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 »
Didn’t they notice the recession?
Posted in local, markets, society, tagged california, economy, quality, service, society on 12 June, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This week I had to make a little trip toward the eastern edge of the state, to Susanville (which I discovered to be a really pretty, charming little town.) I left in the evening and stayed in Redding overnight so I could meet with my colleagues there in the morning before heading out to Susanville. [...]
Bad CARB?
Posted in current events, markets, technology, tagged air quality, california, energy, transportation on 20 January, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
According to last week’s East Bay Express, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) is preparing to place emissions testing requirements for hybrid cars that will make it financially impractical for anyone but the big auto industry to develop and market “plug-in” technology. The decision is expected to be adopted at this week CARB meeting, January [...]
Metal heads
Posted in current events, local, markets, tagged economy, humboldt, local, recycling on 14 January, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was mentioning last week that the prices for bulk metals are high these days, even in this economy. We have an indication of this in Tuesday’s article “Scrap rules coming to Humboldt County” in the Times-Standard. The new rules discussed in the articles are ones that make it easier to identify the provenience and [...]
Water logged
Posted in environment, markets, technology, tagged forestry, natural resources, water on 9 January, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In the Pacific Northwest in general and in Northern California in particular, we hear a lot about logging. Here is a different take on the topic, however: underwater logging. A company called Triton Logging, based in British Columbia, uses a submersible called the Sawfish to salvage lumber from forests left standing at the bottom of [...]
Recycling and the failing economy
Posted in current events, environment, markets, technology, tagged economy, global, local, recycling, waste on 7 January, 2009 | 4 Comments »
In an interesting column in Tuesday’s Times-Standard, “Recycling market woes”, Dave Stancliff points out that the global economy, drop-off in consumer spending, and reduced demand for raw materials, as well as the increasing availability of recycling programs and therefore of the supply, the prices for recycled materials have also dropped dramatically. Even on the best [...]
Running on empty for a few more miles
Posted in current events, markets, work, tagged california, economy, inflation, oil, remediation on 4 December, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In the California environmental consulting business, there’s been a bit of dismay for the past month over a letter sent by the State Water Resources Control Board to various participants in the Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund. The Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund Program was created in 1989 to help owners and operators of petroleum [...]
Water, water everywhere — and permitting
Posted in job search, markets, work, tagged california, economy, environment, job search, jobs, natural resources, planning, work on 9 November, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Despite the turmoils of Wall Street and the economic tailspin we seem to be in, there is also plenty of employment for certain environmental professionals. Having searched for new employment only months ago, I still receive a lot of expressions of interest for certain skill sets. Really “hot” qualifications right now are familiarity with water [...]
Native American tribes and environmental work
Posted in environment, markets, technology, tagged native peoples, natural resources, planning, remediation, restoration, work on 26 August, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I dropped by my new office last week to say hello and ask about what projects I’ll start on when I begin next week. Interestingly for me, it looks like my last nine years of experience working with 25 Native tribes or tribal organizations will serve me well: the company is working on the permitting [...]
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