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Professionalism

Professionalism. Objectives. Understand the meaning of “professionalism” Have the ability to write a resume Understand job-hunting etiquette and techniques. After graduation. Not the end, but the beginning!!! Employment (full-time; part-time) Graduate School (full-time; part-time).

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Professionalism

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  1. Professionalism

  2. Objectives • Understand the meaning of “professionalism” • Have the ability to write a resume • Understand job-hunting etiquette and techniques

  3. After graduation • Not the end, but the beginning!!! • Employment (full-time; part-time) • Graduate School (full-time; part-time)

  4. Career Planning • What are your assets and traits? • Where do you want to start? • What are your short-term goals? • What are your long-term goals?

  5. Looking for Jobs • Career Services • Internet • Professional Organizations • Newspapers • Magazines • Friends and Family

  6. Resume • References: • Making Your First Impression Count-Effective Resumes • What Were They Thinking • Resumes: The Basics • Reverse chronological order (most important first) • Limit to one-page • No misrepresentations (ET, not ENGR) • Visually pleasing

  7. Interviewing • Be prepared • Arrive early • Dress appropriately • Get names of those you interview with (ask for cards) • Ask open-ended questions • Follow-up

  8. Interview Questions • Typical Interview Questions

  9. References • Better to ask before the job hunt • Provide detailed info to the person who is giving you a reference: • When is due date? • Provide additional information about yourself • Provide a self-addressed envelope (if mailed)

  10. Landing the Job – Next steps • How to act professionally in the workplace!!!

  11. Professionalism From Wikipedia: A professional is a member of a vocation founded upon specialised educational training. • The word professional traditionally means a person who has obtained a degree in a professional field. The term professional is used more generally to denote a white collar working person, or a person who performs commercially in a field typically reserved for hobbyists or amateurs. • In western nations, such as the United States, the term commonly describes highly educated, mostly salaried workers, who enjoy considerable work autonomy, a comfortable salary, and are commonly engaged in creative and intellectually challenging work.[1][2][3][4] Less technically, it may also refer to a person having impressive competence in a particular activity.[5] • Because of the personal and confidential nature of many professional services and thus the necessity to place a great deal of trust in them, most professionals are held up to strict ethical and moral regulations.

  12. Professionalism • Managing your time • Communicating • Teamwork • Treating others with respect • High ethical standards • Positive attitude • Reliable • Leadership

  13. Work Environment • Professional—Knowledge, ideas and information • Nonprofessional—Work can be measured by the quantity and quality of work output

  14. Relationships • Employee-Corporation • Employee-Manager • Employee-Employee • Employee-Support Personnel

  15. Employee-Corporation Mutual interests; both need each other • Corporate Obligations: • Fair compensation • Treat employees w/ dignity • Equal opportunity • Employee Commitments: • Work the required number of hours • Adhere to confidentiality guidelines • Respect conflict-of-interest agreements

  16. Employee-Manager May be most important relationship • Manager Responsibilities: • Explain company principles and policies • Administer salary, promotion and hiring plans equitably • Review, hire and fire employees • Employee Commitments: • Complete quality assignments in a timely manner • Act professionally • Take responsibility for self-development

  17. Employee-Employee Important to form effective working relationships • Most work is accomplished by teams • Collect info from others, analyze, and report results • Everyone knows their responsibilities and target dates

  18. Employee-Support Personnel • Treat support personnel with respect • Encourage open communication • Make support personnel part of the team

  19. Traits for Success in the Workplace • Competence • Pursuit of Excellence • Personal Integrity • Likeability • Positive Attitude • Effective Communication

  20. Professional Licensing-Why • Professionalism • Pride • Job requirement • Enhances Resume

  21. Professional Licensing • FE (Fundamentals Exam) • PE (Professional Exam) • Administered by State • FE reciprocal but details controlled by state • PE state specific

  22. New York State • New York State Education Dept • Licensed Professionals • http://www.nysed.gov/

  23. Differences between ET and E Can take FE in Vermont (and PA?) before graduation

  24. Taking FE after Spring Graduation • Lead times are long • SUNYIT and State Ed have an agreement so students can take exam in the fall following spring graduation (not applicable to fall graduates) • Details: https://people.sunyit.edu/~barans/civilprogram/fereg.htm

  25. FE Contents Ethics and Business Practices (7% of Morning Test) • Code of Ethics • Agreements and Contracts • Ethical versus Legal • Professional Liability • Public Protection Issues (e.g. licensing boards) Ref: www.ncees.org

  26. Forms and Reference Material • https://people.sunyit.edu/~barans/links/pefe.html

  27. Homework Assignment-Individual • Prepare a draft resume • Have a peer critique it • Make changes based on the comments • Submit the draft and final resume • Provide answers to 10 interview questions • Fill out forms to apply for the FE (NY or VT)---submit via paper

  28. Presentation (Team) • Research “professionalism” . Prepare and present a .ppt presentation two weeks from today on your assigned sub-topic (10 minutes in length) • Submit electronic copies of the .ppt via Angel dropoff. • Cite your references at the end of the .ppt (3-5)

  29. Acceptable Academic Citation Styles APA-American Psychiatric Association Style MLA-Modern Language Association 29

  30. Professionalism Topics • Working With Difficult Personality Types (Bikowicz/Cowper) • Interviewing techniques (Civic/Delgado) • Teamwork (Dikar/Froehlich) • Professionalism (as a Student) (Domazet/Wormuth) • Dress Codes (Duffy/Meszko) • Appropriate use of Technology (Durgan/Rehkugler) • Career Search Engines (Hiser/Richards) • FE/PE Exam (Jean-Pierre/Peters) • Tips for Success (Personal effectiveness) (not assigned) • Types of organizations (government, private, manufacturing, etc) (not assigned) • MLA/APA Citation (Sedlacek/Thieme)

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