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Engaging or a Snoozer? Improve Your LinkedIn Profile to Jump Start Your Engineering Job Search

October 23, 2019 by SolTheEngineer 2 Comments

Start Engaging Potential Employers, Not Boring Them How are you different than the next candidate? Did you have a unique experience that led you to a specific field of engineering? What separates you from the thousands of other engineers who just graduated? Too often, I see engineers who fail to use the profile summary on . . . click to continue reading

Filed Under: Job search, Networking Tagged With: engineering, engineering career, job search, Networking

Imposter Syndrome . . . aka “I feel like a moron”

September 6, 2019 by SolTheEngineer 7 Comments

My first year in engineering school was really tough as I struggled with the pace and level of the coursework.  There were many occasions where I wondered how I ended up in a top tier engineering school. I would look around at my classmates and it seemed like they were breezing through the class with . . . click to continue reading

Filed Under: Communication skills, General skill improvement

Getting Back to “Nursery Mode”; Two Simple Tips to Make Engineering Connections, EVEN With Strangers

August 4, 2019 by SolTheEngineer Leave a Comment

When We Were Little Kids . . . Little kids are like the ultimate networkers . . . they meet new friends quickly, they begin to laugh & play together immediately, and they adapt to new environments pretty quickly.  It’s a shame we lose this mentality as we get older. When my daughter was 4 . . . click to continue reading

Filed Under: Job search, Networking

Graduated with an engineering degree this month, but don’t have a job? Here are three pieces of advice that may be helpful.

May 26, 2019 by SolTheEngineer 6 Comments

Every year, around May/June, I will get a bunch of emails from younger engineers who found some of my mentoring material and are in a panic. They have recently graduated with their engineering degree, but have yet to secure a full time engineering position. If you find yourself in this position, I hope you find . . . click to continue reading

Filed Under: Job search, Networking

Dispelling two common misconceptions about a career in engineering

April 22, 2019 by SolTheEngineer Leave a Comment

The Misconceptions . . . I often hear these two misconceptions from the engineers I mentor and I’d like to dispel them both: Misconception #1 – Engineers get stuck behind desks all day Misconception #2 – Engineers only need technical skills Both of these are WRONG. Let’s have a look into each one a bit . . . click to continue reading

Filed Under: General skill improvement, Job search

Will an MS be helpful to your engineering career? Sometimes, but not always

March 17, 2019 by SolTheEngineer 2 Comments

The Issue Graduation is in sight and you need to decide what you are doing next year. Are you going to interview and find a job?   Alternatively, perhaps continuing on for an MS is the right move. Many engineers I talk with see this as a guaranteed boost to their career prospects and a no-brainer . . . click to continue reading

Filed Under: Licensing/Continuing Ed., Study methods

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