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
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,
Engineers by-and-large have a bad rap when it comes to understanding business. That is, the art of using engineering skills to create value for others, and themselves. If you’re like I am, your first introduction
From my experience in the engineering industry, and really the corporate environment in general, I realized that there are two types of managers, I refer to them as managers and LEADERS. There are leaders who
Stress and anxiety are very common among engineers. This article includes a list of techniques that engineers can use to help manage their daily stresses and anxieties. At times, we have to deal with stresses and anxieties
Featured Guest Blogger: William Merunka Follow me on my journey to become a great engineer. Let’s connect on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/williammerunka Life is a journey, and sometimes during our journey we hit dark, murky territory
Did you ever take the time to stop and think, “What is my ultimate career goal?” It’s an open-ended question with tons of possible answers, but it will certainly force you to think about your
Featured Guest Blogger: Robert Mote Every major project carries out an exercise to determine the Lessons Learned for future projects based on the design and execution of the present project. When a project approaches maturation,
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