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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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You Want to Hire “A” Players? Some Tactical Advice

April 6, 2017 by Matt Barcus 1 Comment

A few months ago I had a candidate who we recruited a year ago resurface indicating that the time was now right for him to make a move.  This candidate was a five-star candidate. Within three days of that candidate’s resurrection, the Executive Vice President and Sr. Vice President of my client orchestrated an hour-long conference call…. 

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Filed Under: Career Development, Civil Engineering, civil engineering blog, Civil Engineering Companies, Civil Engineering Issues, Civil Engineering Jobs, Civil Engineering Shortage, Headhunters, Human Resources, Interviewing, Recruiting, The Workplace, Uncategorized Tagged With: Civil Engineer, Civil Engineer Jobs, Civil Engineering, civil engineering blog, civil engineering blogs, civil engineering career development, Civil Engineering Companies, civil engineering firms, Civil Engineering Jobs, civil engineering recruiter, Civil Engineering Recruiters, Civil Engineering Shortage, CivilEngineeringCentral.com, Human Resources, human resources issues, Interviewing, Recruiting, Shortage of Civil Engineers

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

What is the ASCE Grand Challenge?

December 8, 2016 by Carol Metzner Leave a Comment

  The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has initiated a “Grand Challenge.” The Grand Challenge asks for a commitment from civil engineers to be innovative in all phases of project planning, design, and implementation. The Grand Challenge’s goal is to reduce infrastructure lifespan costs by 50% by 2025 and to encourage innovation and design for infrastructure sustainability. The ASCE… 

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Filed Under: Civil Engineering, civil engineering blog, Civil Engineering Issues, Failing US Infrastructure, Infrastructure, Uncategorized, US Infrastructure Tagged With: Carol Metzner, Civil Engineer, Civil Engineering, civil engineering blog, Civil Engineering Jobs, CivilEngineeringCentral.com, Sustainability, US Infrastructure

Stuck In "No Man’s Land?" Here Is One Way To Get Out…

April 19, 2016 by Matt Barcus Leave a Comment

No man’s land.  You all know what that is, right? Literally speaking, it is a piece of land that is unoccupied, or under dispute between parties who leave it unoccupied due to fear or uncertainty.  You may also understand it as that place in the ocean, usually thigh deep, where when a wave rolls in you are… 

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Filed Under: Career Development, Civil Engineering, civil engineering blog, Civil Engineering Issues, Civil Engineering Jobs, Human Resources, The Workplace, Uncategorized Tagged With: career advice, Civil Engineer, Civil Engineering, civil engineering recruiter

Has Your A/E Firm Taken Over Your Identity?

January 27, 2016 by Carol Metzner Leave a Comment

Are you known as a civil engineer, architect, landscape architect and planner OR are you known as an employee of your employer? Recently an outstanding executive engineer was set to interview with my client. This engineer had worked as a leader in his firm for 20 years. At the start of the process, he told… 

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Filed Under: Career Development, Civil Engineering, civil engineering blog, Civil Engineering Companies, Civil Engineering Jobs, Uncategorized Tagged With: a/e firms, Carol Metzner, Civil Engineer, civil engineering marketing

It’s Not About The Title or The Money: Stop Lying To Yourself!

January 19, 2016 by Carol Metzner 1 Comment

If I had a penny for every time a job seeker told me that they would not reject a job offer based upon the title or the money, I could have bought an island years ago!  Stop lying to yourself. Inevitably, 95% of job offer rejections center around money or title. That is acceptable and sometimes even reasonable. However,… 

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Filed Under: Career Development, Civil Engineering, civil engineering blog, Civil engineering salaries, Headhunters, Human Resources, Interviewing, Uncategorized Tagged With: Carol Metzner, Civil Engineer, civil engineering headhunter, Interviewing

Legalized Marijuana Use Grounds For Termination Within A/E Firms?

March 19, 2014 by Carol Metzner 2 Comments

The legalization of marijuana use in Colorado and Washington is causing an uprising within the A/E marketplace.  It has been reported that firms are trying to determine policies that take in consideration federal and state laws while being mindful of employee and client safety. Speaking with operations and human resources executives on the legalized use… 

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Filed Under: Civil Engineering, civil engineering blog, Civil Engineering Companies, Civil Engineering Issues, Civil Engineering Jobs, Contracting, Dealing With Clients, Human Resources, Marijuana Use, The Workplace, Uncategorized Tagged With: Carol Metzner, Civil Engineer, Civil Engineering Jobs, CivilEngineeringCentral.com, human resources issues, marijuana use civil engineers

Civil Engineering & The 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi

February 17, 2014 by Matt Barcus 1 Comment

As I have been enjoying the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi on TV I began to consider the unique engineering and construction of infrastructure necessary to pull off such an amazing feat.  The infrastructure must not only be able to satisfy the expectations of the 2014 Winter Olympics, but it must be able to satisfy… 

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Filed Under: Civil Engineering, civil engineering blog, Fun Stuff, Infrastructure, Sustainable Civil Engineering, Uncategorized Tagged With: Civil Engineer, Civil Engineering, civil engineering blog, engineering infrastructure, Olympic Games

Civil Engineering Salaries: Does Yours Measure Up?

April 17, 2013 by Carol Metzner 3 Comments

Received a call today from a civil engineering Senior Project Manager. During the conversation he asked me “How does my salary measure up against others?” Over my 25+ years of recruiting, this is one of the most frequently asked question.  And, it is not easily answered. Salaries range widely across the US.  Benefit packages range widely… 

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Filed Under: Career Development, Civil Engineering, civil engineering blog, Civil Engineering Companies, Civil Engineering Jobs, Civil engineering salaries, Interviewing, The Workplace, Uncategorized Tagged With: Civil Engineer, civil engineering blogs, Civil Engineering Jobs, Civil engineering salaries

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