I’ve been interviewing with a lot of companies lately, and I recently heard a comment on the state of the industry that attracted my attention. An employer I was talking to mentioned, off-hand, that despite the economic conditions and the number of people looking for jobs, companies are having a surprisingly difficult time finding personnel [...]
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The Topiary Personnel Roster
Posted in employment, job search, markets, work, workplace, tagged Career, economy, engineering, job search, management, society, work, workplace on 18 August, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
No, really — Fix your résumé!
Posted in employment, job search, Personal, society, workplace, tagged excellence, job search, jobs, Personal on 29 June, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Sometimes people are just so strange. In case anyone blinked and missed it, we’re in the middle of a recession, an economic downturn, whatever you want to call it. A lot of people are out looking for a job (or two) as we hit higher unemployment rates than we’ve seen in decades. And yet, people [...]
Resume review scam
Posted in employment, job search, tagged Career, job search, scams, tools on 29 May, 2009 | 1 Comment »
If, like many of my friends, you are searching for a new job — unemployed, underemployed, looking for new horizons — you may be tempted to try the “free resume review” service from The Ladders. What’s the harm in getting a little free advice, right? If so, I recommend you read this informative and courageous [...]
March 2009 job openings
Posted in employment, job search, local, work, tagged california, humboldt, jobs, local on 2 March, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here are this month’s job openings at my company, SHN Consulting Engineers & Geologists, Inc.: Eureka office Mid-Level Civil Engineer & Project Manager (CA PE required) Senior Geotechnical Engineer (CA GE Required) Willits office Mid-Level Civil Engineer & Project Manager (CA PE required) The highest priority open position is that of Geotechnical Engineer.
Keeping informed with Google Reader
Posted in employment, job search, work, tagged Career, job search, software, tools on 19 February, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Here is tip for my friends who are in-between jobs or looking out for new opportunities. (This is also useful for just about anyone on the Web.) Google Reader has a very easy and friendly interface that lets you collect and organize many sources of of information, as long as they have a feed. That [...]
Tell me who you are, what you do
Posted in employment, job search, tagged excellence, Friends, job search, networking, work on 11 February, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is an invitation to all my friends — and they are many — who are looking for a job these day. It’s a crappy, crappy economic climate we’re in, and the year is shaping up to be rough; I want to help those I can. I wrote a post a couple of weeks ago [...]
LinkedIn for job seekers — and German speakers
Posted in job search, technology, workplace, tagged Career, job search, linkedin, networking, software, tools on 10 February, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Blogger Guy Kawasaki had a good post last week on 10 ways to use LinkedIn for job search. A day later, Adam Nash followed with his own thoughts on the official LinkedIn blog. If you know nothing of LinkedIn, I suggest you take a look — especially if you’re thinking about a possible job change [...]
More career tips and tools
Posted in books, employment, job search, workplace, tagged excellence, job search, linkedin, networking, tools, work, workplace on 26 January, 2009 | 13 Comments »
I have a frightening number of friends who are looking for jobs right now; either they have been laid off or they feel they might be about to. Fantastic people, with lots of qualifications in a variety of domains and great personalities, reliable, experienced. Web designers, technical writers, librarians, teachers, purchasers, project analysts, plant ecologists, [...]
LinkedIn languages and apps
Posted in job search, technology, workplace, tagged job search, linkedin, networking, software, tools on 30 December, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I recently wrote about the good and bad aspects of the LinkedIn professional networking site. Since then, I’ve discovered or explored some of the good features a bit more and I wanted to share the information. Languages Since last November 18, LinkedIn offers the option of saving your profile in 44 different languages. For example, [...]
LinkedIn and online networking
Posted in job search, technology, workplace, tagged job search, linkedin, networking, software, tools on 9 December, 2008 | 11 Comments »
Today I take a break from local environmental issues to talk about things I love and things I hate about LinkedIn, as well as Facebook and other online networking platforms. You can blame Jason Alba for putting me up to it. Things I love First, LinkedIn does really provide a fantastic way to accomplish the [...]
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