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Featured Guest Blogger: Gavin Redelman of RedStarResume Congratulations on securing your job. You have been selected above and beyond the other job applicants because of all the wonderful factors that made you the best fit

The good idea fairy is insidious.  Sure, he comes on meaning well and espouses great outcomes and high returns.  But he shows up in the eleventh hour just when the moment of execution is about

Too Much Internet Use May Reduce Your Productivity. In my engineering career, I have always tried to be as productive as possible.  That’s what we are taught as engineers – always optimize! Recently I have

I have been asked by many engineering professionals, especially engineering students and younger engineers, “Is it more beneficial to my career development to work in a small or large engineering company?”  This is an excellent

Computer Skills The below video is in response to a question that I received on our facebook fanpage asking, “What computer skills should engineers have?” This is a great question!  Especially for younger engineers and

Featured Guest Blogger: Merlin Kirschenman, P.E., CPC, M.ASCE, M. AIC The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has been a leader in “raising the bar” for the education of civil engineers.  In 2001, ASCE established the

Identifying actionable goals can be difficult if you don’t know what you want to achieve and if you don’t have a process in place.  As engineers, we know that every successful project has a clearly

What to bring to the PE exam The following is an excerpt from Chapter 2 of my book Engineer Your Own Success: 7 Key Elements to Creating an Extraordinary Engineering Career. You are allowed to

Featured Guest Blogger: JC Ryan from MyCollegesandCareers.com Knowledge and skill will help you extend and expand your engineering career, but sometimes the squeaky wheel needs some amplifying in positive ways. Fortunately, engineers looking for ways

A great strategic planning tool used in business for analyzing an environment for a new project is the SWOT analysis:  Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats.  Business planners know that in order for a project to

Due diligence is as important to engineers as water is to a fish.  By definition, due diligence is any number of concepts or processes involving an investigation of a design, engineering calculation, contract, or some

Starting an Engineering Company This is a guest post by Brandon Lee Walter where he discusses the process of starting an engineering company. I decided to try to make the move to a company that

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 2 of my soon-to-be-launched book Engineer Your Own Success: 7 Key Elements to Creating an Extraordinary Engineering Career: Your credentials represent measurable accomplishments in your career, which include

In military terminology, “being on-point” means to assume the first and most exposed position in a combat formation.  You’re out front, leading your team into hostile territory and therefore, fully switched-on and in tune with

If you are trying to decide among a number of skills which one you wish to improve, improve your writing.  For certain having good skills in speaking, managing a program, or negotiating a budget are

This isn’t an article about time management.  If you want that, go to Amazon.com and buy one of the 20,985 books on the subject.  This is an article about investing your time.  Management implies control,