Successful real estate investor Barbara Corcoran once said: So as we leap into 2017 with both feet, make the development of your soft skills a priority. Here are a few reasons why your soft skills are so important: Business Development: Your track record and resume of successfully completed projects may look stunning on glossy marketing…
Your Civil Engineering Firm’s Use of Technology
Last week I posed a question on LinkedIn asking members of the Civil Engineering Central group if they felt that their firm was ahead of the curve, on the curve, or behind the curve when it comes to the software and technology that is being utilized at their firm? If you are a member of…
Demand For Engineers Increases: Infrastructure Asset Management & Sustainability
Engineers that understand infrastructure asset management are in demand within the US engineering marketplace. Infrastructure asset management specifically focuses on the need to sustain structures such as highways, bridges, water treatment facilities, electric utility and transmission lines in addition to many others. Mounting pressures to cut public spending, has much needed maintenance and rehabilitation put on hold….
Civil Engineers – Enjoy the One Project at a Time Lifestyle as Long as You Can
This is a guest blog post by Anthony Fasano, P.E. Anthony is a civil engineer, engineering career coach, bestselling author and founder of Powerful Purpose Associates. Anthony is giving away a special webinar for CivilEngineeringCentral.com readers on his Powerful Purpose Associates website. Read until the end of the post to find out how to get…
Birds of a Feather Flock Together: Why Homogeneity Is Not So Good
Do you tend to stick to your own kind when having business discussions? Do you feel misunderstood, marginalized, victimized, and alone amidst the drift of sales spiel and techno-babble? In other words, is cross-functional communication on your list of things not to do during those dreaded Monday morning meetings… let alone on your list of…
Civil Engineering, Contracting 101 & Ferengi
By Rich Bedell General Counsel, Greenhorne & O’Mara, Inc. and Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Maryland University College, Graduate School of Management & Technology Who is Montgomery Scott? How about Geordie La Forge, B’Elanna Tores, or Trip Tucker? Every engineer I know secretly wishes he or she could have their job. Getting close requires a lot…
The End of the World is Upon Us! (Naw, not really, its just the end of the 3rd quarter)
Babette Ten Haken Sales Aerobics for Engineers Internet Business Development Strategies for Manufacturers, Distributors and Service Companies www.salesaerobicsforengineers.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/babetteburdick http://blog.salesaerobicsforengineers.com Featured Guest Blogger: Babette Ten Haken Sales Aerobics for Engineers Strategies and Toolkit for the Sales-Engineering Interface Connect With Babette On Linkedin Read The Sales Aerobics For Engineers Blog This is the time of year…
Civil Engineers: It's Time to Get Organized from A to Z
Featured Guest Blogger: Anthony Fasano, P.E., LEED AP, ACC Civil Engineer, Author, Coach and Speaker Author of Engineer Your Own Success: 7 Key Elements to Creating an Extraordinary Engineering Career Anthony is also the author of a FREE e-mail service for engineers called A Daily Boost from Your Professional Partner. Click here to read about…
Conversation With A Civil Engineer
Matt Barcus President, Precision Executive Search, Inc Managing Partner, CivilEngineeringCentral.com View Matt’s profile & connect with him on LinkedIn In a January 2011 article in CE News titled Change is Good, John P. Bachner, CEO of Bachner Communications, Inc and Executive Vice President of ASFE/The Geoprofessional Business Association stated that civil engineers right out…
Whose billable time is it, anyway?
Babette Burdick Sales Aerobics for Engineers Internet Business Development Strategies for Manufacturers, Distributors and Service Companies www.salesaerobicsforengineers.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/babetteburdick http://blog.salesaerobicsforengineers.com Featured Guest Blogger: Babette Burdick Sales Aerobics for Engineers Internet Business Development Strategies for Manufacturers, Distributors and Service Companies Connect With Babette On Linkedin Read The Sales Aerobics For Engineers Blog What is your time worth?…