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

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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Are You Really Who You Say You Are?

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

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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New Year- Time To Get A New Job?

January 4, 2012 by Carol Metzner 2 Comments

Every new year many of us assess our job. As an architecture and civil engineering executive recruiter, I find January to be a very busy month! New year resolutions abound. Candidates tell me that they will not spend another year working for a company or supervisor that doesn’t appreciate them…at a job that is no longer… 

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How to Prevent Infrastructure Disaster?

June 23, 2010 by Carol Metzner Leave a Comment

By Carol A. Metzner President, The Metzner Group, LLC and Managing Partner, A/E/P Central, LLC home of CivilEngineeringCentral.com This August will be the 3rd anniversary of the I-35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis and the 5th anniversary of the New Orleans levee system failure. July brings with it the 19th year mark of the Kansas City Hyatt… 

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Filed Under: Civil Engineering, civil engineering blog, Civil Engineering Companies, Civil Engineering Issues, Civil Engineering Jobs, Failing US Infrastructure, The U.S. Economy & Civil Engineering, The Workplace, Uncategorized, US Infrastructure Tagged With: civil engineering blog, Civil Engineering Companies, civil engineering projects, Failing US Infrastructure

The Ramifications of Ousting the Senior Engineer

June 9, 2010 by Carol Metzner 9 Comments

By Carol A. Metzner President, The Metzner Group, LLC and Managing Partner, A/E/P Central, LLC home of CivilEngineeringCentral.com As discussed in a previous blog, civil engineering firms are cutting senior staff in favor of hiring less experienced, less expensive technologically savvy engineers. The blog received a variety of comments. Among them was insightful feedback from… 

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Storm Water Job Trends

March 15, 2010 by Carol Metzner 6 Comments

By Carol Metzner President, The Metzner Group, LLC and Managing Partner, A/E/P Central, LLC home of CivilEngineeringCentral.com The ever-shrinking job market, aging baby boomers and rapid technology growth have created a need for storm water generalists who can do it all—use off-the-shelf and proprietary tools to conduct modeling studies; plan, assess and design storm water… 

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Filed Under: Career Development, Civil Engineering, civil engineering blog, Civil Engineering Jobs, Civil Engineering Resumes, Employee Retention, The Workplace, Uncategorized, US Infrastructure Tagged With: civil engineering career development, Civil Engineering Companies, Civil Engineering Jobs, Employee Retention, Storm Water

WINNER! 1st Annual “Best Civil Engineering Firm Logo” Contest

WINNER! 1st Annual “Best Civil Engineering Firm Logo” Contest

November 10, 2009 by Matt Barcus 7 Comments

PRESS RELEASE November 11, 2009 CivilEngineeringCentral.com announces the WINNER of the 1st Annual “Best Civil Engineering Firm Logo Contest.” The BEST LOGO’S are worth millions of dollars… and now, recognition from CivilEngineeringCentral.com!  We thank all the great contestants and their logo submissions. Our top 5 Vote Getters: 1.  Sanderson Stewart www.sandersonstewart.com 2.  Southern Civil Engineers… 

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Use the Downturn to Make Yourself Part of a Winning Firm

July 22, 2009 by Civil Engineering Leave a Comment

By Bruce Lynch, Vice President of Publishing, PSMJ Resources Inc. For over 30 years, PSMJ Resources, Inc. has offered publications, educational programs, in-house training and management consulting services to A/E/C professionals worldwide. PSMJ Resources conducts more than 200 educational seminars and conferences annually, supported by major professional societies, including AIA and ACEC. Headquartered in Newton,… 

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In Defense of the Land Development Engineer

July 8, 2009 by Matt Barcus 30 Comments

By Matt Barcus President, Precision Executive Search, Inc. Managing Partner, A/E/P Central, LLC, home of CivilEngineeringCentral.com Over the years I have often seen outstanding land development engineers desire to break into a new area of specialization under the civil engineering umbrella, yet they have found the opportunity to do so to be scarce, at best, purely because they have a background in… 

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