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Career & Employment Features
InnovationWebinars: SBA Innovation webinar & Creative Thinking and Innovation webinar
IEEE-USA and the U.S. Small Business
Administration (SBA) have collaborated on two exciting webinars. The most recent "The Small Business Administration and Innovation" webinar Max Summers of the Missouri Small Business and Technology Development Centers (SBTDC) State Director discussed how he helps universities transform research into products that can be commercialized and building innovation into companies. Also,
Ann Herrmann-Nehdi, in her webinar "Creative Thinking and Innovation" outlined a framework for assessing your current approaches and provided specific methods for building creative and innovative thinking skills. Please go to our webinar webpage to view these webinars and all the other innovation and career focused webinars.
IEEE
Members Eligible for Discount on PnP Entrepreneurship
Program
PlugandPlayTechCenter is offering a series of intensive,
4-day sessions designed to help newcomers to the Silicon
Valley start-up community learn best practices and to
discover how Silicon Valley works. The Plug and Play
Entrepreneurship Program leverages the expertise of the
community's more than 330 start-ups, top-tier venture
capital firms and industry execs to gives attendees a leg up
on the competition. To be considered for the program, all
applicants must
submit a business plan and an application by no later
than 15 April. IEEE members who are accepted into the
program are eligible to receive 15 percent off the regular
price.
IEEE-USA
Launches TechMatch Service for Entrepreneurs
IEEE-USA
has teamed with Business Catapult to create a new online
service that will allow entrepreneurs access to seasoned
businesspersons who, at no charge, will help them improve
their business plans.
IEEE-USA TechMatch provides a detailed, automated
assessment of the entrepreneur’s plans and objectives, and
then a committee of experienced reviewers will provide
sustained, customized feedback to help improve the submitted
business plan prior to presentation to prospective
investors. >
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Career Resources For IEEE Members
Unemployed or concerned about your future? Check
out the following resources to help you with
your career and employment:
IEEE-USA Career Navigator,
IEEE Job Site,
Employment and Career Strategies Forum and
the
IEEE career page. For further information
contact Jean
Eason, Chair Employment and Career Services
Committee or
Scott Grayson.
Find Your Innovation Style
IEEE-USA has
launched Innovation Styles, a web-based
evaluation, feedback, and coaching system
designed to boost innovation for individuals,
teams, and organizations. The Innovation Styles
Profile (ISP) is a personal self-assessment that
shows how you use the four different approaches
to innovation and change. These insights will
help you to optimize your innovativeness and
improve how you work with your colleagues'
varied innovative styles. To receive your
member-discounted login to the ISP, log in to
IEEE-USA's online store with your IEEE Web Account.
IEEE-USA Career Webinar Series Expanding
The IEEE-USA Employment and Career Services
Committee has launched a Webinar series that
will assist you in finding your next job,
maintaining your career, negotiating an
appropriate salary, and understanding ethical
considerations in the workplace, among other
career building strategies. If you're concerned
about career mobility, job advancement, and
opportunities for growth, register for an
upcoming webinar or watch webinars in our
archives. These are free
Webinars that provide insights into multiple career
options that can lead to life-long career
satisfaction and success for engineers. For more
information and to register,
click here.
Are You in Need of a Career Checkup?
Continuous career development is important for
all technical professionals. To help facilitate
that important process, IEEE-USA recently
launched the Career Checkup, an online tool
which can be found at
www.ieeeusa.org/careers/checkup.
Depending upon your selections, you will be
taken to a series of resources to assist you
along your career development path. Like your
annual physical check up, a career checkup at
least once a year can help to keep your career
healthy and vibrant.
Free New Member Employment Navigator Service
Use your IEEE member web account and access the
new and enhanced Employment Navigator, a
career-development service exclusively for IEEE
members. Employment Navigator collects millions
of job leads from more than 100,000 Web sites
and places them in a single searchable
database.
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Join the Entrepreneurs' Village
Expanding technology-based entrepreneurial
business is critical to the U.S. economy, our
members’ career vitality, and employment.
IEEE-USA is currently organizing to deliver
knowledge, experience and support to IEEE’s U.S.
members who start and grow entrepreneurial
businesses. You are invited to serve as a mentor
or simply as a member of the Entrepreneurs’
Village. Start posting discussion items, take
advantage of links to articles, resources and
meet other entrepreneurs on our site. We will
be expanding the services with your help.
join
Career Planning Guide for IEEE Members
Whatever your career goals and interests are,
this eBook will help you plan your career to
achieve greater satisfaction and make a greater
impact at work.
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Leadership for Results Courses Launched
In conjunction with AchieveGlobal, IEEE-USA now
offers 29 online courses designed to equip
members with the "soft skills" needed to succeed
in today's workplace. Course modules include:
"Giving and Receiving Constructive Feedback";
"Managing Your Priorities"; "Proactive
Listening"; and many others, all of which are
based upon AchieveGlobal's years of industry
leading experience in the professional training
industry. IEEE members can access these courses
for less than the retail price. A specialized
learning management system allows members to
track their progress and course portfolio. For
more information and course registration, go to
the
IEEE-USA online catalog, log in using your
IEEE Web Account, click on the Shop tab, and
then click on the "Career-Development Courses"
heading.
 IEEE-USA
Salary Service, Member Version, Now Available
Online
IEEE Members now can have free access to the
latest version of a tool to benchmark their
compensation at their current or prospective
position. The IEEE-USA Salary Service, Member
Version, uses a regression model based on data
from the current year's Salary Survey to allow
precise estimates of base pay and income from
primary sources. To obtain free, unlimited
access to the Salary Service, just go to
http://salary.ieeeusa.org, log in using your
IEEE Web Account, and complete the IEEE-USA
Salary Survey. Once the Survey is submitted, you
may log in again at the same site to use the
Salary Calculator.
Updated:
13 August 2010
Contact: Scott Grayson,
s.grayson@ieee.org
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