It’s hard to disagree that association involvement is helpful to one's career, but it’s necessary to understand your objectives before selecting these important commitments. The types of associations with which you choose to get involved can add value to your professional experience in very different ways.
No one dares write about this topic now, amidst high unemployment, but the current circumstances are merely distracting us from the truth: We in the U.S. are not producing the highly skilled workforce, in labor or the professional sciences, which can meet the demands of a normally functioning economy.
This third tipping point, in my experience, is at least 90% accurate. I have been reticent to mention it because it is gender-specific to men, but upon reflection, it is too important not to bring to your attention.
Networking in the flesh is a far superior manner of executing a job search than hitting the job boards. However, the secret in doing it well lies in approaching it unlike a job search.
A change in management is often a point of career reflection for employees in civil engineering consulting firms.
This is a topic of great interest to me today as I assist a client in reeling in their desired “big fish.” What modus operandi is more effective: Negotiating an offer before the offer letter is presented, or letting the written offer letter serve as the first volley in negotiations?
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