Launching Your Career in HF/E: Guidelines for Soaring High in the Job Market

Abstract

Welcome to the Eleventh Annual Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Career Panel. This year's proceedings paper emphasizes the importance of career planning and preparation throughout the graduate school experience. It addresses what to do if you are getting an early start on career planning and if you are fairly far along in the graduate school experience, even if you did not begin early career preparation These topics are most timely, because in a very competitive labor market outstanding preparation is vital, and if one did not do the appropriate preparation remedial action may be necessary. Fortunately, early preparation (or even taking remedial action) enhances the entire graduate school experience. The panel itself will address questions from the audience about careers preparation. A second paper will be produced by Christina Mendat, a PhD Candidate at North Carolina State University based upon the panel presentation and will be available upon request to session attendees and included alongside this paper in the 2005 edition of the Career Resource Guide.