29 Sep Death, Taxes, and Great Candidates Have Short Shelf Lives
Death, taxes, and great candidates have short shelf lives...
civil engineering Tag
22 Sep Understanding The Role You Are Interviewing For
Last week one of my client shared with me a story of a recent candidate who they had interviewed. The candidate had experienced some tremendous success in his five year career thus far that he was very proud of, and rightfully so. His goal was to...
08 Sep The Trickle Down Effect of Employer Ghosting
Earlier this year I had a client interview a candidate. I immediately received feedback from the candidate and proceeded to follow up with my client to swap notes. This was phone interview between an engineer with five years of experience and the hiring manager…not overly...
07 Jul Offer: $2000.00 Referral Fee
Have you ever: 📌 Referred someone to a great restaurant and they loved it?📌 Referred someone to a great hair stylist who they now go to every time?📌 Referred someone to your mechanic who they now know they can depend on to do a top notch...
03 May What Will the “New Normal” Look Like for Consulting Engineering?
As I speak to civil engineers across the country on a daily basis, I have been trying to understand what the "new normal" will look like when it comes to the physical work environment within the consulting engineering community. Of course a lot of...
30 Mar Video Interview? No Problem!
Let's just start with this, shall we? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh4f9AYRCZY I'm not sure how long Zoom and SKYPE job interviews will be the new norm, but until we beat this pandemic, or at least until #socialdistancing policies relax, get used to it. 6 TIPS TO HELP YOU MASTER...
02 Mar The Art of Candidate Care
No matter how great your projects are, no matter how many awards you may have won, no matter how fancy dancy your website may be, recruiting candidates is TOUGH. It requires a lot of work. It requires a detailed plan. It's really tough to...
02 Mar Your Boss is Leaving – Should you Follow?
Three reasons why you should not follow your boss from job to job...
03 Feb What can you learn from these three elite college QB’s?
Despite swimming in the comfort of such recognizable operations, my favorite candidate's are the one's who want more for themselves and their careers. They are the one's who are willing to break free from the ties that bind. They are the ones that...
03 Jan If You Have Ever Questioned the Value of a Recruiter…
Consider this. I recently placed a civil engineer who had been with a firm for a little over a year-and-a-half when he unexpectedly received his walking papers. The company was a "spin-off" of a larger company. They were relatively new, but experiencing tremendous growth with...