During this period of time where we keep hearing of the "great resignation" and a massive talent shortage, I recently read an article where companies are being more open to considering candidates who don't necessarily have experience specific to their industry, but they have so...
My degree is in Hotel / Restaurant Management. My first job out of school was with the Doubletree Resort in Scottscale Arizona. It took me three months to figure out that was NOT the industry I wanted to be in. My next job was as an Assistant Manager...
The #greatresignation continues. So last month 4.5 million folks resigned. That's insane to me. There are a myriad of reasons why, of course, but some of it HAS to be due to the disconnect / unemotional attachment as a result of the rampant #WFH policies now in place with businesses across...
The best executives and hiring managers in the civil engineering profession that I have worked with believe that, when it comes to recruiting, "NO" doesn't actually mean "NO", it just means "NOT YET."...
When I decided to branch out on my own as a #civilengineering search consultant nearly 25 years ago, I jumped in with both feet, shut the door, and locked it shut. 🚪I could have had one foot in the door while working a side hustle. 🚪I could have had...
💪🏻💪🏻 Some words of encouragement for all my recruiting & TA friends 💪🏻💪🏻 A few weeks ago I placed a civil engineer with a client in North Carolina. The placement was a pretty easy one once we got the ball rolling. ☎☎ A :30 minute phone interview🙋🏻♂️...
🤦🏻♂️❓ DOES YOUR FIRM HAVE A REPUTATION PROBLEM❓🤦🏻♂️ It happens. 🤦🏻♂️Someone, for some reason, is given way too much slack, and their track record of poor performance persists...
🖋📖 DO YOU KEEP A BLACK BOOK? 📖🖋 Okay, I personally don't keep an actual black book, and most recruiters and talent acquisition folks have some sort of ATS, but to the civil engineering leaders out there, do you keep a black book? Maybe it's a folder...
Yesterday I had the opportunity to speak with an EIT who has just over two years of experience under his belt. As many of you can relate, this is what his first two years of experience as a civil engineer looked like: 📅 September 2019-March 2020: Fulltime...
🚫🔌🚫🔌 MAKE SURE TO UNPLUG 🚫🔌🚫🔌 Last week I ran a poll amongst the #civilengineering community as the topic of 🔥🔥#burnout🔥🔥 has been a heated one as of late. Of the nearly 500 poll participants: ⏲15% indicated they worked 50-55 hours per week⏲24% were working 55+ hours per week As a...