IEEE-USA EMPLOYMENT & CAREER SERVICES COMMITTEE

AGENDA

8-10 February 2008

The Riverside Hotel
620 East Las Olas Blvd., Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301
(954) 467-0671 • Fax: (954) 462-2148 •



Friday 8 February 2008

Dinner
(meet in the lobby at 6:30 p.m. we will go to a nearby restaurant)

Saturday 9 February 2008

Abeona Room

Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m.

Committee Meeting

8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Saturday Lunch
12:00 Noon - 1:00 p.m.

Sunday 10 February 2008

Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m.

Committee Meeting

8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
(if needed)

2008 Committee Roster|2008 Expense Report (xls)

I.

 

WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS
II.   BUDGET & ADMINISTRATION                  
  A. Approval of the 3-4 November 2007 Meeting Summary & Review of Action Items from November 2008 Meeting (Hutcheson)
  B. Approval of the 12 December 2007 Telecon Meeting Summary
  C. IEEE-USA Goals & Winter Impact (Twitchell)
  D. Budget (Grayson)
III.  

PRODUCT & SERVICES OVERVIEW (PDF)  (Grayson)
Please review prior to the meeting.

IV.   WEBSITES TO REVIEW PRIOR TO MEETING
Please review the following websites and come prepared to discuss, comment and recommend improvements

CareerNavigator

ECS Virtual Community

EmploymentNavigator

Engineer Careers
I have sent the committee an invitation to join please do so prior to the meeting and be prepared to discuss, comment and recommend how we might use this site.

V.   CURRENT PROJECTS (2007-2008)
  A. Employment & Career Services Webinars
Please visit this page and listen to the webinars that were conducted on 8 January and 15 January they were will attended.
  B. Workshops
  • Project Management (Lahdhiri)
  • Success & Fulfillment (Hutcheson)
  • Engineering Careers in a Global Economy (Lyons)
  • Interviewing
  • Networking (Eason)
  C. Engineering Skills Symposium (Hutcheson)
Discussion and next steps for 2008
  D. Career Checkup (website) Career Checkup (Powerpoint)(Elliott)
Please visit this webpage and come to the meeting with recommendations about additions to the pages.
  E. Global Toolkit (Akpose/Grayson)
 
  F. Survey Updates
  1. Salary Survey, Database & Calculator (Grayson)
    Discussion of next steps of the salary survey product Please familiarize yourself with the salary products prior to the meeting.
     
  2. IEEE-USA Unemployment Survey 2006
    This report on the sixth IEEE-USA Unemployed Members Survey provides a comprehensive portrait of IEEE's unemployed U.S. membership and offers insights into the causes — and remedies — for loss of employment among technical professionals. The first section reports the percentage distribution or mean response for each of the questions in the survey. The second reports the results of selected cross tabulations that focus on age and various aspects of employment status. The third reports the results of a multivariate analysis that focuses on the impact of age on the duration of unemployment when other factors are held constant. The final section compares some of the current results to those in 1995, 1996, 1998, 2002 and 2004. [Please review this report for discussion of the upcoming 2008 Employment Survey]
     
  3. Profile of IEEE Consultants 2007
    This report on the IEEE-USA 2006 Consultants Fee Survey provides the profile of typical self-employed and independent technical consultants, including their education, experience, business practices, median earnings and hourly fee.

VII.
 
BRAINSTORMING FOR THE FUTURE (ALL)
 
VII.   IEEE-Wide Career & Professional Development Updates
  1. IEEE Careers Services Committee
  2. Discussions with Region 7 & 8  (Grayson)
  3. IEEE-USA "Annual" Meeting
VIII.   REGION (1-6) COORDINATOR REPORTS  (Please submit your written report to me prior to the meeting)

Region 1 Report

Region 2 Report

Region 3 Report

Region 4 Report

Region 5 Report

Region 6 Report

IX.   NEW BUSINESS
X.   NEXT MEETING
XI.   ADJOURNMENT

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Last Updated: 29 January 2008
Scott D. Grayson s.grayson@ieee.org