10 Top Tips To Help You Achieve Your Goals in 2018
Are you wondering how you can actually achieve your goals in 2018? How can you put yourself on the best path to get the future job of your dreams? To level up your career? To get the promotion you seek? This article provides ten tips you can implement to help you have a great year […]
7 Ways You Should Not Be Writing Your Engineering Resume
It’s easy to think of any resume as just a simple list of facts about yourself. How hard can it be to write an engineering resume? You’d be surprised at the mistakes some engineering job hunters make. Here are 7 mistakes that are commonly made in an engineering resume, and how you can avoid them. […]
How to Get Ahead in your Engineering Career in 2018
Bruce Lee said, “I don’t fear the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks. I fear the man who practiced one kick 10,000 times.” I won’t say that a few quotes will change your life, but perhaps hearing them can positively impact your mindset and allow you to know how to get ahead in your […]
3 Top Tips to Stay Current on Engineering Updates and News
One of the best strategies for business or engineering success is to stay up-to-date and informed about the engineering updates and news that shape certain industries and sectors. A living example of this axiom is American billionaire investor Warren Buffett, a man who is often considered to be one of the smartest individuals operating […]
How Fresh Graduate Engineers Successfully Negotiate Salary Increase
As a fresh graduate of any technical course or engineering program, it can be difficult to find a company that accepts applicants without any experienced On-The-Job Training during college or university years, much more than those companies offer a higher than average salary. With that said, I’ve helped several young engineers negotiate an extra […]
6 Must-Have Skills to Make You Marketable in Any Workplace
As industries continue to evolve to accommodate the changing needs and demands of society, the skills being head-hunted by human resources and talent managers are also changing. And considering that job markets are becoming increasingly saturated, it can pay off to learn and master specific skills. Honing these six must-have skills will not only make […]
11 Lessons from Elon Musk that can be applied to your Engineering Career
Elon Musk is the most famous engineer alive today, is the inspiration behind the modern image of “Iron Man”, and is responsible for running five companies (Tesla, SpaceX, Solar City, The Boring Company, Neurolink). There is a lot that we can learn from him. His original story highlights include selling a video game at […]
Ways for Engineers to Give Back to the Community
The work that engineers do is essential. It directly affects people and the community as a whole. This is because their work is to create products and structures that are to be used by people, however it is still important for an engineer to find a way to give back to his or her community. […]
The Importance of Knowing Your “Why”
I’ve worked with thousands of engineers throughout the world, and a common theme has emerged throughout that work: engineers want to see progress in their careers. We want to climb the corporate ladder faster. We want to get more done. We want to be happier and more successful. We want to improve. I think this […]
Why Professional Development never Ends for Engineers
I recently presented a half-day leadership seminar to a group of engineers in Mississippi. The seminar covered the basics of the most important business skills engineers should have namely: communications, productivity, leadership, and professional development. Thankfully, the seminar was well received. The feedback I got after the talk was very positive. As is often […]
