A Pocket Guide to Business for Engineers and Surveyors

a pocket guide tobusinessfor engineers and surveyors

H. Edmund Bergeron

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.