The Engineering Career Coach Podcast show

The Engineering Career Coach Podcast

Summary: The Engineering Career Coach Podcast provides engineering career advice to engineers of all ages and experience levels. Engineering career coach and bestselling author Anthony Fasano, PE coaches engineers on the show ranging from recent engineering graduates to engineers from the best engineering consulting firms on different engineering career goals and challenges. Each show includes a motivational segment, a live coaching session with an engineer on real career challenges, and an engineer career-changing tip. Topics covered include but are not limited to job search, goal setting, finding a mentor, communication skills, public speaking, networking, organizational skills, productivity, leadership and more.

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 TECC 004: The Engineering Career Coach Podcast – Creating Opportunities in Your Engineering Career | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 34:49

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach (TECC) Podcast, I am going to help an engineer who is discouraged and not happy with his current job. I am going to help him realize that he has a great opportunity in front of him, but it is up to him to seize it. All engineers have opportunities available to them, but many of them don’t realize that they can capitalize on these opportunities or create new ones. As always, I will also provide a career-changing tip at the end of the show. This week’s tip will challenge the way you think and give you a very specific strategy for ensuring that you think in a positive way that helps you to always look for opportunities. “A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.” – Francis Bacon “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” – Milton Berle During the show, we will help an engineer overcome the idea that his success is based on his company’s success. Our guest for Session 4 is Robert from Pennsylvania, a 36-year-old structural engineer. Listen to this session and learn Ways to make the best out of an engineering job that doesn’t turn out to be what you thought it would. How to help your engineering company grow and in turn advance your engineering career. How to facilitate the process of going from technical engineer to manager. Strategies for becoming a project manager and increasing your non-technical role, even when your company isn’t giving you that opportunity. The importance of giving yourself a timeline to measure your progress in your engineering career. How to stay motivated as an engineer when your roles and responsibilities are not what you would like them to be in your current situation. How to take your engineering career into your own hands. How to recognize when an opportunity is available to you in your career. Resources and links mentioned in this session include: The Complete Guide to Creating an Extraordinary Engineering Career Institute for Engineering Career Development Help out the show! Lastly, please, if you haven’t done so already, I would really appreciate if you took a minute to leave a quick rating and honest review of the podcast on iTunes by clicking on the link below. It would be extremely helpful for the show, and I’m aiming for one hundred five-star ratings over the next 12 months. Click here to leave an honest review of the podcast on iTunes. Thank you for listening, and I hope you enjoyed this session! Please let me know what you think in the comments section below. Anthony Fasano, PE The Engineering Career Coach

 TECC 003: The Engineering Career Coach Podcast – Overcoming Stagnation in Your Engineering Career | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 25:37

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach (TECC) Podcast, I am going to help an engineer overcome stagnation and build flexibility into her career. Career stagnation can prolong your journey towards your goals or prevent you from achieving them altogether. It’s not just about rising to the top of the corporate ladder as an engineer—it’s about having an enjoyable career and life, and I will discuss that early on in this show. As always, I will also provide a career-changing tip at the end of the show. This week’s tip will be a challenge for you in both your engineering career and life to help you break stagnation and bad habits. “When I was five years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy.’ They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.” - John Lennon During the show, we will help a young engineer overcome stagnation and deal with the issue of not being utilized effectively by her managers. Our guest for Session 3 is Daniela from Virginia, a 32-year-old land surveyor and civil engineer. Listen to this session and learn: What steps you should take when you feel stagnant in your engineering career. How to start to gain more responsibilities when your engineering company is underutilizing you. How to progress towards a project manager role in your engineering career. What questions to ask yourself to ensure that you are taking all of the right steps in your engineering career to achieve goals that are important to you. How to decide what credentials will help you succeed in your engineering career. How to create a realistic timeline to be able to measure your engineering career progress. Ways to create options for you in your engineering career. Resources and links mentioned in this session include: The Complete Guide to Creating an Extraordinary Engineering Career Institute for Engineering Career Development Help out the show! Lastly, please, if you haven’t done so already, I would really appreciate if you took a minute to leave a quick rating and honest review of the podcast on iTunes by clicking on the link below. It would be extremely helpful for the show, and I’m aiming for one hundred five-star ratings over the next 12 months. Click here to leave an honest review of the podcast on iTunes. Thank you for listening, and I hope you enjoyed this session! Please let me know what you think in the comments section below. Anthony Fasano, PE The Engineering Career Coach

