Why Technical Skills Alone Won’t Get You That Engineering Job
Technical skills are the tools of the trade for engineers. If you want to find your perfect job, you can’t let your technical background do all the talking. In today’s hyper-competitive work environment, the winning formula for an engineer’s job application involves showcasing technical/hard skills, accomplishments, and soft skills.
Maximizing Productivity Hacks for Engineering Professionals
Effective and successful engineers have a single trait in common. They are capable of effectively managing their time. Time is a precious commodity, therefore, maximizing productivity and your time can do wonders for your career and personal life.
How to Use a Grading System to Improve Your Engineering Performance
Do you demand a high level of performance from yourself? Establishing a habit of journaling will help you reflect on and better understand your performance, and ultimately help you make adjustments if needed.
Effective Delegation Techniques for Engineering Professionals
There was one skill that I heard frequently was lacking for both project managers and organization managers – effective delegation. It is the assignment of responsibility to another person to carry out a specific activity.
Chief Engineer = Professional Engineer + Manager
Nowadays, the engineering market has become more and more demanding and competitive. It’s not enough to get your degree; you need to constantly learn and develop new skills to stand out from the other engineers and work on exciting projects.
What Engineers of the Future Need to Know to Succeed
Engineers of the future must possess skills like innovation, entrepreneurial vision, and teamwork. These aren’t traits that have commonly been attributed to engineering, but the rate of technological change has been so rapid that most college courses become obsolete by the time students graduate
6 Hacks for Maintaining and Tracking P.E. Licenses
Engineers are known for accuracy, attention to detail, and finding elegant solutions to complex problems. Yet when it comes to licensing, most firms lack a functional, comprehensive system to safeguard compliance. Fortunately, there are steps you can take to eliminate those risks and manage all aspects of your firm’s licensing efficiently and effectively.
The Benefits of Scheduling Software for Engineering Professionals
There are tools that can make things easier for engineers, and one of the most essential is scheduling software.
Tips to Engineer Your Leadership and Coaching Skills for Better Product Development
So, you have an awesome idea for a new technology for product development. This is the one. It’s going to make you a millionaire. Or so you think. The problem is, 90 percent of new startups fail, and a lack of collaboration is one of the reasons why. Sure, you want to take the credit […]
5 Simple Ways to Have More Meaningful Conversations as an Engineer
“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”—Eleanor Roosevelt Who hasn’t heard this famous quote? To have meaningful conversations, we need to raise our levels to those of great minds. To inspire, to leave a trail behind, and to motivate MUST be our motive. Aren’t you charmed by the conversational […]