I recently read an inspirational article entitled, “Are You a Mentor? An Open Letter to All Engineers” by Ben Matthews. Ben defines a mentor as “someone who takes personal responsibility for the success of someone else.” Ben challenges engineers to not only help younger engineers but also better themselves through the mentoring process. He also makes some recommendations to younger engineers, one being learn how to write, whether you like it or not!
In the spirit of this article I have decided to ask college students studying engineering to write a brief article for this blog describing their college engineering experience and posing some questions that they have about engineering careers.
I thought this would give students a chance to get some real career advice from engineers out there in the industry while at the same time give engineers the opportunity to mentor someone (even though it is via blogging comments).
If you know a college student that is interested, please e-mail me at fasanoaj@hotmail.com. I plan on having one of these posts per month for the next 3 or 4 months. It will be a great opportunity to pass along knowledge of the engineering profession to future engineers!
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Anthony Fasano, P.E., aka Your Professional Partner, founded Powerful Purpose Associates after he realized that it was the development of his soft skills that helped him to become an associate partner at a reputable engineering firm at the young age of 27. With history as a civil engineer, Anthony is now a nationally recognized executive coach and inspirational speaker, specializing in the areas of engineering career development, as well as leadership. He uses his highly effective coaching and speaking techniques through affordable programs to help engineers develop their soft skills, work through blocks, prioritize effectively, set clear goals and achieve their maximum potential.
I totally agree with this statement…as lot of engineers still lacking in communication as well as writing skills… I’m not considering myself an expert but I’ve learned through real construction experience… We need more mentor as this will encourage people to be more interested in engineering, rather than salary wise…
Yes agreed Terrence! As Ben says in the article, write, write, write. I hope we get some students interested in sharing.