1. Design Professionals
   1. What do design professionals get paid for?
   2. Do they produce a product? Do they provide a service? If so,what is it/are they? Be specific in explaining your position.
   3. What do construction professionals get paid for? Be specific inexplaining your position.
2. In order to be successful, the practicing design professionalmust provide a valuable service (Technical Expertise) and makemoney whjile doing so (Profit). What is more important Profit orTechnical Expertise? Take a position and support your position.
   1. If you were to select Profit, explain your answer.
   2. If you were to select Technical Expertise, explain youranswer.
3. After reading the article, Marketing Basics for CivilEngineers, find a website for a design firm you would want to workfor. Analyze the three Cs and four Ps for that firm. Submit thelink to the firm along with your analysis.   
4. How does a design firm get work? Provide 3 methods and explainwhy you selected these methods and how they would help a firmobtain work.
5. As you enter the profession, will you have any responsibilitiesfor marketing? Be specific in explaining your position.
6. Go online and find an entry level position. For your answer tothis question, submit the job description and company for theposition you found. Prepare and submit (as part of your homework)your cover letter that would accompany your resume when you applyfor this position. We are not asking you to apply for the positionyou identified, but to go through the process of preparing a coverletter as if you were applying.
7. Prepare your Unique Selling Proposition (USP) for one of thefollowing scenarios that your interviewer/potential client willremember you by. Keep it to less than three lines, approximately 30seconds. BE PREPARED TO STAND UP AND READ IT IN CLASS/ZOOM(Everyone will participate)
   1. You are graduating with your bachelors degree in less than ayear. You have applied for entry level positions in yourdiscipline. There are numerous other candidates for this position.You have to distinguish yourself from the other candidates.
   2. Imagine yourself several years into your career. You havestarted attending industry events where you have the opportunity tointeract and meet new people and perspective clients. You seesomeone from a company/agency that your firm has been attempting toadd as a client. You see this as an opportunity to help yourcompany make inroads with this potential client. How are you goingto ?introduce yourself and make a memorable impression?