How to Get Ahead in your Engineering Career in 2018
Bruce Lee said, “I don’t fear the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks. I fear the man who practiced one kick 10,000 times.” I won’t say that a few quotes will change your life, but perhaps hearing them can positively impact your mindset and allow you to know how to get ahead in your […]
4 Occupational Safety and Health Administration Tips for Engineers
Engineers are typically accustomed to hazardous conditions, but that doesn’t mean that OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) best practices should simply be swept under the rug as common knowledge. Electrical mishaps, fires, and deadly equipment accidents are just a few of the potential hazards that engineers of all fields are susceptible to, so […]
5 Tips for Improving Internal Team Communication
Project managers spend the vast majority of their time communicating with others. Depending on the source you reference, the figure can go as high as 80 percent of one’s time is tied-up in some type of communication. A good amount of this time is spent in external communication: the client, the architect, the design team, […]
How to be More Effective with your LinkedIn Connections
Whether you’re actively seeking a new job, recently graduated and just want any job, or are proactively seeking the right career growth opportunity, growing your LinkedIn connections and knowing how to use LinkedIn is necessary. We know having connections matter and that LinkedIn is the best tool for getting in front of decision makers and […]
The Best Ways to Find Public Speaking Opportunities Around You
Here are some public speaking opportunities for you to consider:
Speech Preparation: Preparing and Not Preparing for Presentations
I’m always excited when I get to deliver a speech, so I sent in an application to speak at a conference of operators on one of my favorite subjects. I had spent two months with speech preparation and would be able to deliver it a couple of times for practice, between the acceptance […]
3 Top Tips to Stay Current on Engineering Updates and News
One of the best strategies for business or engineering success is to stay up-to-date and informed about the engineering updates and news that shape certain industries and sectors. A living example of this axiom is American billionaire investor Warren Buffett, a man who is often considered to be one of the smartest individuals operating […]
Construction Site Safety Tips
Working in construction can be challenging, yet extremely rewarding, but it does consist of machine and equipment operation injuries on a daily basis – especially if certain construction safety tips aren’t adhered to. Thus, in order to keep employees safe onsite and personal injury claims at bay, be sure to keep the following […]
Five Benefits of Public Speaking
Engineering is a tough job that is dedicated to completing complicated designs that solve complex problems. Solving those problems is not up to the engineer alone, but requires a team effort of partners to secure financing, address the social and environmental impacts, determine the best design options and construction techniques and tackle a host […]
How to Network as an Engineer while Providing Value
You’ve likely heard in the past that growing your network as an engineer is key to career success, and that getting ahead is as much about who you know and what you know. That’s all well and good. It makes sense. The more relationships you have, and the stronger those relationships, the more opportunity […]