Vocational / career presentations
Short term: A 10-15 minute, oral presentation, oral communication skills
Medium term: What might I want to do professionally? thinking about jobs / what I like to do
Long term: What do I want to do with my life?? thinking about meaning and "calling"
The presentation
Sources for engineering projects / news:
- You can of course google things like "civil engineering news".
- Professional societies for each engineering discipline have publications and often news stories, including IEEE (electrical engineering), and ASCE (civil engineering), ASME (mechanical engineering),
- Science publications, such as Science News, Science...
- Search national newspapers, such as the New York Times. As a GC student you can subscribe and take advantage of their whole back article archive.
The presentation
- What kinds of work are involved in this kind of engineering?
- What kind of knowledge and skills should you acquire in your education?
- Are you likely to be interacting with the public (more or less)?
- What are some of the major concentrations or specialties within this field??
- Are there licenses or professional exams to take?
- What attracts *you* to this field?
- What jobs are open to you in addition to traditional ones in this field?
- Job prospects? Is there likely to be continued demand for folks in this field?
- Salary prospects.
- Geography: Is this a profession you can pursue anywhere in the country, or is it likely to mean that you have to work in a particular region?
- Trends & Prospects: How has this field been changing? Are there prospects for change on the horizon?
- Profile of one company active in this field.
Guidelines
- Write your draft up as a set of slides (PowerPoint / Google slides / Prezi / etc...)
- Cite your sources.
- Avoid extended quotes / Avoid plagiarism
$\Rightarrow$ synthesize in your own words
Evaluation sheet
Grade | |
---|---|
Speech mechanics
| 20 18 16 . . |
Slide mechanics
| 20 18 16 . . |
Career Info
|
40 38 36 . . |
Other considerations not captured above. | $+$ or $-$ |
Who? Which?
Start now
- 3 possible topics assignment (1 article each)
- Chosen topic (a few sources)
- Draft of slide deck (followed by feedback)
- Presentation to class.