Posts Categorized: Career Success
Inside Tips on How to Bring Up Salary During an Interview
When you are seeking a new architecture, engineering, or construction position, salary is often a significant factor when it comes to deciding whether an opportunity can meet your needs. However, many companies do not provide compensation information in their job postings. When this occurs, the earliest point when you can learn more about the topic Read more »
How to Determine Whether You are a Good Match for a Company’s Culture
When interviewing for a new job, it’s easy to get caught up in the moment, trying to say all the right things in order to impress the hiring manager. However, you are interviewing the company too. Even when a job seems perfect, it’s important to determine whether the company is a good cultural fit as Read more »
Stop Making Excuses and Take Your Career to the Next Level
Is your job simply a way to earn a living? If you go to work each day feeling uninspired and unmotivated, it’s time to make a change! A significant portion of your life if spent at work, (not to mention the time spent responding to after-hours emails, completing assignments that were brought home and commuting Read more »
Key Engineering Skills to Master to Advance Your Career
Engineering is an exciting and intriguing career path, giving you the ability to play a critical role in the creation of roads, buildings, bridges, systems and more. Additionally, working as a engineer allows you to achieve high levels of success as you gain experience and nurture your capabilities, making it a potentially lucrative career over Read more »
How to Leverage Industry Specific LinkedIn Groups to Advance Your Career
LinkedIn is a quintessential social networking tool for professionals in a range of fields, including the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry. The platform enables users to have a professional online presence, make connections, follow influencers and organizations, learn about topics and share information and discover new opportunities. One networking option that is often underutilized Read more »
Why You Should Attend Professional Networking Events
While it is well known that networking can help professionals in a number of ways, people are often relying far more on digital tools and far less on traditional means. There is no denying that technology has enabled individuals to connect efficiently and effectively grow and maintain their relationships, but it should not completely eliminate Read more »
5 Things You Should Do Before a Networking Event
In today’s business world, networking is practically a necessity. It gives you the ability to connect with other architecture, engineering, and construction professionals, learn about new opportunities and access valuable information to help you thrive. Even if an event is casual, there can be a lot to gain, simply by making a little extra effort. Read more »
4 Reasons to Connect With Your Team on LinkedIn While On Assignment
When working on contract assignments employees often get exposed to a variety of assignments, team members and managers. Even though the employment is temporary, the work is still completed and the relationships that get established are still real. It’s important not to underestimate the value of these connections. After all, in professional environments it is Read more »
Why You Should Connect with Your Interviewer After an Interview
A job seekers’ work is not done, simply because an interview is over. Undeniably, it will bring a sigh of relief, as a major hurdle as been crossed. However, an interview – no matter how well it seemed to go – does not guarantee anything. The opportunity to make a positive impression, (or garner additional Read more »
Increase Your Overall Productivity By Working Smarter, Not Harder
Are you having trouble achieving everything you want to accomplish each day? Before overworking yourself and burning out, look at all the factors. Are you working hard and do you have the necessary knowledge, tools and resources? If so, the problem may be your approach to completing the work. You may not need to work Read more »