As in many other technical disciplines, it’s a frequent career path for engineers — almost required — to move from on from pure technical work (design, analysis, number-crunching, etc.) onto project management. A long time ago as an undergrad in civil engineering, my course concentration was in construction project management. I learned the crunchy part, [...]
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Career: Project management
Posted in employment, Personal, work, workplace, tagged Career, excellence, management, Personal, planning, work, workplace on 23 October, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Career: What I changed
Posted in employment, Personal, work, workplace, tagged Career, Personal, planning, work, workplace on 22 October, 2009 | 2 Comments »
As I’ve mentioned in earlier posts this week, I’ve been reflecting on career matters, including what I’ve changed in the last year and a half. First, I read up on job search and career management, and the difference between the two (this is the theme of the week). I thought a lot about what I [...]
Career: Opportunity and stumbling blocks
Posted in employment, Personal, work, workplace, tagged Career, Personal, planning, work, workplace on 21 October, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m not one of those people that life doesn’t throw anything at you which you can’t handle, or that everything happens for a reason. I think that’s the kind of thing we say to other people to make them and ourselves feel better, but in reality things just happen without predetermination. History unfolds as we [...]
Career: Piloting, not drifting
Posted in employment, Personal, work, workplace, tagged Career, Personal, planning, work, workplace on 20 October, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday I mentioned that I have noticed a cycle in my career consisting of periods of intense, feverish learning and growth alternating with slower, less focused periods. I also mentioned that my latest period of rapid growth started with my layoff in May 2008. Corollary: that must mean I was in a slow-down period when [...]
Career: Cycles and seasons
Posted in employment, Personal, work, workplace, tagged Career, Personal, planning, work, workplace on 19 October, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Having received my first annual review at this company in early September, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about my career trajectory. Looking back over the last 22 years since I graduated, I am beginning to see a pattern: periods of intense, roiling, boiling learning where I soak up information like a sponge and [...]
September 2009 job openings
Posted in employment, local, tagged california, ceqa, humboldt, lab, local, mendocino, nepa, oregon, planning on 2 September, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This month’s job openings at SHN Consulting Engineers & Geologists, Inc.: Coos Bay office: Design Drafter/Civil Engineer Technician Eureka office: CEQA/NEPA Project Manager Surveyor, L.S.I.T. or Surveyor, P.L.S. (California) Willits office: Materials Testing Laboratory Manager Mid-Level Civil Engineer, P.E. (California) (new)
Housing Element EIR recirculated
Posted in current events, local, tagged ceqa, housing, humboldt, impacts, local, planning, politics on 18 June, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Received from the Humboldt County Planning Division yesterday; if you’re interested in commenting, note the date of the public hearing, which is tonight in Eureka. This is a revised version from the draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (EIR) that was prepared in February and circulated in April. According to its introduction, the Supplemental EIR was [...]
General Plan town hall meeting
Posted in current events, local, tagged california, housing, humboldt, landscape, local, management, planning, politics on 3 June, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Humboldt County General Plan Update news: the next “town hall”-style meeting is planned for June 11; it’s a continuation of the April 30 meeting. Land Use Element “Town Hall Style” Continued Planning Commission Meeting Humboldt County Draft General Plan – Land Use Element June 11, 2009 The Humboldt County Planning Commission will host a public [...]
Getting good stuff for free
Posted in technology, tagged excellence, networking, planning, tools on 21 May, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here are some free online learning resources you can use to do some research, improve your skills, and share information. I like using free e-books, slide presentations, images, and videos to find cool ideas, information, and resources. Scribd — a place where you can store documents online and browse what others have uploaded. I’ve found [...]
GPU “town hall” meeting on Thursday
Posted in current events, local, tagged california, humboldt, landscape, local, management, natural resources, planning, politics on 28 April, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Humboldt County General Plan Update news: notice received Monday from the Planning Division of Humboldt County Community Development Services: Housing Element “Town Hall Style” Planning Commission Meeting Humboldt County Draft General Plan — Land Use Element April 30, 2009 The Humboldt County Planning Commission will host an informal public workshop on the Draft Land Use [...]
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