Posts Tagged: engineering jobs
Tired of Saying Yes to Everything at Work? Here is How to Start Saying No
You give your all to your job each day, but you can only tackle so much at one time. If working overtime has become your standard because you avoid saying no at all costs, it is time for a change. It will take time, but learning to set boundaries and recognizing when to say no Read more »
Clear Signs You’re in a Dead-End Job and How to Fix the Situation!
You are a talented professional with serious career aspirations. Unfortunately your current job is not showing signs of further progression towards your goals. While some people are content to stay in a dead-end job forever, as long as it pays the bills, you want more. RealStreet — an employment firm that can connect you with architecture, engineering Read more »
The Importance of the Follow-Up Email
Unless you’re offered the job on the spot, your interview doesn’t end the moment you walk out the door. For some employers, how candidates follow up after the interview can have just as much weigh in on their decision as the interview itself. In order to stay top of mind in the decision process following Read more »
Handling Decision Bias
Decision making is not an exact science. But making good decisions is important if you are looking for work or even if you already have a job. There are many factors that influence our decisions, many of which we are unaware we have. We try to make our decisions as dispassionately as possible, relying on Read more »
Reducing Stress by Reducing Your Expectations
Looking for work is a very stressful activity. But you may be able to reduce it by adjusting your attitude about the things around you. Handling stress is a topic that we often have come across before. In the modern world, handling stress has become a real concern, and many books have been written and Read more »
Comparing Online Job Search Sites
If you are looking for a job, you have no doubt used job boards online and other electronic job search tools. You probably have your own preferences as to which are the best. Recently, the U.S. Department of Labor conducted an online survey asking for the public’s opinion about the best job search sites online. Read more »
Working a Job Fair
Job Fair “season” is here! Many companies hold job fairs in late spring/early summer in order to catch new school graduates. Read below for some tips on how to work a job fair or two to your best advantage. Before you set foot in the career fair arena, be sure your resume is the best Read more »
Acing the Second Interview
You’ve been called in for a second interview. Yes, congratulate yourself; you truly should be proud. But now you need to return to perhaps at least one or two of the same people – and probably some new ones — and wow them all over again. And you can rest assured that this interview will Read more »
Seven Steps to Mental Well Being
We have lots of ways of measuring our physical well being that help us determine when our bodies are healthy and when we are pushing them too much. But what we don’t have is a good measure of our mental well being, and it’s something we need because we’re pushing ourselves like never before. We Read more »
How Keeping a Work Diary Will Help Your Career
Keeping a diary is ordinarily not something we associate with a work strategy, but recording daily thoughts and events can actually help in providing focus to what we are doing, in giving us more patience, in providing ideas to help with planning, and in helping with personal growth. At first, keeping a diary may seem Read more »