Engineering Job Market
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Jack Ganssle
5/23/2013 12:44 PM EDT
A new jobs report shows where high-tech jobs in U.S. are moving.
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Jeroen
Definition of "High-Tech Jobs" is given in the appendix: engineers, scientists, their managers but ...
10 tips for a successful engineering resume
Jacob Beningo
5/21/2013 3:00 PM EDT
Here are some basic tips for handling resumes and establishing an online presence, after all, resumes are no longer limited to simple paper versions.
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Do you deserve a Christmas bonus?
Sylvie Barak
12/24/2012 10:44 AM EST
Did you slave the year away and not get a bonus? Did you expect one?
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David Ashton
The (very) difficult part is getting your boss to offer them...
Asian-Americans dominating tech?
Sylvie Barak
12/21/2012 10:32 AM EST
After some dubious number crunching, the San Jose Mercury News claims Silicon Valley has been taken over by an Asian-American invasion.
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chanj
One of the key statistics is the Asian population growth in Bay Area. It will tell us whether the ...
An eBay for engineering talent
Sylvie Barak
11/29/2012 7:31 PM EST
UK initiative offers something of a cross between an online matchmaker and an engineering careers site.
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yuzz3n
Your site provided us with valuable information to work with. Each & every tips of your post are ...
Company Perks; important or trivial?
Sylvie Barak
11/14/2012 2:00 PM EST
Free gourmet food, plush offices, personal training sessions at the corporate gym and time off to develop pet projects; more and more firms are upping the stakes to win potential employees over. But do the perks really matter? And more importantly, do they matter to you?
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ASIC Consultant
Must be something about being in the bay area California, vs. over here in MA where the perks for ...
Engineering in crisis? The reasons why
Sylvie Barak
10/25/2012 12:41 PM EDT
Readers react to the notion that there are a lot of unfilled engineering jobs in the U.S.
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Bert22306
You're absolutely right, Sylvie. Retirement plans have become a thing of the past. Companies seem to ...
Engineering talent deficit: Are you the problem or solution?
Sylvie Barak
10/24/2012 10:57 AM EDT
U.S. colleges are simply not spitting out enough computer scientists and electrical engineers to meet the sheer demand
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pcsalex
it started a bit earlier, as the school's quality declined- particularly math education, the basic ...
Sylvie Barak
9/17/2012 9:00 AM EDT
In last week’s Careers newsletter, I asked whether readers thought engineers should bolster their technical education with a more business orientated degree, like an MBA. The responses (flooding my inbox all week) have been quite staggering and run the gamut from strong agreement to vehement rejection of the notion.
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Jose_engineer
As I understant it, you are saying that an MBA 'is' useful, but you can learn the material on your ...
Blowing things up, and other reasons I love my job
Sylvie Barak
8/20/2012 1:25 PM EDT
I recently took a trip to Chicago to spend some time with engineers at Littelfuse and delve deep into the world of circuit protection. But along the way, I found out just what it was that made Littelfuse engineers tick, and how blowing stuff up is just one of the many perks.
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seaEE
Sylvie, I enjoyed your video as it brought back some memories of a visit I made to Littelfuse not ...