE:
1. Job Hunting by "The Rules"
2. Is E-mail Hurting Your Job Performance?
3. At a Career Crossroads? Reinvent Yourself
4. 10 Tips for Breaking Through Dead Ends
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Electrical Design/Power Engineer Opportunities within our Electrical Design Team within BAE Systems Submarine Solutions -- Barrow, Cumbria (UK). You will contribute, within a challenging engineering environment to the successful delivery of future submarines and responsibilities will include: Power Systems Modelling and Analysis, Equipment Specification, System Design, Protection Design, Safety Justification and System testing and results analysis.
<https://baesystems.taleo.net/ >careersection/ 2/jobdetail. ftl?lang= en&job=59280
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1. Job Hunting by "The Rules"
Want to know how to conduct yourself during a job search? Roy Cohen, a career counselor who wrote the upcoming book "The Wall Street Professional's Survival Guide" says the best book ever published on the subject is actually the well-known dating manual, "The Rules: Time Tested Secrets for Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right." The rules, says Cohen, are directly applicable to landing the position you want. Take for instance Rule No. 7, which cautions against accepting a date for Saturday night any time after Wednesday. A desperate job seeker might project excessive eagerness to a hiring manager (and set a bad precedent for future interactions) by agreeing to a last-minute meeting. Cohen says that you can create a sense of desirability by giving the impression that you have things going on in your life that prevent you from just sitting by the phone awaiting the employer's call. Read on at:
<http://www.forbes.com/2010/ >02/23/job- seeking-dating- leadership- careers-marketin g.html
2. Is E-mail Hurting Your Job Performance?
E-mail and text messaging are great because they let you share your thoughts almost instantly. But they might be making less effective at work, says an Entrepreneur article. These electronic interrupters can lower your productivity by up to 40 percent-especially when you convince yourself that you're being efficient by multitasking. Intel has put a dollar value on the amount of productivity lost by workers switching back and forth between their Blackberries and other tasks: $1 billion a year. Worse for you is that all that switching back and forth eventually erodes your ability to remain focused on anything. Read on at:
<http://www.entrepreneur.com/ >magazine/ entrepreneur/ 2010/march/ 204980.html
3. At a Career Crossroads? Reinvent Yourself
It's said that necessity is the mother of invention. A Business Week article profiles three people who reinvented themselves professionally after shifts in their career fields or dramatic events in their personal lives forced them into different roles or entirely different industries. One, a former software salesman laid off after more than a decade working for companies like Apple and Adobe, observed a niche in the industry that had yet to be filled and pounced. Five years later, the computer security company he launched has 34 employees and annual revenues of $12.5 million. Read on at:
<http://www.businessweek.com/ >print/magazine/ content/10_ 10/b416906867902 7.htm
4. 10 Tips for Breaking Through Dead Ends
Few people have careers that progress in a straight line to the executive suite. But a London Times article offers 10 tips for escaping career dead ends. Among the bits of advice are: learning to distinguish between a dead end and a hurdle so you don't overreact; understanding that it's your career and that, ultimately, it's up to you to do what's necessary (including switching jobs or taking classes) to get ahead; and honestly assessing whether your behavior is contributing to your inability to reach your goals. Read on at:
<http://business.timesonline. >co.uk/tol/ business/ career_and_ jobs/article1892 741.ece
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From 22 February to 15 March 2010, the IEEE Job Site will host a Virtual Career Fair--allowing you to conduct job searches, apply for open positions and chat with employers via the site's Live Online Chat program--all for free. The event, co-sponsored by IEEE-USA, is also the gateway for registering to attend the Job Site's Careers Webinar. There you can learn about the benefits of working at sponsoring organizations.
For more information, visit <http://careers.ieee.org/ > or send an e-mail request to: <mailto:candidatejobsite@vcf/careerfair. php ieee.org >
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