DATE: Wednesday, November 5
LOCATION: Dodd Hall, Room 161, UCLA Campus (Interactive UCLA campus map can be found at http://maps.ucla.edu/campus/
TIME: 5:00 pm -7:00 pm
ADMISSION: Free
RSVP: If you are interested in this workshop, please register at http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pjuJCK_0evTXFF8a6vgLKKA by 12:00pm, Monday, November 3. (Space is limited. Please RSVP to secure your reservation.)
Planning your career and writing an impressive resume are the beginning steps in moving toward your future career. Throughout this workshop, Mr. Edward Perkins will provide you an overview about the current job market, and tell you what skills are necessary in your job hunting.
Specifically, you will learn about:
--Changes in job market and current market requirements
--How to relate your skills to market
--Networking development of your elevator pitch
--How to craft a winning resume; recasting your accomplishments
Speaker:
Edward Perkins has 30 years experience in the electronics industry, including hardware design automation, program and project management, mixed-signal test development automation, design services management, chip architecture development, software development, and real time embedded systems programming. He was a program manager in the Virtual Test Division of IMS in Beaverton, OR, where he was responsible for leading their mixed-signal R&D development efforts. Ed also spent 10 years at Digital Equipment Corporation in the central engineering CAD department where he was responsible for development and deployment of CAE services and support to engineering groups worldwide. He has been an IEEE volunteer for 25+ years. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and is Past Chair of the Oregon Section, Region 6 Membership Chair, and chair of the IEEE-USA Career and Workforce Policy Committee. He has a BSEE and MSCS from WPI (Worcester, MA) and most recently an MS ECE specializing in VLSI desi!
gn and test from Portland State University (Portland, OR).
Sponsored by Chinese Students and Scholars Association at UCLA (CSSA-UCLA)
Should you have questions or comments, please send them to us through the registration link.
Best regards,
PUAASC