how to craft your engineering career
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How to Craft Your Engineering Career
Find your Dream job in 3 Easy Steps!
Pat Batchelor, PE(770) 318-8342
Civil Engineer & an Engineering Recruiter
Pat Batchelor, PE(770) 318-8342
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!
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