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This is a guest post by William Merunka, EIT, LEED AP. While we may not like it, we face many tests in our engineering career. These may be exams for specific certifications, a test of your

This year we’ve been focusing our blog here at Powerful Purpose Associates on helping engineers in their transition from engineer to manager.  One critical factor in advancing from engineer to manager will be your ability

How to Start an Engineering Company The following is a brief summary of a previous episode of the Engineer Your Own Success Radio Show for engineers entitled How to Start an Engineering Company: Owning and Managing

The following is a brief summary of the 1-16-2012 session of the Engineer Your Own Success Radio Show for engineers. During the latest session of my Engineer Your Own Success radio show I had the

There are a lot of variables that go into determining whether we’ll successfully bring our goals and aspirations into existence.   However, I count one of them as the quintessential element that must be present to

I have received many questions recently through the different social media outlets to the effect of, “How do I go from design engineer to manager in my engineering career?” It’s a great question and one

Featured Guest Blogger: Gavin Redelman of RedStarResume Congratulations on securing your job. You have been selected above and beyond the other job applicants because of all the wonderful factors that made you the best fit

The good idea fairy is insidious.  Sure, he comes on meaning well and espouses great outcomes and high returns.  But he shows up in the eleventh hour just when the moment of execution is about

Too Much Internet Use May Reduce Your Productivity. In my engineering career, I have always tried to be as productive as possible.  That’s what we are taught as engineers – always optimize! Recently I have

I have been asked by many engineering professionals, especially engineering students and younger engineers, “Is it more beneficial to my career development to work in a small or large engineering company?”  This is an excellent

Computer Skills The below video is in response to a question that I received on our facebook fanpage asking, “What computer skills should engineers have?” This is a great question!  Especially for younger engineers and

Featured Guest Blogger: Merlin Kirschenman, P.E., CPC, M.ASCE, M. AIC The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has been a leader in “raising the bar” for the education of civil engineers.  In 2001, ASCE established the

Identifying actionable goals can be difficult if you don’t know what you want to achieve and if you don’t have a process in place.  As engineers, we know that every successful project has a clearly

What to bring to the PE exam The following is an excerpt from Chapter 2 of my book Engineer Your Own Success: 7 Key Elements to Creating an Extraordinary Engineering Career. You are allowed to

Featured Guest Blogger: JC Ryan from MyCollegesandCareers.com Knowledge and skill will help you extend and expand your engineering career, but sometimes the squeaky wheel needs some amplifying in positive ways. Fortunately, engineers looking for ways

A great strategic planning tool used in business for analyzing an environment for a new project is the SWOT analysis:  Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats.  Business planners know that in order for a project to