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 »
The Me Generation?
Posted in current events, employment, society, teaching, work, workplace, tagged engineering, excellence, management, society, work, workplace on 31 March, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’m 45 now, I’ve been an engineer for over half my life. Bit by bit, I have passed into the second half of my career without ever seeing the change coming. Every once in a while I run into a discussion, in person or online, about the Millenials as the “Me Generation”, about how young [...]
Cooking
Posted in family, local, Personal, tagged california, food, humboldt, local, Personal, society on 5 January, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
My husband gave me a local cookbook for Christmas, “Locally Delicious”, which was just published about a month ago. I’ve been talking about cooking more often (he does most of the cooking)and we’re both partisans of the idea of eating locally grown or produced food, in season. I was raised that way — my mom [...]
Magical thinking
Posted in books, current events, local, tagged activism, cynicism, health, humboldt, local, science, society, women on 27 October, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sigh. I’m sorry, I don’t actually want to be a cynic and suspect scams everywhere, but I think last Thursday’s “Courage Night” may have been one. Ostensibly, the event was about gathering money and attention for the fight against breast cancer; however, I have serious reservations about the tenor of the event. Key guests were [...]
My head hurts
Posted in Personal, tagged linkedin, networking, Personal, society on 18 June, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes I can’t believe the stuff I see on LinkedIn. To wit: someone asks “Are arranged marriage more successful, and why or why not?” I’m flabbergasted by both the question and some of the responses. I just blew a few brain cells.
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. [...]
You said who???
Posted in current events, science, society, tagged engineering, events, media, science, society on 4 June, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I am so very mortified. I just received the e-mail invitation from the American Society of Civil Engineers for the ASCE’s 139th Annual Civil Engineering Conference. And who do they proudly boast is the guest speaker for the Closing General Session Breakfast? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Yes, it’s Mister Ben “Expelled” Stein himself. Mr. Ben “science [...]
Leaving Humboldt behind?
Posted in local, society, tagged humboldt, local, society on 1 June, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Every year, Memorial Day weekend signals the exodus of college kids heading back home. Sure enough, the house kitty-corner from us emptied up, pouring furniture into a U-Haul truck; our young neighbours departed. I hardly ever saw them during their stay. But they left behind a quantity of clay pellets, the kind you use for [...]
Justice, as seen from the sidewalk
Posted in current events, local, tagged activism, california, events, humboldt, local, society on 27 May, 2009 | 2 Comments »
My husband and I went to the rally in Eureka last night, held in protest of Prop. 8. Rallies like this were held around the state and even the country in reaction to the California Supreme Court’s ruling upholding Proposition 8. It’s not our first rally for this cause, standing in front of the Humboldt [...]
March 21 is Equality Day
Posted in current events, Personal, society, tagged activism, equality, justice, society on 21 March, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“On 21 March 1960, police opened fire and killed 69 people at a peaceful demonstration in Sharpeville, South Africa, against the apartheid “pass laws”. In 1966, the General Assembly proclaimed 21 March as International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to commemorate the Sharpeville tragedy (resolution 2142 (XXI) of 26 October 1966). 21 March [...]
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