how to craft your engineering career

How to Craft Your Engineering Career

Find your Dream job in 3 Easy Steps!

Pat Batchelor, PE(770) 318-8342

pat@recruitonpurpose.com

Civil Engineer & an Engineering Recruiter

Pat Batchelor, PE(770) 318-8342

pat@recruitonpurpose.com

I am a Subject Matter in the following Areas:

Civil Engineering Jobs & Companies

Salaries Career Planning

How to Land a Job!!

It is your life, Your Career, Your Story!Or you can Abdicate your Life choices…and let someone else, write your story!

Who Else Can write Your Story better than…. YOU!!

Step 1 : Know thyself…• Too many people do not slow down enough in life to learn where

their passions and gifts are, and what resonates down deep.

“The unexamined life is not worth living” - Socrates“Life is a journey, not a destination” - Emerson

Step 2 : Develop a Hedgehog Concept…• Tom / Jim Collins in his book, Good to Great, refers to the HedgeHog

Concept for companies… but it can also apply to individuals….

Passion Talent

Profit

The Career Hedgehog Concept

Profit $/x

TalentPassion

A Single Concept ?

The Career Hedgehog Principle

What do you Love

to do? Something you would do, if no one paid you.

PassionWhat am I Deeply Passionate about?

• Mix of Indoors / Outdoors• Building Projects / Sales

• Hiking / Snow Skiing

• Sports / Being on a Team • Family / Friends / Kids • Faith

• Not Connection Design/ Load Analysis – Too Tedious

What do I not like to do?

Talent

The Career Hedgehog Principle

What are your Gifts? • Civil Engineering? • Structural Engineering?

• What Areas you are Great?

• Geotechnical Engineering? What is in your DNA?

Play to your Strengths!

• What Classes or Tasks come easy?

The Career Hedgehog Principle

Profit

What do I Get / give?• Salary / Hourly • Benefits / Insurance

• Culture / Mentors / Friends

• Make a Difference?

• Steady Paycheck / Contract

• Flexible Schedule• Work at Office / Telecommute

What is someone willing to pay for?

The Career Hedgehog Principle

Profit

TalentPassion

The Career Hedgehog Principle

Profit

TalentPassion

• Playing Video Games• Eating out w/ friends• Watching Movies

Passion + Talent But No Profit

(Hobby)

The Career Hedgehog Principle

Profit

TalentPassion

• Playing Video Games• Eating out w/ friends• Watching Movies

Passion + Talent But No Profit

(Hobby)

Passion+UberTalent • 1 in a 1x106

• “Go Pro”

The Exception

The Career Hedgehog Principle

Profit

TalentPassion

Talent + Profit But No Passion

(Good Job/ Burn Out)

The Career Hedgehog Principle

Profit

TalentPassion

Talent + Profit But No Passion

(Good Job/ Burn Out)

Sarah BatchelorQuality Engr. Vs Product Design

The Career Hedgehog Principle

Profit

TalentPassion

Talent + Profit But No Passion

(Good Job/ Burn Out)

My Friend at WorkWas Bright & ExcitedNow Bummed & Sad

Be Careful, If you do a job you hate, really well for too long, they will let you do it forever!

The Career Hedgehog Principle

Profit

TalentPassion

• Playing Video Games

(Fantasy)(Does Not Exist)

• Get Paid Millions• Lottery

Passion + Profit But no Talent

The Career Hedgehog Principle

Profit

TalentPassion

Ideal!!Passion + Talent +Profit

Profit

TalentPassion

LOCATION

Ideal!!Passion + Talent +Profit

AND Location

Where ever you Go….There you are!!

Location

The Career Hedgehog Principle

Where in the World?• U.S. / Foreign Country • Where my GF lives?

• Where is the Market?

• Where do I want to Live for my Passion?

• Where Can I afford to Live?

• Where are people hiring Someone like me?

Step 3 : Develop a Personal Board of Directors…

• Someone who is around you Professionally• People that Know You

• Someone you Respect• Someone you Don’t want to Disappoint

Why?Where there is no guidance the people fall, But in abundance of counselors there is victory.

-- Proverbs 11:14

Step 3 : Develop a Personal Board of Directors…

• Add a Mentor at Work or a Professor from School • Parents / Grandparents / Family or Friend

• Add a Financial Counselor or two• Add a Spiritual Counselor• Add a Wise Friend• Add a Career Coach• Add a Spouse • Add a Fitness Coach

Summary!

Step 1 : Know Thyself….Step 2 : Develop a Hedgehog ConceptStep 3 Develop a Personal Board of Directors

Apply, Rinse, Repeat!!

This is a iterative process that will last your whole life….

The Career Hedgehog Principle

Profit

Location

TalentPassion

My Example

• Help PeoplePassion

• Family / Kids• Snow Skiing• Faith / ChurchTalent• Civil Engineer • Business Development

Profit• Provided for My Family• 2X… But Commission Only

• Recruiting!!! Who Knew?

Location = Atlanta, PT = Rockies!

Questions? Pat Batchelor, PE(770) 318-8342

pat@recruitonpurpose.com

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Pat Batchelor, PE(770) 318-8342

pat@recruitonpurpose.com