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Employment & Career Services report Region 4 Meeting September 29-30, 2007 Marriott Hotel, Chicago. Tarek Lahdhiri Region 4 ECS Coordinator. Responsibilities. Improving current employment, career and professional development products and services.
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Employment & Career Services reportRegion 4 MeetingSeptember 29-30, 2007Marriott Hotel, Chicago Tarek Lahdhiri Region 4 ECS Coordinator
Responsibilities • Improving current employment, career and professional development products and services. • Assisting local sections in providing assistance and information to unemployed members • Develop effective materials and presentations to enhance employers' awareness • Studying and communicating successful career development strategies for engineers • Provide support for employment services • Provide support for career development • Improve awareness of financial benefits
2007 Accomplishments • Provided Workshops on the following topics • Project Management • Resume and Job Interview • PACE Leadership • IEEE Benefits • Developed Media containing several ECS and CWPC modules and made them available to local Sections • Participated in ECS Committee meetings • Job fair (Detroit, MI, October 03, 2007)
Plan for 2008 • Promote the IEEE ECS web template for local sections • Promote IEEE-USA products and services developed by the ECS and CWPC committees • Promote Workshops and use of the IEEE MPAC and SPAC Speaker lists • Maintain ECS and CWPC products • Contribute to the EIT 2008 • Promote ECS Webinars http://www.ieeeusa.org/careers/Webinars/default.asp