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The Benefits and Downsides of Wage Transparency

February 22, 2022 By EMI

This is a guest post by Dr. Rae Taylor

I have little issue with telling people what I get paid unless they ask. I think this juxtaposition comes from the age-old question of nature vs. nurture as I was raised to never talk about money, not even to family members. That’s the nurture. But when I was applying for my first “grown-up” job, I experienced firsthand how difficult it is to negotiate compensation without knowing how much peer employees are paid. That’s … well, that’s more nurture, I guess. Anyway, while I was interviewing for positions, I collected all the information I could find on average salaries for recent engineering graduates. Unfortunately, there was such a huge variation in the reported values that they were useless. So, I decided to break the ultimate wage transparency taboo. I walked up to a person in my graduating year, job offers in hand, and asked if we could chat about salaries.

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Filed Under: Civil Engineering Tagged With: average salaries, conversations, discuss the calculation, Engineering, gender pay gap, higher pay requests, highest-paying offer, interviews, paying market rate for employees, Rae Taylor, rates, salaries, salary discussions, starting salaries, Wage Transparency, what I get paid

Relationship Capital: What Is It and Why Is It Important?

February 14, 2022 By EMI

This is a guests blog by Jese H. Vance, P.E.

When most people think about capital for their business, they think about investors, loans, equity, etc., that is used to pay for day-to-day operations or future growth. Even though every business needs capital to thrive, I would argue that building “relationship capital” is equally as important. Relationship capital is an intangible asset that is built up over time between people. Below I share some important points to consider about building this asset in your business.

Relationships Lay the Foundation for Your Engineering Business

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Filed Under: Civil Engineering Tagged With: Civil Engineering Projects, Client Relationships, conversations, get to know your client, Jese Vance, maintaining relationships, Meaningful Conversations, networking, Relationship Capital, relationships

TECC 189: Taking Your Meetings from Ordinary to Extraordinary

November 13, 2018 By EMI

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Taking Your Meetings from Ordinary to Extraordinary

In this episode, I talk with Paul Axtell about something all engineers are involved in, which is meetings.  Not just the “M-word”, these are the individual and team interactions that make projects happen, and Paul provides us with some great take-aways you can use to take your meetings from ordinary to extraordinary.

Engineering Quotes:

Meetings

Meetings

Here are some of the key points discussed about effective meetings:

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Filed Under: Communication/Public Speaking, Organization/Productivity/Time Management, TECC Podcast-The Engineering Career Coach Podcast Tagged With: Broad participation, conversations, decline a meeting, engineers, measure, Meetings, Paul Axtell, perspective shift, Preparing for meetings, process skills, projects and priorities, value

TECC 166: Learning to Lead through Leadership Flow

January 9, 2018 By EMI

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Learning to Lead through Leadership Flow

In this episode, I talk with seasoned leadership expert, an author on General Leadership and an extremely accomplished leader and leadership coach, Croft Edwards about his new book called: LeadershipFlow | Perfectly Square; A Story About Learning to Lead and Transforming a Company. Our conversation focuses on how you can learn to lead by using Leadership Flow in both your career and life.

Engineering Quotes:

Leadership Flow
Leadership Flow

Here are the key points discussed on learning to lead through Leadership Flow:

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Filed Under: Leadership/Management, TECC Podcast-The Engineering Career Coach Podcast Tagged With: connect with people, conversations, Croft Edwards, leader, Leadership, Leadership Flow, Learning to Lead, Organizations, positive emotions, quality of a leader, team member

How to be More Effective with your LinkedIn Connections

November 15, 2017 By EMI

How to be More Effective with your LinkedIn Connections is a guest post by Nader Mowlaee.

LinkedIn ConnectionsWhether you’re actively seeking a new job, recently graduated and just want any job, or are proactively seeking the right career growth opportunity, growing your LinkedIn connections and knowing how to use LinkedIn is necessary. We know having connections matter and that LinkedIn is the best tool for getting in front of decision makers and having more interviews, but yet, there’s no place lonelier than a LinkedIn profile once it’s cooled off and people stop writing back to you.

In this post, I want to show you how you can get the spark back into your LinkedIn connections and warm up some decent conversations. All you need to get started is to decide what you want, open your eyes, be present and positive, and listen to what I have to say in this article. Then, take action on what I’m going to share with you, and touch base with me if you need more help.

There happens to be particular differences between how big your LinkedIn network is and the caliber of your network connections. Even though the numbers do not lie, they can often be misleading, especially when the time comes to search for a job opportunity. Size does matter, but it’s not everything!

Concentrating on enhancing the quality of your LinkedIn connections by as little as 5 percent can enhance your outcomes up to 95 percent. On top of that, you will invest 5 times less time on LinkedIn and social networking; the response rates will likely be greater, simply because you are messaging current contacts, and also the interactions will likely be significantly less nerve-racking; usually we can even ask a shared connection for an introduction.

Then why do 90 percent of people looking for work concentrate mainly on adding new connections to their LinkedIn network, with no distinct objective or comprehensive strategy?

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Filed Under: Blog, Networking/Client Relations Tagged With: Better Branding, community and contacts, connections matter, conversations, Health, Higher Income, LinkedIn Connections, Nader Mowlaee, quality of your LinkedIn connections, social network, Warm Networking

TECC 118: How Engineers and Engineering Firms can Build Thought Leadership through Public Speaking

June 7, 2016 By EMI

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How Engineers and Engineering Firms can Build Thought Leadership through Public Speaking

In this episode, Anthony Knutson, PE interviews Carl Friesen, a professional who likes helping engineering professionals and firms build their profile as thought-leaders.  Friesen talks specifically about how to build your expertise and thought leadership through public speaking.

Engineering Success quotes:

public speaking

public speakingHere Are the Key Points Discussed About How Engineers and Engineering Firms Can Build Thought Leadership Through Public Speaking:

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Filed Under: Communication/Public Speaking, TECC Podcast-The Engineering Career Coach Podcast Tagged With: Carl Friesen, communication, communication for engineers, conversations, Engineering, professional profile, public speaking

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