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Career Development

Your Career: You Are What You Eat

April 4, 2018 by Matt Barcus Leave a Comment

If your life is filled with cheese steaks, Twinkies, and 64 oz fountain sodas, well, you will reap what you sew when it comes to your physical appearance. Getting out of the shower and standing in front of the mirror is not an enjoyable experience. Anxiety, anger, lack of self-confidence…all terms or phrases that come… 

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Filed Under: Career Development, Civil Engineering, civil engineering blog, Civil Engineering Issues, Civil Engineering Jobs, Interviewing, Uncategorized Tagged With: career advancement, career advice, Career Development, Career Path, civil engineering job search, Civil Engineering Jobs

Are you training?

Your Career: Are You “Training”? Or Are You Merely “Working Out”?

September 18, 2017 by Matt Barcus Leave a Comment

Part 1 of a three-part series   For the better part of my adult life, I have been going to the gym and working out. I’m in good shape, but for many years I have been stuck with this feeling of being comfortable with the results of the effort I was putting in the gym…. 

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Are You Really Who You Say You Are?

March 22, 2017 by Matt Barcus 2 Comments

Over the past couple years I have noticed an interesting trend and I am curious to read your thoughts.  This trend is: The haphazard awarding of titles to those who do not have the responsibilities to match. Once-upon-a-time a young civil engineer, somewhere, with just a few years of engineering experience, was given the title of… 

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Filed Under: Career Development, Civil Engineering, civil engineering blog, Civil Engineering Issues, Civil Engineering Jobs, Employee Retention, Human Resources, Recruiting, The U.S. Economy & Civil Engineering, The Workplace Tagged With: Advice for the Young Engineer, ASCE, career advancement, career advice, Career Development, Career Path, Civil Engineer, Civil Engineer Jobs, Civil Engineering, civil engineering blog, Civil Engineering Companies, civil engineering job search, Civil Engineering Jobs, civil engineering recruiter, CivilEngineeringCentral.com, Human Resources, human resources issues, Recruiting

Self Belief & Embracing Your Inner Badass

May 4, 2016 by Matt Barcus Leave a Comment

“The moment you have the audacity to start believing in the not-yet seen, your reality will begin to shift…you have to change your thinking first, and then the evidence appears.  Our big mistake is that we do it the other way around.  We demand to see the evidence before we believe it to be true.”… 

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Filed Under: Career Development, Civil Engineering, civil engineering blog, Civil Engineering Issues, Civil Engineering Jobs, Fun Stuff, Uncategorized Tagged With: career advice, Career Development, Civil Engineering, motivation, recruiter, self confidence

Missed Career Opportunities & Diminishing ROC

February 29, 2016 by Matt Barcus Leave a Comment

Timing the stock market is impossible…no matter what anyone tells you, it just can’t be done on a sustainable basis.  The same can be said when it comes to career opportunities.  Take a look at this chart: There are a number of different directions I could go comparing your career to the stock market, but… 

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Filed Under: Career Development, Civil Engineering, civil engineering blog, Civil Engineering Companies, Civil Engineering Issues, Civil Engineering Jobs, Civil engineering salaries, The U.S. Economy & Civil Engineering, The Workplace, Uncategorized Tagged With: career advancement, career advice, Career Development, Civil Engineering

CEO or Project Engineer: Value Of Behavioral Assessments

April 30, 2013 by Carol Metzner 6 Comments

More A/E firms are adding behavioral and personality assessments to their interview process. These tests or inventories “show” tendencies or ways that you are most likely to respond to your surroundings. Proponents say results from the assessments when used with a face to face interview will help predict a good “fit” between you and the… 

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What Happened To The Civil Engineering Internship?

July 31, 2012 by Carol Metzner 7 Comments

Another casualty of the economic downturn: The Civil Engineering Internship. Recently I received a call from a career development coordinator for the engineering department at a respected University. We discussed the difficulty in finding internship placement for her recent civil engineering graduates. In the past, the department saw each graduate easily find civil engineering apprenticeships…. 

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Civil Engineering & Local Politics: Should You Run For Office?

May 2, 2012 by Carol Metzner 5 Comments

It is that time of year again and the political landscape is heating up! A Google search shows that past/current Mayors of Omaha, NE,  City of East Orange, NJ and Norton, OH were/are civil engineers. Current Portland, OR Mayoral  candidate,  Steve Sung,  spent 32 years as a civil engineer for the city of Portland. With… 

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Career Goals: Don’t Sell Yourself Short!

February 16, 2010 by Civil Engineering Leave a Comment

Featured Guest Blogger: Anthony Fasano, P.E., CPC, LEED AP Maser Consulting Associate Civil Engineer and Professional Career & Leadership Development Coach Click to Connect With Anthony on Linkedin and Facebook Anthony is the author of a soon to be launched FREE service for engineers called A Daily Boost from Your Professional Partner.  Click here to read… 

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Filed Under: Career Development, Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering Issues, Human Resources, The Workplace, Uncategorized Tagged With: Career Development, Career Path, civil engineering career

Are You Doing The Heavy Lifting?

November 4, 2009 by Civil Engineering 2 Comments

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 At the 2008 Pack Expo,… 

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Filed Under: Career Development, Civil Engineering, civil engineering blog, Civil Engineering Issues, Human Resources, Project Management, Uncategorized Tagged With: Advice for the Young Engineer, Career Development, Civil Engineering, civil engineering projects, Project Management

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