Help Us Reach the 3,000 Mark on IEEE-USA's LinkedIn Career and Employment Group
Join the IEEE-USA LinkedIn Career and Employment Group and talk to your peers about career issues and job searches. There are nearly 3,000 members that are currently participating help put us over that milestone.

IEEE Smart Tech: Metro Area Workshop Series & IEEE-USA Employment and Career Services
The IEEE-USA Employment and Career Services Committee has collaborated with the organizers of the IEEE Metro Area Workshop Series (MAWs) to add a career track, "Managing Your Career as a Business," to the series. With years of experience in career development and employment assistance, committee members provide unique insights into managing your own career in this turbulent economic time. The first of the series was held on 21-22 October 2011 in Austin, TX. Download presentation 4.7Mb. The next MAW will be held in on 4-5 November 2011 in Huntsville, AL. Download presentation 5.5Mb

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. Visit the Village and see your resources. Also, join the new IEEE-USA Entrepreneurs LinkedIn Group and have discussions and seek advice from your colleagues.

Webinar Alert: Stuff You Don't Learn in Engineering School
Carl Selinger is a consultant in aviation and transportation, developing business strategy and applying new technology. Also for the past 20 years Carl has been helping engineers learn non-technical soft skills that are important to being effective and happier in the real world. This unique seminar — "Stuff you don't learn in engineering school" — Carl has given to several thousand engineers during the past twenty years, around the US, Canada and Scotland. This one-hour webinar discusses the 12 most important soft skills engineers need to be more effective in work and in life. Please go to our webinar webpage to sign up for this exciting webinar and find out about other upcoming webinars.

Career Webinars Dominates IEEE-USA Top 10 Webinar List
For the last two years IEEE-USA has been offering webinars on a range of topics. By far career related webinar topics has proved to be the most popular. Four out of the top five most popular IEEE-USA webinars are on career related topics and out of the ten total, six of the webinars are career related. The list of Top 10 Webinars are included in the March issue IEEE-USA In Action. Go check it out!

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. more

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 Ed Kirchner, 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.

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.  more

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. more