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The key to activating your personal network is to make sure they know about the work that you do. Maybe you use your favorite search engine or head straight to your favorite social media platform. I remember my coach-mentor telling me that I wouldnt find these kinds of jobs through job ads, but through my network.
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Professional development opportunities, such as tuition reimbursement and mentoring, can reduce turnover and boost employee engagement, suggests a Better Buys survey. Google features an internal network where employees can learn on the job and share their knowledge with others. Start an Internal Mentoring Program.
They locate, screen, and connect applicants to appropriate job opportunities across their network of organizations. Recruiters utilize a variety of tactics to discover people , such as job boards, social media, referrals, and professional networks. Proactively network within your field of interest.
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Whilst these are engineering necessities, they are also aesthetically compelling. Engineering matched with architectural skill and economic prosperity. Railways are networks linking people to other people, and with connectivity and collaboration comes invention and innovation. They are demonstrations of strength and confidence.
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He became my mentor. And that means you have to reverse engineer that definition to see, well if these are the results we want, what action would we need to take? Our signature BPM program provides interactive management training with a results-oriented curriculum and prime networking opportunities. He hired me.
Engineers For Women: 1. Engineers make the top 5 I think, only because it’s a trendy, online resource. All I wanna be, is an engineer, working for the Police Department! Note: i hope the engineer bit is wrong, because I'm dating one – and have been for about 6 years. Engineers are not in it for power.
Posted by Marc KS on December 16, 2009 at 1:19 pm | permalink | Reply Absolutely right about STEM (Science-Technology-Engineering-Mathematics) companies. Companies like Google have very flexible environments and pretty moderate hours, particularly for engineers, but are about 75% male (and 85 – 90% for engineers).
It’s the best way to have a meaningful conversation and it’s the best way to rope in a mentor or look like a star performer. It takes a lot of practice and patience to get it "right" and you, your mentor, or anybody else for that matter have a finite amount of time to pursue answers. That rings true to me.
Posted by Engineer Chic on November 12, 2009 at 11:24 am | permalink | Reply Knitting in airports and on planes is the best! I've been meeting cool Twitter friends as they come through San Francisco too – hey, you're always telling us we should network more!
Teachers like Hilary in a prior comment and engineers (like me) are (or were at some time) able to find jobs and happiness in small towns or large cities across the entire U.S. Elsewhere, I read that if you want to thank a blogger, leave a comment. Not all professions are the same. even The World) as we please.
in Chemical Engineering. Your blog is actually one of my main ways of commemorating the event now. Posted by Monica OBrien on September 14, 2010 at 10:51 am | permalink | I loved Pokemon as a kid and am now pursuing a Ph.D
For some reason, your voice seems to get through to her much better and smoother than mine on topics like frugality etc. : ) She totally looks up to you as a mentor! Posted by kelley on February 2, 2010 at 4:11 pm | permalink | Reply It's all about the network, real or perceived. For me, and for my girlfriend! What a rip-off.
For years I've been trying to explain to my engineer husband how the numbers literally float around the page when I look at it and I should probably not be the one doing the taxes. On another note- I have the same types of issues with numbers. Great post. There could be body language index cards!
As an engineer I always try to think of technology solutions to problems like this. the midwest skies are clear and sunny, so let your mind wander/wonder. that's the problem w lists, esp organized lists; all those regrets when we don't get everything done. my desk is covered in to do lists. it happens in Wisconsin.
Most of the aerospace and civil engineers I've worked with never had to handle childrearing or other social duties. By the time the light goes on, we're long out of water, our engine's overheating and about to blow, and we only just got the memo! Also, the phrase "not exactly rocket science" was a trigger.
I want to be more diligent about finding a mentor to help me grow, outside of my supervisor. We meet many in our lives that can become our coaches or mentors, for longer or shorter periods of time. Finding a good mentor/coach/teacher is tough, but starting a blog exposes you to a huge measure of immediate coaching.
Many are engineers. You can find a guy like this – he may make less, probably won't be an Alpha Man CEO type, but they exist. They will be relentlessly normal, perhaps maddeningly undramatic at times, unusually interested in sci fi/fantasy/history/weird stuff and not glamorous.
About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog 4 Types of questions get us in trouble Posted to: Interviewing | Knowing yourself | Networking October 12th, 2009 Del.icio.us I spend days dreaming up the perfect question for my mentor who I haven’t spoken to in a month.
So, FriendFeed was very very small, but Facebook bought them for what the engineering team learned how to do. Penelope Posted by Penelope Trunk on August 5, 2010 at 9:17 pm | permalink | Reply Penelope, You may also consider looking into networking marketing for business ideas.
Posted by Shannon on November 24, 2009 at 2:23 pm | permalink | Reply This totally applies to engineers in Silicon Valley and other geo locations as well. Posted by rennie on November 24, 2009 at 3:28 pm | permalink | Reply This totally applies to engineers in Silicon Valley and other geo locations as well. You are so right.
Although I have to tell you that I think it's a good title for SEO (search engine optimization). Thanks for the insight, Kerry. The title actually makes me cringe, now that you say that. Not that I usually think of that, but now that I hate the title, I think of SEO to console myself.
Posted by MZA on January 6, 2010 at 10:12 am | permalink | Reply Yes, it's called "Good Eats" and it's on the Food network. when they have a supportive network who wants to see them succeed). Best to you and the farmer, Penelope. Bon Apetit! Then experiment. 25 types of sprinkles?? I'm in way out of my league!
Most people get jobs from their network, not from a career center. And social media is the fastest, most effective way for you to build a network. As a Gen-Y who stopped going to college I found that real life experiences, networks and self education were more important and vital than a college education for my career track.
Posted by Gen X Cathy on January 14, 2010 at 1:32 am | permalink | Reply PS I forgot to say that I got my job through my relationship network. They come together informally, via a personal network of talented people inside and/or outside the organisation, to achieve a specific task. I am the most junior engineer in my division.
Most people with Asperger’s, even if they are geniuses at, say, engineering (which is very common ) get in trouble mid-career for lack of social skills. Is it worth risking his life in order to have social engineering? Don't you have an engine to tune up? I hate the glorification of abnormal.
But then I'm an engineer so maybe I'm biased :-). Being interesting to other people is exactly the sort of behavior society places a premium on yet those of us with Aspergers have so much difficulty with. An interested fulfilled through information consumption appeals very much to me!
But then, when I told one of my mentors that I’m not good at sales, he said, “Of course you’re good at sales. Posted by Erika Harris on November 20, 2009 at 3:30 am | permalink | Reply About 15 years ago I was working at a startup software company that sold programs that helped you select the correct "engineered product."
About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog We're nearing the end of email, maybe Posted to: Networking | Self-management April 23rd, 2010 Del.icio.us But then I thought about the viral nature of communication via social networks, and the statistic started to make sense. communication.
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When I was 22 and bartending my way through engineering school I fell in love with a 35 year old stockbroker. I used to work for a major corporation in a big fancy engineering mgmt job in MSP and gave it all up to move to podunk North Dakota just to marry a farmer.
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