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Despite interview after interview, why aren’t you getting any offers?

August 24, 2020 by SolTheEngineer 4 Comments

When should you begin to worry? Two articles ago, I dealt with the issue of sending out lots of resume and not hearing back.  As I mentioned, if you send out a single resume and don’t hear back, that is nothing to be worried about.  Similarly, if you interview for a job or two and don’t . . . click to continue reading

Filed Under: Communication skills, Job search Tagged With: engineering, interview, job offer, job search

Your engineering internship is over, but your relationship with them shouldn’t be

August 10, 2020 by SolTheEngineer Leave a Comment

The Elephant in the room . . . Who even had an internship this summer? Yes, I am fully aware of the fact that many of my readers had their internships cancelled due to the whole corona craziness. However, I decided to continue with this article for two reasons. First, many of you DID have . . . click to continue reading

Filed Under: Communication skills, Networking Tagged With: connection, engineering internships, internship, Networking

Why Engineers Should Learn Public Speaking; EVEN IF You Don’t Want To Talk To Groups

April 12, 2020 by SolTheEngineer 5 Comments

How did an undergraduate engineer end up in a public speaking class? “Trust me, it’s an easy A” was all I needed to hear. As all engineers know, if you are going to take a non-technical elective class, it is nice plus for it to be relatively easy in juxtaposition to the brutal engineering classes . . . click to continue reading

Filed Under: Communication skills, General skill improvement

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

September 6, 2019 by SolTheEngineer 9 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

Why using non-engineering interests is key to building your engineering network

March 3, 2019 by SolTheEngineer 2 Comments

The Situation . . . The day has ended and you are going out with your work buddies. Are you going to continue to talk about the details of a work project? You might complain about your boss. Or you might complain about office environment in general. You might even talk about the girl in . . . click to continue reading

Filed Under: Communication skills, Networking

Why (many) engineers suck at writing and what can we do about it . . .

January 21, 2019 by SolTheEngineer Leave a Comment

Have you heard ever the phrase that someone “writes like an engineer”?  If you have, you’ll know that this is never meant as a compliment.  It is used to disparage the writing skills of engineers who supposedly only care about math and science. While they are usually blown out of proportion, most stereotypes begin with at least . . . click to continue reading

Filed Under: Communication skills, General skill improvement

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