Transition to YP and career development

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This event is targeted towards undergraduate students who are close to graduating, as well as master's and PhD students and young professionals. The main objective is to provide them with valuable information about the benefits of joining IEEE Young Professionals, as well as an overview of the general opportunities available to advance their professional careers. Among the options, we find different types of scholarships, research publications in higher education, ways to searching better jobs in the industrial context, and gain knowledge about different methods of intellectual property and quality standard to help them continue their own projects or start companies.

IEEE and YP benefits and description.
Three career branches:
Academic sector
▪ Types of scholarships
▪ Research assistantship and work opportunities at school
▪ Participation in public research programs (such as SNI in Mexico)
▪ Research opportunities in industry
▪ Patent, licensing, and intellectual property rights
▪ Access to IEEE papers, conferences, and academic network.

Industrial sector
▪ Internship
▪ Rotation program
▪ Grades (levels, junior, senior, fellow)
▪ Types of contracts and benefits
▪ Information of different local companies
▪ Search considerations and tools
▪ IEEE workshops to help bridge the gap between academia and industry.

Entrepreneurship sector
▪ Types of enterprises and civic societies
▪ Investment and funding opportunities
▪ Certifications and quality standard
▪ Patents, licenses, and intellectual property rights
▪ IEEE standards, innovation networks, and funding opportunities.

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