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Analysis Paralysis & Job Offer Decisions

March 13, 2018 by Carol Metzner Leave a Comment

Have you ever been in a situation where you have analyzed a job offer and still can’t decide whether to accept? You postpone your decision by telling everyone (mostly yourself) that you need to do more analysis. This inability to decide is ultimately a negative decision. If you are choosing to accept an offer or… 

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Filed Under: Career Development, Civil Engineering, civil engineering blog, Civil Engineering Jobs, Education, Interviewing, The Workplace Tagged With: Advice for the Young Engineer, career advancement, career advice, Career Path, Carol Metzner, Civil Engineering, civil engineering blog, Human Resources, Interviewing, Recruiting

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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Filed Under: Business Development, Career Development, Civil Engineering, civil engineering blog, Civil Engineering Companies, Civil Engineering Issues, Civil Engineering Jobs, Civil Engineering Logos, civil engineering newsletter, Civil Engineering Resumes, Civil engineering salaries, Civil Engineering Shortage, Civil Engineering Trivia, Contracting, Corporate Recruiters, Dealing With Clients, Education, Employee Retention, Energy, Engineering Week, Engineering Week, Environmental Engineering issues, Environmental Issues, Failing US Infrastructure, Federal Programs, Fun Stuff, Generation "Y"/Generation "Next", Global Warming, GPS, Headhunters, High Speed Rail, Highway Engineering, Human Resources, Hurricane Katrina, Infrastructure, Interviewing, Land Sureveying, LEED, Marijuana Use, Marketing, Mergers & Acquisitions, Networking, P3, Politics and the Environmenta, Poll Results, Professional Registration, Project Management, Public Private Partnerships, Recruiting, Resignation, Social Media, Sustainability, Sustainable Civil Engineering, The U.S. Economy & Civil Engineering, The Workplace, Transit, Uncategorized, US Infrastructure, Water, Wind Farms Tagged With: Advice for the Young Engineer, career advancement, career advice, Career Development, Career Path, Civil Engineer, Civil Engineer Jobs, Civil Engineering, civil engineering blogs, Civil Engineering Jobs, Human Resources, Recruiting, Solutions

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 Super Bowl LI Can Teach Us About Recruiting

February 23, 2017 by Matt Barcus Leave a Comment

As a die-hard Philadelphia Eagles fan, I am an unfortunate expert in understanding the concept of “finishing” or “closing out strong,” or rather, how NOT to.  That is, through the course of the last few NFL seasons I have come accustomed to the Eagles failing to “finish” or “close out strong” their opponents, witnessing the… 

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Filed Under: Career Development, Civil Engineering, civil engineering blog, Civil Engineering Issues, Civil Engineering Jobs, Civil Engineering Shortage, Corporate Recruiters, Fun Stuff, Headhunters, Human Resources, Recruiting, The U.S. Economy & Civil Engineering, The Workplace, Uncategorized Tagged With: Civil Engineering, civil engineering recruiter, Human Resources, Recruiting

Hiring 55+: That Silver Hair May Be A Silver Lining

February 1, 2016 by Matt Barcus Leave a Comment

Back in 2012 I started a discussion on LinkedIn, and then wrote a blog in response to that discussion that revolved around the employment of those 55 and older.  The idea that employers shy away from hiring those with 35+ years of experience is disheartening and unfortunate, and in fact, in the line of business that I am… 

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Filed Under: Civil Engineering, civil engineering blog, Civil Engineering Companies, Civil Engineering Issues, Civil Engineering Jobs, Employee Retention, Human Resources, Land Sureveying, The Workplace, Uncategorized Tagged With: Human Resources, Land Surveying

Honesty & The Exit Interview

January 22, 2016 by Matt Barcus 1 Comment

Exit interviews are rarely an enjoyable experience – for the company, or for the employee.  Now, from time-to-time “high fives” are given when sub-par, poorly producing employees resign. Or employees skip out to their car and begin gleefully singing and offering up a rapid fire of fist pumps in the air excited about moving on to a new… 

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Filed Under: Career Development, Civil Engineering, civil engineering blog, Civil Engineering Companies, Civil Engineering Issues, Employee Retention, Human Resources, The Workplace, Uncategorized Tagged With: Civil Engineering, exit interviews, Human Resources

What To Expect As A Client From Your Recruiter

January 12, 2016 by Matt Barcus Leave a Comment

An experienced search consultant can be many things to a client they are working with above and beyond just recruiting: adviser, provider of market intelligence, resume screener, reference checker, recruiting coordinator, and expert negotiator just to name a few .  One thing you should always expect from your search consultant as a client is honesty. … 

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Filed Under: Career Development, Civil Engineering, civil engineering blog, Civil Engineering Issues, Corporate Recruiters, Human Resources, Recruiting, Uncategorized Tagged With: Civil Engineering, Human Resources, Recruiting

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

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