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Find Great Employees for Your Engineering Team

How to Find Great Employees for Your Engineering Team Creating an effective engineering team is all about choosing the right members. Just like any job, who you work with makes a huge difference. Engineering is a field where the engineering talent of your team can affect every aspect of your growth, output, and production. Finding...

The Costs of Job Tenure: Why You Shouldn’t Stay in a Job Too Long

There are generally two kinds of job seekers: those who’ve had ten jobs in five years, and those who’ve spent the last ten years in the same role. Now let’s ask: if you’re entering the job market, which is the worst situation to be in? Most people would probably say that it’s worse to be...

Job Hopping vs. Job Clinging: Which is Better for Career Advancement?

Complacency kills careers. That’s why career advancement is a top priority for most professionals. But what is the best way to move your career forward: hopping to a new job, or growing within your current organization? That’s the question a lot of people are facing right now, especially as the Great Resignation continues in full...

More Meetings Than Ever? 10 Ways to Make Them Better

New research found the typical professional has ~5 meetings per day, up from ~3 per day prior to the pandemic. So we conducted a poll asking: "How does the number of meetings you have now compare to before the pandemic?" Here were the results: 54% -- Way more meetings 30% -- About the same 16% ...

Job Hopping: Will it Help or Hurt Your Career?

Given the plethora of job opportunities in the market right now, it’s natural to consider making a career change. However, you may be thinking: “I don’t want to be a job hopper.” We get it. For years, we’ve all been warned about having short stints on a resume. The pressure to stay with a single...

Why Our Employees Stay 75% Longer Than The Average

You’ve got an incredible Systems Engineer. As a sole contributor, his performance is stellar, and his manager couldn’t be happier. The only problem is, your prized Systems Engineer has his sights set on next steps. He wants to become a program manager and then a people manager. Losing this engineer’s output would be a…

How to Decide Whether to Relocate for a Job

How to Decide Whether to Relocate for a Job Half of your weekday waking hours are spent at work. Your feelings about your daily tasks, accomplishments, colleagues, and managers reverberate through all the other parts of your life, too. What happens when you’re presented with the opportunity to make a big change? What would…

Which Recruiter Is Really Worth Your Time?

Does it seem like recruiters are constantly flooding your LinkedIn and email inboxes? You’re not alone. There are about 20,000 staffing and recruiting firms in the United States, which means an enormous number of people are looking for skilled individuals just like you. Spurred by talent shortages in the IT, Engineering, and Finance industries, these…

4 Locations with the Highest Demand for Engineers

Engineering is a field that has historically seen strong demand, but with a current unemployment rate of 1.7%, the need for talent in the field is reaching a fever pitch. Hiring managers can’t find enough engineering talent, while professionals working in the field are finding it overwhelming to sift through the sheer number of…

A Better Framework for Reaching Your Career Goals

Are you working to pay the bills or are you inspired, fulfilled, and content with your current career path? There’s a huge difference between the two, and getting from one to the other is no accident. If you’re really serious about reaching your career goals, you need a new and better framework for…

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