Soft Skills to Help Your Career Hit the Big Time

IEEE TEMS Chapter Most engineers are experts in their fields — but they don’t learn the “soft skills” that are critical for working successfully with others. The local IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Chapter sponsors one- and two-day professional-skills classes, held at local companies and at SEMI International in Milpitas, to assist engineers in preparing to manage people and projects successfully. As you take steps to develop your own career, fill in gaps in your training/experience with one or more of our upcoming classes — visit our Calendar of Silicon Valley public classes. To review our popular classes, see the list at the end of this article. Fall classes:
Management Essentials (Oct 18-19)
Transitioning from Individual Contributor to Manager (Nov. 1)
Presentation Skills (Dec 6)

You’ve got a reputation for being the best coder/editor/mechanic/whatever, but it amounts to little if you don’t work well with others. Some of the most important professional skills Continue reading “Soft Skills to Help Your Career Hit the Big Time”