 TECC 002: The Engineering Career Coach Podcast – Getting on the Path to Your Dream Engineering Job | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 24:29

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach (TECC) Podcast, I am going to discuss the process of seeking your dream engineering job, a topic I am very passionate about. My philosophy has always been – why have a career if it is not enjoyable every day? Finding your passion and pursuing it in your engineering career is the key to having a successful and enjoyable engineering career. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you will know when you find it.” – Steve Jobs During the show, I will help a young engineer get on the path to his dream engineering job. Our guest for session 2 is David from Florida, a 23-year-old mechanical/aerospace engineer. Listen to this session and learn: What steps you should take to find the engineering job that you most desire. How to gain technical experience in your engineering career when your current role is not providing you with enough. Steps you can take to get a different job/role within the same engineering company, including how to approach your engineering supervisor about a change. How to pursue an engineering job that requires experience that you don’t have. The answer to the question, “Is it better to stay at a very enjoyable job where I am not getting the experience I need to achieve my goals, or to take a job where I am getting the experience I need to achieve my goals but the atmosphere of the company is not great?” How much hard work can make up for a lack of technical knowledge in your engineering career. How to give yourself an edge over other engineers in the industry by leaning on your past experience. To ask yourself a very important question that will change your engineering career and life. Resources and links mentioned in this session include: List of Top Three Engineering Career Resources Institute for Engineering Career Development Help out the show! Lastly, please, if you haven’t done so already I would really appreciate if you took a minute to leave a quick rating and honest review of the podcast on iTunes by clicking on the link below. It would be extremely helpful for the show, and I’m aiming for one hundred five-star ratings over the next 12 months. Click here to leave an honest review of the podcast on iTunes. Thank you for listening, and I hope you enjoyed this session! Please let me know what you think in the comments section below. Anthony Fasano, PE The Engineering Career Coach  

 TECC 001: The Engineering Career Coach Podcast – Building Relationships in Your Engineering Career | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:38

In this session of The Engineering Career Coach (TECC) Podcast, I am going to provide strategies for improving your networking skills and help a young engineer overcome her fear of networking. Networking and building relationships in your engineering career are critical, because strong relationships will yield opportunities in your engineering career and life.  This show will focus on giving you specific strategies for developing your networking skills.  Also, as with all of our shows, there will be a career-changing tip included at the end of the show. “The quality of your life is the quality of your relationships.” – Tony Robbins During the show, I will help a young engineer, overcome her fear of networking.  Our guest for session 1 is Alaina, a 23-year-old architectural engineer from Kansas. Listen to this session and learn: How to step out of your comfort zone and start networking. Ways to overcome the fear of being less billable when focusing on building relationships. How to start networking when your engineering company requires you to be almost 100% billable. Strategies for putting yourself in a more comfortable atmosphere to facilitate networking. How to approach your supervisors and gain their approval and support for your networking endeavors.  This includes specific recommendations on what to say to them. Recommendations for overcoming fear around networking, for those engineers who are introverted, including information about specific groups to join that can help you. How to build confidence in your engineering career. Specific questions that you can use to start conversations and ensure that you build strong relationships with others. Resources and links mentioned in this session include: Toastmasters International Institute for Engineering Career Development Engineer Your Own Success by Anthony Fasano (my book) How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie (affiliate link) Help out the show! Lastly, please, if you haven’t done so already I would really appreciate if you took a minute to leave a quick rating and honest review of the podcast on iTunes by clicking on the link below.  It would be extremely helpful for the show and I’m aiming for one hundred five-star ratings over the next 12 months. Click here to leave an honest review of the podcast on iTunes. Thank you for listening, and I hope you enjoyed this session!  Please let me know what you think in the comments section below. Anthony Fasano, PE The Engineering Career Coach

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