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TOP Trends in the Civil Engineering & Architecture Recruiting Marketplace for 2020/2021

September 16, 2020 by Carol Metzner Leave a Comment

Since 2017, much of America has experienced a fairly consistent sense of turmoil. In spite of this, firms in the A/E marketplace view the remainder of 2020 with a guarded sense of optimism. This encouragement is largely due to the anticipation that a federal infrastructure bill will be passed, funding for clean energy projects and… 

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Filed Under: Business Development, Career Development, Civil Engineering, civil engineering blog, Civil Engineering Companies, Civil Engineering Issues, Civil Engineering Jobs, Corporate Recruiters, Employee Retention, Human Resources, Interviewing, Recruiting, The Workplace Tagged With: Carol Metzner, civil engineering blog, civil engineering firms, civil engineering job search, Civil Engineering Jobs, civil engineering recruiter, Civil Engineering Recruiters, CivilEngineeringCentral.com, hiring trends

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

Winner of 4th Annual Best Civil Engineering Firm Logo Announced!

January 28, 2013 by Civil Engineering Leave a Comment

We are pleased to announce the WINNER of the 4th annual “Best Civil Engineering Firm Logo” contest! We find that the judging has become more challenging for this contest.  Each year we receive an increase in entries from the year prior, and the quality of the logos has been absolutely amazing.  As a result, the… 

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Filed Under: Business Development, Civil Engineering, civil engineering blog, Civil Engineering Companies, Civil Engineering Logos, civil engineering newsletter, Uncategorized Tagged With: Civil Engineering, civil engineering firms, civil engineering logos

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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Filed Under: Civil Engineering, civil engineering blog, Civil Engineering Companies, Civil Engineering Issues, Civil Engineering Jobs, Human Resources, The Workplace, Uncategorized Tagged With: civil engineering blog, Civil Engineering Companies, civil engineering firms

Stalking the Recruiter

May 26, 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 One corporate recruiter on Linkedin had as her status update “..be careful not to stalk the corporate recruiter, but do follow-up.” Numerous discussions are taking place online scolding recruiters and employers for lack of follow-up with candidates…. 

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Filed Under: civil engineering blog, Civil Engineering Companies, Corporate Recruiters, Headhunters, Interviewing, Recruiting, Uncategorized Tagged With: civil engineering blog, civil engineering firms, Civil Engineering Recruiters

A/E Firms: Is Your Competitor Better At Dating?

May 4, 2010 by Carol Metzner 10 Comments

By Carol A. Metzner President, The Metzner Group, LLC and Co-Founder/Managing Partner, A/E/P Central, LLC home of CivilEngineeringCentral.com Imagine that you are asked to interview with an architectural or engineering firm. The corporate recruiter tells you “The interview will last 45 minutes. There are 5 candidates coming in to interview for 1 opening. You have… 

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Filed Under: civil engineering blog, Civil Engineering Jobs, Corporate Recruiters, Employee Retention, Human Resources, Interviewing, Recruiting, Uncategorized Tagged With: architecture firms interview, civil engineering firms, Interviewing

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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Filed Under: Career Development, Civil Engineering, civil engineering blog, Civil Engineering Companies, Civil Engineering Issues, Civil Engineering Jobs, Employee Retention, Human Resources, Recruiting, The Workplace, Uncategorized Tagged With: Career Development, Civil Engineer Jobs, Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering Companies, civil engineering firms, Civil Engineering Jobs, CivilEngineeringCentral.com, Human Resources, human resources issues, Recruiting, Shortage of Civil Engineers

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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Filed Under: Career Development, Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering Issues, Civil Engineering Jobs, Civil Engineering Resumes, Civil Engineering Shortage, Corporate Recruiters, Interviewing, Recruiting, The U.S. Economy & Civil Engineering, Uncategorized Tagged With: Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering Companies, civil engineering firms, Human Resources, Land Development Jobs, Shortage of Civil Engineers, Solutions

Questions Of The Month – Final Tallies Revealed

June 4, 2009 by Matt Barcus 1 Comment

By Matt Barcus President, Precision Executive Search, Inc. Managing Partner, A/E/P Central, LLC, home of CivilEngineeringCentral.com Each month at CivilEngineeringCentral.com we have a Question of the Month.  This question is posted on our home page and is included in each issue of  “The LinkedIngineer” as well as our monthly e-newsletter which is sent out to nearly 10,000 members… 

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Filed Under: Career Development, Civil Engineering Issues, Energy, Failing US Infrastructure, Fun Stuff, Human Resources, Interviewing, Poll Results, The U.S. Economy & Civil Engineering, The Workplace, Uncategorized, US Infrastructure Tagged With: Career Path, Civil Engineer, Civil Engineer Jobs, Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering Companies, civil engineering firms, Civil Engineering Jobs, CivilEngineeringCentral.com, down market, Failing US Infrastructure, Human Resources, human resources issues, Land Development Jobs, LinkedIn, Networking, Solutions, US Infrastructure

Lessons Learned From An Economy Turned

May 27, 2009 by Matt Barcus 10 Comments

By Matt Barcus President, Precision Executive Search, Inc. Managing Partner, A/E/P Central, LLC, home of CivilEngineeringCentral.com So one of the headlines from CNN.com on Wednesday read “Economists: Recession To End In 2009.”  Reading this article got me to thinking that, now that we are beginning to see a little light at the end of the tunnel, what… 

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Filed Under: Career Development, Civil Engineering Issues, Marketing, The U.S. Economy & Civil Engineering, The Workplace, Uncategorized Tagged With: Career Path, Civil Engineering, civil engineering firms, down market, Marketing, Solutions

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