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Whose billable time is it, anyway?
Babette Burdick Sales Aerobics for Engineers Internet Business Development Strategies for Manufacturers, Distributors and Service Companies www.salesaerobicsforengineers.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/babetteburdick http://blog.salesaerobicsforengineers.com Featured Guest Blogger: Babette Burdick Sales Aerobics for Engineers Internet Business Development Strategies for Manufacturers, Distributors and Service Companies Connect With Babette On Linkedin Read The Sales Aerobics For Engineers... |
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The Cost Of Finding A Job In The A/E/P Industry
By Carol A. Metzner President, The Metzner Group, LLC and Managing Partner, A/E/P Central, LLC home of CivilEngineeringCentral.com This week I received a call from a candidate/ job seeker. A senior manager in the A/E community, he told me about the increasing costs associated with his job search. He was asked by an engineering firm if he could drive 5 hours (one way), at his own expense, to their corporate office for an interview. Prior to this request, he was contacted by an “employment consultant”.... |
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Career Goals: Don’t Sell Yourself Short!
Featured Guest Blogger: Anthony Fasano, P.E., CPC, LEED AP Maser Consulting Associate Civil Engineer and Professional Career & Leadership Development Coach Click to Connect With Anthony on Linkedin and Facebook Anthony is the author of a soon to be launched FREE service for engineers called A Daily Boost from Your Professional Partner. Click here to read about this service. I have said in the past that it is extremely important to have career goals, which act as a destination for where... |
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The National Infrastructure Bank
By Carol A. Metzner President, The Metzner Group, LLC and Managing Partner, A/E/P Central, LLC home of CivilEngineeringCentral.com Press releases reported last month that a “broad coalition of members of Congress, experts and stakeholders called on Congress and the Obama Administration to create a National Infrastructure Bank (NIB) to help generate the investment needed for infrastructure projects of regional and national importance.” Similar to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation... |
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If You Had To Do It All Over Again, What Would You Change?
Babette Burdick Sales Aerobics for Engineers Internet Business Development Strategies for Manufacturers, Distributors and Service Companies www.salesaerobicsforengineers.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/babetteburdick http://blog.salesaerobicsforengineers.com Featured Guest Blogger: Babette Burdick Sales Aerobics for Engineers Internet Business Development Strategies for Manufacturers, Distributors and Service Companies Connect With Babette On Linkedin Read The Sales Aerobics For Engineers... |
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“Engineering Stress”
By Carol A. Metzner President, The Metzner Group, LLC and Managing Partner, A/E/P Central, LLC home of CivilEngineeringCentral.com In this BLOG, engineering stress does not refer to a “measure of the intensity or internal distribution of the total internal forces acting within a deformable body across imaginary surfaces.” Here I am referring to the physiological demand many of us are experiencing in response to the ever changing engineering marketplace. My colleagues and I were... |
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How About Asking Yourself What’s Right?
Featured Guest Blogger: Anthony Fasano, P.E., CPC, LEED AP Maser Consulting Associate Civil Engineer and Professional Career & Leadership Development Coach Click to Connect With Anthony on Linkedin and Facebook Anthony is the author of a soon to be launched FREE service for engineers called A Daily Boost from Your Professional Partner. Click here to read about this service. I recently completed a certified professional coach training program at the Institute for Professional Excellence... |
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Do you work for your clients or do they work for you?
Babette Burdick Sales Aerobics for Engineers Internet Business Development Strategies for Manufacturers, Distributors and Service Companies www.salesaerobicsforengineers.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/babetteburdick http://blog.salesaerobicsforengineers.com Featured Guest Blogger: Babette Burdick Sales Aerobics for Engineers Internet Business Development Strategies for Manufacturers, Distributors and Service Companies Connect With Babette On Linkedin Read The Sales Aerobics For Engineers... |
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World’s Tallest Building Opens -How Tall Is Too Tall?
