st effective measures in choosing a profession: Some of the pillars that engineering requires as a profession  Show the relationship between engineering and science.

Effective measures in choosing a profession:

Self SWOT Analysis: 

Before choosing a profession, one should perform a (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) SWOT analysis of himself/herself. SWOT analysis stands for Strength, weakness, opportunities, and threats. One should asses the strength, personality, values, and skills needed for the profession.

List down professions you are interested in:

If one has evaluated strengths, skills, and interests, one should make a list of careers to think about. It’s useful to have a long list, with at least ten career choices because there is no such thing as just one dream career.

Goal identification:

One should set his short-term and long term goals before selecting a profession. One should examine whether this profession will help to achieve these goals or not.

Profession SWOT analysis:

It is very important to analyze the profession. One can choose the profession based on the solution to the following questions.

• What are the opportunities in the profession?
• What are the limitations of the profession must be evaluated.

Pillars of the engineering profession:

Graduation degree in engineering: It is the basic requirement for getting into this profession. Usually it is a 4-year degree course.

Relevant skill set: Skill set relevant to the engineering stream is one of the pillars for becoming a professional in engineering.

Good problem solving ability: Engineering is all about solving the problems that people face in their life, and to make this world a better place to live.

Good imagination: One cannot create new, unless one cannot imagine new. Hence, imagination is very important for becoming an engineering profession.