07 Jun 🤺🤺🤺Do You Have An Interview Plan Of Attack In Place?🤺🤺🤺
I'm not talking about a fresh hair cut💇🏼♂️ , pressed shirt👔, shiny shoes 👞, and sending thank you notes📝...
civil engineering jobs Tag
07 Jun Do Gen Z & Millennial Generations Actually Prefer To Be Back In The Office?
Had an interesting conversation yesterday with a #civilengineer in my network. We were discussing the whole #futureofwork / #remotework / #hybridwork environment, and I found what he said pretty interesting. He felt that the younger generation of #civilengineers, let's say 30 and under, actually PREFER to be back in the office working on a full-time basis. I...
07 Jun Geographical Attitudes On WFH/Hybrid Work
🤔This is purely anecdotal, and I would LOVE to read your thoughts in regards the whole #WFH / #HybridWork movement going on within the #civilengineering profession. 🗺️The bulk of our efforts in recruiting #civilengineers occur in the great state of Texas, and then up and down the east coast as well, from as far...
07 Jun Want Success? Get Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable.
Want To Be Successful? Get Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable! This past weekend I was de-cluttering and going through a BUNCH of old paperwork in my basement when I stumbled across my official offer letter from CSI, an executive search firm in Phoenix. The year: 1997. I accepted...
14 Mar THE VALUE OF MEANINGFUL WORK: CIVIL ENGINEERING & TALENT ACQUISITION PROFESSIONALS
I recently saw a news report about the labor shortage, and apparently there is no help on the way. Here is what is going on: 📌 Folks are retiring in droves 📌 There are not enough Millennials and GenXr's to replace the Boomers 📌 Huge decrease in the...
14 Mar Career Decision: What To Do When You Are Stuck On The Fence
🤔🤔🤔 WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU ARE ON THE FENCE 🤔🤔🤔 Often times I speak with #civilengineering professionals who are pretty happy where they are and are not actively looking to make a move. Quite frankly, they are typically so busy that even the thought of considering something...
14 Mar Civil Engineering Leadership – Old Guard vs. New Guard
There is a very interesting push/pull going on the civil engineering profession between the old guard and the new guard when it comes to company culture. Some of these battles include: 🥊FT #WFH -vs- Hybrid -vs- FT back in the office🥊Thoughts on what it really means to be...
01 Feb Creative Hiring
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...
10 Jan Damned if you Do, Damned if you Don’t: WFH, Hybrid Work, & The Great Resignation in the Civil Engineering Profession
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...
02 Dec 3 Recruiting Approaches That Can Turn Your “Nos” Into “Not Yets”
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."...