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The Brazilian Infrastructure Boom
Matt Barcus President, Precision Executive Search, Inc Managing Partner, CivilEngineeringCentral.com View Matt’s profile & connect with him on LinkedIn It was not too long ago that the infrastructure and construction boom in the UAE and the surrounding Gulf Region was all the rage. Take a look at this segment from a Discovery Channel special on Dubai to see what I am talking about: Over the course of my conversations with civil engineering professionals I always like to ask... |
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Understand Your Clients’ Motivations – Part 2
Babette Ten Haken 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 Ten Haken Author, Do YOU Mean Business? Technical / Non Technical Collaboration, Business Development and YOU Sales Aerobics for Engineers Strategies and Toolkit for the Sales-Engineering Interface Connect... |
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Best Civil Engineering Firm Logo Winner Announced
The Best Civil Engineering Firm Logo contest was spawned a few years back when the aggressive onset of social media and when the concept of corporate branding was at the top of every business owner or marketing executive’s “to do” list. No longer are logo’s seen on just business cards, brochures, and corporate stationary, but they are now subject to the scrutiny of electronic media – be it email signatures, corporate websites, corporate social networking sites... |
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New Year- Time To Get A New Job?
By Carol A. Metzner President, The Metzner Group, LLC and Managing Partner, A/E/P Central, LLC home of CivilEngineeringCentral.com View Carol’s profile & connect with her on LinkedIn Every new year many of us assess our job. As an architecture and civil engineering executive recruiter, I find January to be a very busy month! New year resolutions abound. Candidates tell me that they will not spend another year working for a company or supervisor that doesn’t appreciate them…at... |
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Top 10 Blog Posts of 2011 from CivilEngineeringCentral.com
Matt Barcus President, Precision Executive Search, Inc Managing Partner, CivilEngineeringCentral.com View Matt’s profile & connect with him on LinkedIn For the 2nd consecutive year the CivilEngineeringCentral.com blog has amassed over 51,000 visitors…not too shabby considering that in 2008, the blog’s first year of existence, we had just over 16,000 visitors! Thanks to all of our readers for reading, sharing, contributing and commenting. The goal of this blog is to discuss... |
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Happy Holidays From CivilEngineeringCentral.com
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 All Of Our Guest Bloggers All Of Our Customers Who Advertise On Our Site All Of Our 2300+ Followers On Twitter All Of Our 750+ Facebook Fans All Of Our 5760+ LinkedIn Group Members All Of Our 51,000 Annual Blog Visitors All Of Our Friends & Family Who Continue To Support Us HAVE A HAPPY & SAFE HOLIDAY SEASON &... |
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Birds of a Feather Flock Together: Why Homogeneity Is Not So Good
Babette Ten Haken 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 Ten Haken Author, Do YOU Mean Business? Technical / Non Technical Collaboration, Business Development and YOU Sales Aerobics for Engineers Strategies and Toolkit for the Sales-Engineering Interface Connect... |
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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 ! civil engineering... |
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Civil Engineers: Laid Off? Now What?
Matt Barcus President, Precision Executive Search, Inc Managing Partner, CivilEngineeringCentral.com View Matt’s profile & connect with him on LinkedIn Each month at Precision Executive Search we reach hundreds of civil engineering professionals across the country in our recruiting efforts. Beyond the normal recruiting conversations that are had I try to probe the minds of my candidates about different things they are seeing. During the month of October we wanted to... |
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Civil Engineering, Contracting 101 & Ferengi
By Rich Bedell General Counsel, Greenhorne & O’Mara, Inc. and Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Maryland University College, Graduate School of Management & Technology Who is Montgomery Scott? How about Geordie La Forge, B’Elanna Tores, or Trip Tucker? Every engineer I know secretly wishes he or she could have their job. Getting close requires a lot of hard work, professional experience, dedication, and training. Formal training includes formal engineering programs that... |
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Got A Well Baked Cupcake?
Babette Ten Haken 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 Ten Haken Sales Aerobics for Engineers Strategies and Toolkit for the Sales-Engineering Interface Connect With Babette On Linkedin Read The Sales Aerobics For Engineers Blog Had coffee with one... |
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Sustainability in Civil Engineering – Part 2
By Carol A. Metzner President, The Metzner Group, LLC and Managing Partner, A/E/P Central, LLC home of CivilEngineeringCentral.com View Carol’s profile & connect with her on LinkedIn In 2008, we posted a brief BLOG titled “Sustainability in Civil Engineering.” Now, 3 years later, I asked several civil engineering leaders to discuss this topic. For example: Do clients request or require sustainable design? Is there a difference in cost on sustainable design projects?... |