Have You Learned Your Lessons Yet?
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, project management decides to arrange a three-day Lesson Learned seminar across all disciplines. Some three weeks before the seminar, a […]
Apathy, the Professional Disease
Apathy, is a killer disease that affect many professional engineers through circumstances, culture and their career. No one is immune to the shadows it can throw upon oneself. But how do we break the cycle? Speaking for myself, I have found my answers in my work environment and my passion for engineering respect.
The Battle Between Excel and MathCAD
What tools do you use to craft your calculations? Do you use MathCAD because it is precise? Or do you use Excel because you can? Is one faster than the other, or better? I am Excel user and a practising engineer. Whatever you use, is it appropriate? For most engineers, in the battle between Excel and MathCAD it is a blurry. In the hands of a master, Excel wins. Learn how you can do that.
7 Tips and Quotes to Help Rapidly Advance Your Career
Hello all, I thought this week I would share 7 tips to help rapidly advance your career. These tips are based on my own experience as well as the many books I have read on both personal and career development. If your industry has any type of license or certification that you will need to […]
What’s That Smell? A Stagnant Career Perhaps?
Featured Guest Blogger: Angela Cristina Negro It happens to everyone. The minute you land your new job, you’re so excited. Your heart is racing, you have this desire and drive to do your best, you’re putting in extreme effort to show your boss you were the right hire and you’re off…you feel exhilaration, you feel […]
Career Goals: How Important Are They?
Retweet How many people have clearly defined career goals? Unfortunately the answer to that question is not many at all! Do you have clearly defined career goals that you review regularly? If your answers to these questions are no, you should really consider taking the time to clearly define your career goals. Career goals are […]
Leadership Programs: The Best Start For New Grads!
You aren’t sure what you want to do and you don’t really know where you would best fit in; what the best role for you would be? It’s tough. New grads don’t really have a reference point for gauging what jobs they would be good at or would even enjoy doing. On top of that, […]