By Carol A. Metzner President, The Metzner Group, LLC and Managing Partner, A/E/P Central, LLC home of CivilEngineeringCentral.com The Burj Dubai – Arabic for Dubai Tower – opens today, January 4, at a supposed height of 2,717 feet. Construction began on September 21, 2004, with the exterior of the structure completed on October 1, 2009. Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, LLP (Chicago) are listed as the architect and engineer of record. Bill Baker, the Chief Structural Engineer for the... |
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Bring On The New Year – Please!
By Carol A. Metzner President, The Metzner Group, LLC and Managing Partner, A/E/P Central, LLC home of CivilEngineeringCentral.com This past year has been challenging for many in the A/E/P community and everyone associated with it. At least once a day I am asked “Where do you see the market heading in 2010? Do you see the job market picking up?” After 20+ years recruiting civil engineers, architects and planners I look into my crystal ball and my past civil engineering blogs and try... |
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Happy Holidays!
We would like to take a moment to thank all of those who help make CivilEngineeringCentral.com a successful and relevant venture: Don Matt O. & Dusty Anthony Babette Ron, David & Erika All Of Our Customers Who Advertise On Our Site All Of Our Featured Article Authors All Of Our Peeps On Twitter All Of Our Facebook Friends All Of Our LinkedIn Group Members All Of Our Loyal Blog Readers All Of Our Loyal Newsletter Readers All Of Our Friends & Family Who Continue To Support Us HAVE... |
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The Key to Success Starts With Listening not Answering
Featured Guest Blogger: Anthony Fasano, P.E., CPC, LEED AP Maser Consulting Associate Civil Engineer and Certified Professional Career Development Coach Click to Connect With Anthony on Linkedin and Facebook Read The Career Development Blog – A Newly Created Support Forum for Civil Engineers Ernest Hemingway one said, “When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.” I believe this quote to be so very true. Until I attended coaching school and learned how to listen,... |
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Civil Engineers Giving Back To The Community
By Carol Metzner President, The Metzner Group, LLC Managing Partner, A/E/P Central, LLC home of CivilEngineeringCentral.com “We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.” Sir Winston Churchill The holidays are traditionally the time that many of us focus on giving back to our communities. Whether by donation of time or money, groups need our support. It is our hope that we can compile a comprehensive list of US charities or philanthropic groups that could... |
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One More Blog About Form vs. Function
Babette Burdick Sales Aerobics for Engineers Internet Business Development Strategies for Manufacturers, Distributors and Service Companies www.salesaerobicsforengineers.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/babetteburdick http://blog.salesaerobicsforengineers.com Featured Guest Blogger: Babette Burdick Sales Aerobics for Engineers Internet Business Development Strategies for Manufacturers, Distributors and Service Companies Connect With Babette On Linkedin Read The Sales Aerobics For Engineers... |
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Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving!!! We would like to take a moment during this Thanksgiving holiday to thank each and every one of our loyal visitors who read, share, and often contribute and respond to our blog each and every week. We would also like to thank our special guest bloggers who always bring relevant and noteworthy topics to the table for our readership. On behalf of the entire CivilEngineeringCentral.com crew, we wish you and yours a Happy & Safe Thanksgiving holiday ! ... |
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Are You Delaying Taking the P.E. Test or Getting Another Certification….Why?
Featured Guest Blogger: Anthony Fasano, P.E., CPC, LEED AP Maser Consulting Associate Civil Engineer and Certified Professional Career Development Coach Click to Connect With Anthony on Linkedin and Facebook Read The Career Development Blog – A Newly Created Support Forum for Civil Engineers This down economy is providing many of us with some down time due to lack of work. Whether there is some down time at the office or you are currently unemployed. What are you doing with that down... |
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WINNER! 1st Annual “Best Civil Engineering Firm Logo” Contest
PRESS RELEASE November 11, 2009 CivilEngineeringCentral.com announces the WINNER of the 1st Annual “Best Civil Engineering Firm Logo Contest.” The BEST LOGO’S are worth millions of dollars… and now, recognition from CivilEngineeringCentral.com! We thank all the great contestants and their logo submissions. Our top 5 Vote Getters: 1. Sanderson Stewart www.sandersonstewart.com 2. Southern Civil Engineers www.SCE-Atlanta.com 3. Kleinfelder www.Kleinfelder.com 4. ... |