the career-building resource for honing your business skills
as an engineer or surveyor, you are an expert at solving complex technical problems; however, you may lack the business training and knowledge that is so essential for advancing your career and enhancing your professionalism.
A Pocket Guide to Business for Engineers and Surveyors is a hands-on resource for sharpening your business skills in order to bolster your career, build your own practice, and work effectively with staff and on projects. In this handy reference, H. Edmund Bergeron draws on more than thirty years experience running his own engineering and surveying services firm to present the skills you need to transform yourself from a competent technician into a knowledgeable professional.
This concise, practical, and often amusing guide contains the suggestions and information you must master in order to grow your career and:
- Expand your basic business knowledge
- Become a successful entrepreneur
- Manage staff and projects expertly
- Market products and services effectively
- Understand the financial and legal aspects of your work
- Conduct yourself consistently in a professional manner
- Communicate with confidence
- Fulfill the role of a capable leader in the office and within the community
With the growing emphasis on developing professionalism and management skills in the surveying and engineering fields, this book is a handy tool for your effective career development.
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the career-building resource for honing your business skills
as an engineer or surveyor, you are an expert at solving complex technical problems; however, you may lack the business training and knowledge that is so essential for advancing your career and enhancing your professionalism.
A Pocket Guide to Business for Engineers and Surveyors is a hands-on resource for sharpening your business skills in order to bolster your career, build your own practice, and work effectively with staff and on projects. In this handy reference, H. Edmund Bergeron draws on more than thirty years experience running his own engineering and surveying services firm to present the skills you need to transform yourself from a competent technician into a knowledgeable professional.
This concise, practical, and often amusing guide contains the suggestions and information you must master in order to grow your career and:
- Expand your basic business knowledge
- Become a successful entrepreneur
- Manage staff and projects expertly
- Market products and services effectively
- Understand the financial and legal aspects of your work
- Conduct yourself consistently in a professional manner
- Communicate with confidence
- Fulfill the role of a capable leader in the office and within the community
With the growing emphasis on developing professionalism and management skills in the surveying and engineering fields, this book is a handy tool for your effective career development.
About the Author
H. EDMUND BERGERON, PE, LLS, MBA, is the president of HEB, a civil, environmental, structural engineering, and land surveying services firm, and an adjunct faculty member at the University of New Hampshire. In addition, he is a member of the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying, former associate editor of the ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering, and a former member of the New Hampshire Joint Board of Licensure and Certification.
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