One of the greatest benefits of being a SWE member is access to Professional Development opportunities. Locally, we bring in speakers from diverse organizations around Houston to speak on topics to help our members build professional skills. Last year, we our speakers included a panel of female entrepreneurs with businesses here in Houston; a professional speaker – who also happens to be an engineer; and a woman who’s on the board of directors at three oil and gas companies. These women talked to us about how they started and grew their businesses, how to combat information overload and how social media can be used to build your network and further your career.
This year’s professional development events will be just as exciting. First up, on Oct 24th, we have Jenny Cones, a professional recruiter to talk about negotiating your benefits – both your initial offer when you get a new job, and with promotions. Statistics show that women leave an alarming amount of money on the table by not negotiating offers. If you’d like to learn how to maximize your benefits, come check out this event! As a bonus, we will be holding this event in conjunction with the collegiate SWE sections in our area. It’s great for the students to have the opportunity to talk with professionals who attend this event. You can register for this event here: https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07egmumv0pd548c8f2&oseq=&c=&ch=
Our two spring Professional Development events are still in the planning stages, but one of them will be on Team Building – a popular topic among first time leaders and mid-career engineers. If there are other topics you’d like us to cover or you know an amazing female leader who’d be a great speaker, contact Stephanie, our VP-Internal at VP_Internal@Houstonswe.org. We’d love to hear from you!
Join us for this year’s SWE-HA Professional Development Events and enhance your professional skills!
This year’s professional development events will be just as exciting. First up, on Oct 24th, we have Jenny Cones, a professional recruiter to talk about negotiating your benefits – both your initial offer when you get a new job, and with promotions. Statistics show that women leave an alarming amount of money on the table by not negotiating offers. If you’d like to learn how to maximize your benefits, come check out this event! As a bonus, we will be holding this event in conjunction with the collegiate SWE sections in our area. It’s great for the students to have the opportunity to talk with professionals who attend this event. You can register for this event here: https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07egmumv0pd548c8f2&oseq=&c=&ch=
Our two spring Professional Development events are still in the planning stages, but one of them will be on Team Building – a popular topic among first time leaders and mid-career engineers. If there are other topics you’d like us to cover or you know an amazing female leader who’d be a great speaker, contact Stephanie, our VP-Internal at VP_Internal@Houstonswe.org. We’d love to hear from you!
Join us for this year’s SWE-HA Professional Development Events and enhance your professional skills!
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