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  • BadassWomenEngineer Virtual Panel: How to Find Success in a Career in Engineering

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    Rescheduled and adjusted to focus on #BadassWomen Engineers: April 21th, 4 PM CST // 9 PM GMT Due to unforeseen circumstances we have rescheduled this webinar from the original April 15th date. Julie Campbell from Tektronix will remain as a featured...
  • Engineering Careers Virtual Panel: How to Find Success in a Career in Engineering

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    March 17th, 11 AM CST // 4 PM GMT Engineering is an exciting career path, allowing you to develop your creative thinking and problem solving ability, while making an impact on the world. Engineers often work in teams to tackle complex challenges that...
  • Careers

    Looks like your careers page has some broken links, and appears to be missing some information. Mark
  • Super Boss demands a personality test. Insult or a good idea?

    Yin Yang of our personalities. (via Cat's Creations - body and face paint) Have you taken a personality test for a job? A friend of mine was hired by a company about 8 months ago. Since then, he has become a vital part of the team. He can do so much more…
  • What is your engineering soundtrack?

    Many of us listen to music or audio books while we plug away on our various projects. I'm curious to know, what is your personal soundtrack for your day job? I used play a lot of classical music, followed by a period of instrumental club music, and lately…
  • Dressing for work, an open guide to style on the cheap (Men’s edition)

    Up until recently I’ve only has jobs that were casual, workshop based, or completely isolated from anyone else. Now I find myself back in the office casual environment again. The bad part is, I have let my business casual attire get dingy, outdated, and…
  • Managers, weigh in on hiring a friend

    From a management perspective, would you hire a friend if you know he/she might underperform, come in late, leave early, sleep on the job, disappear for long periods of time, takes long lunches, steals from the office, causes conflicts, or something else…
  • Using the day job for personal gain

    Just the other day an engineering friend of mine said, “Next week my bosses are going to be gone. I’m going to use their [million dollar]machines to make some prototypes for myself.” Is this a common tendency? A few times I thought about it. One company…
  • How many certifications do you hold, are they worth it

    How many different certifications have you received on your career path, and have they benefitted you in the process? And to an embedded engineer, what certifications will be the most financially beneficial, and which ones are the most intellectually…
  • Business card circuit board, cool or cliché

    I found this business card that is a useful printed circuit. Break off the tabs and it acts as a flash drive with very little storage onboard. Just enough, in fact, to hold the person’s resume in HTML format. (Or a link to an online resume. Also, is that…
  • School  to career path suggestions?

    What would be the best degree to obtain if you wanted to start a career in embedded design, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or something else all together? A student recently asked me this question, and as far as a current perspective is concerned…
  • Do you use an online resume

    The online resume was once a gimmick, interesting, but not taken seriously. But is that the case anymore? Is it time to post a rather creative and engaging resume online? With various tools that make it easy to product professional websites, posting a…
  • What's the worst job you've ever had?

    Following on from last week's discussion on our members' engineering origin stories , this week we'd like to hear about some of the more regrettable chapters of your careers. Whether it was a bad experience with an employer, a project that went badly…
  • What Drove You Towards a Career in Engineering?

    As we're using this space to explore the various routes towards turning a passion for engineering into a business, I thought it might be interesting to hear from members who have already made, or are in the process of making that leap. Were you a childhood…
  • Resume Fun

    Something got me thinking, a big part of any job specification is the amount of experience that a candidate has. In the current job market (Such a thing does apparently exist, its not just jobs for friends and ignoring anyone else), every little bit of…
  • Employment Contracts: A Pre-Flight Safety Checklist for Engineers

    Sometimes I think end user license agreements have the same effect on our perception of contracts as false fire alarms have on emergencies: total indifference. Yet there are probably more people burned by not taking contracts seriously than those who…
  • OP ED: Going It Alone ...Blindfolded: Surprises From Full-Time Consulting

    Don't get the wrong idea, I had a lot of information when making the move to full-time consulting. I read article after article about how to be a great consultant and I spoke to many friends who had already made the leap. I had both the technical experience…
  • Five unconventional freelance jobs that helped engineers to launch their careers

    For many newly qualified engineers, freelance work is a way to get a foot in the door and gain first-hand industry experience before accepting a full-time position. Not only do freelance projects enable engineers to test the waters, they can also help…
  • What careers could an Arduino hobbyist move towards?

    Anyone out there actually looking to take your hobby to the next level? What kind of jobs are out there for one who has experience in Arduino and the like?
  • What to focus on in school for a Bachelors in Electrical Engineer, open letter to a friend

    A friend of mine is going back to school a bit late in life. She wanted to know what she should learn in school that would be the most beneficial in the career path. I wrote the guideline below as a starting point. I feel it is a work in progress. So…
  • What concerns do electronics engineering students have about finding careers in the industry after graduation?

    Do students have concerns about being able to find work in electronics engineering after gradutation? Many students seem to be taking on jobs after graduation not in their field just to pay the bills. Is this the case with you? Did you find a job in your…
  • Office Cleaning Companies ruining your day?

    It finally happened. I came to work today and the papers on my secondary desk were thrown out. Not in the garbage can next to my desk, but some far away, magical receptacle that is meant to absorb all wayfaring hard work. I find it quite odd that the…