Many professionals find their education lacks the practical knowledge needed for their careers. While this gap varies across industries, the core issue is universal. Epee Education is here to close that gap globally!
Emilie Pelletier, Co-Founder and CEO of Orchestra Life Sciences, identified and addressed these gaps early in her career. Educated in Quebec, Canada, Emilie moved to the U.S. to start a new branch of a consulting firm in her late twenties, so all these gaps truly came to the forefront of her career. She worked through these challenges and was promoted to the US Managing Partner of that firm in her early thirties!
In this course, she discusses the challenges she had to overcome and how she accomplished them.
Meet Emilie Pelletier, a Consulting Engineer with many years of experience in hiring new engineering grads from the U.S. and Canada.
Look at the agenda and course objectives with Emilie, and learn which things prepare you for a successful engineering career.
Understand the reasons why you might feel as if you’re in over your head those first few years of your engineering career.
Emilie explains the importance of engineers understanding the project lifecycle and documentation.
Using examples in the Manufacturing and Product Development industries, Emilie shows potential project lifecycle phases you may encounter.
This lesson touches on some basic standards and guidelines that should be adhered to in the engineering industry.
Find out examples of design tools you may use once you start working - if you haven’t already used them in college.
Learn which business skills are important for an engineer to have.
Discover the People Management skills you need to develop to be a good manager.
Since all businesses have an objective to make money, here’s what you need to know about Financial Management.
From asking questions to spending like it’s your own business, these are some tips for Budget Management as an entry-level engineer.
Emilie explains what to keep in mind when beginning a project, including the main objectives of Project Management.
This brief lesson describes the project lifecycle, ending with a question about Project Controls.
Understand the basics of Project Controls from a high-level view.
Discover the 7 Steps of Selling as well as tips for how to be successful at selling.
Learn all about Emotional Intelligence (EQ), including ways that you can utilize it while at work every day.
Emilie ends the presentation by summing up how you can close the knowledge gap, along with some parting tips for how to make a difference as an engineer at your workplace.