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In preparation for November's ASCE Resume Workshop that will provide a dedicated thread for public sector resumes ...
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I just thought I was a stressed person: that always feeling a little stressed was normal; that taking multiple sick weeks ...
“I am sorry, but we are not actually looking to hire anyone at the moment.” If you were a recent graduate, and/or let ...
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From 2018 to 2020, I had the opportunity to attend the University of Delaware and obtain a graduate certificate in railroad ...
At a previous job, I remember I stayed late in the office one evening, when, as I was walking to take a break, I overhear ...
“Hi, my name is Dani Schroeder and my pronouns are she/her.” For the last two years or so, this is how I have been introducing ...
This question was recently posed by one of our student members, and it is a topic that impacts a lot of engineering students. ...
I’ll start this by stating that a mentor can be a great resource to help guide your professional and personal growth. I believe ...
Just like professional development or a healthy lifestyle, financial well-being is something that should be part of our daily ...
Give me a thumbs-up if you have virtual meeting fatigue. It has been over a year since the World Health Organization ...
We judge books by their covers and resumes by their cover letters. What does your cover letter say about you? Those first ...
Applying for job positions can be exciting and stressful at the same time. It’s exciting to advance your career by applying ...
Many of us find the need to shift gears at some point, and change discipline, arena, sector, or perhaps even country, mid-career. ...
My first go at college was rough to say the least. I moved to Canada, struggled with school work, switched my major twice ...
Food insecurity is a term I was introduced to not that long ago. At the beginning of the pandemic, this term was especially ...
By now we have all been affected by the craziness of 2020, one way or another. The news of people losing family members, ...
Studies show that diverse teams produce more effective solutions. Harvard Business Review found that diverse teams are ...
I graduated from South Dakota State University a few years ago with an M.S. in civil engineering. As a graduate student, ...
A resume should be a brief summary of your skills, experiences, and achievements and how they relate to the specific job ...
Choosing the right engineering program is just one of many influences on future career prospects for budding engineers. To ...
To understand my point of view, you will need to know what the comic books call my origin story. I come from the small Venezuelan ...
Has anyone ever told you to build your professional brand and you had no idea what that meant or how to do it? Your professional ...
You don’t know what you don’t know. So how do you become a “knower?” Your mentor, or preferably mentors, will help you. ...
As a senior civil engineering student approaching the fall semester, I am trying wildly to prepare for the challenges that ...
We are amidst a global event that has impacted everyone’s work and home life to some degree. While maintaining a perfect ...
When I was a young professional early in my career, I was extremely excited to have graduated with my undergraduate degree, ...
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Hey, you did it! You finally graduated, and now you are ready to find a job and start the journey of life! That was ...
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The coronavirus outbreak has brought about radical change in the way companies operate. With most operations going remote, ...
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Time is just as important as money, but sometimes the schedule is not tracked as closely as the budget. Punctuality and time ...
With most of us now working from home, new challenges have emerged. Our company has encouraged more and more communication ...
Like for many others, working from home is entirely new to me. It may be challenging to set boundaries and stay motivated. ...
Do you have an engineering dream job? You know, the one for that company you’ve been following online for months, if not ...
So, you’ve made up your mind to leave your current company and start a new chapter at another company. There could be an ...
As a 20-year-old female civil engineering student at Santa Rosa Junior College, I never would have thought that I’d get the ...
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The Fundamentals of Engineering – or FE – exam is a great way to test (pun intended) what students learned while pursuing ...
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When I first decided to pursue an education in civil engineering, my big, long-term stretch goals were to (1) obtain full-time ...
Choosing a major in college “Umm … psychology, computer science or biology!” This was my exact response in my senior ...
Over the years, I have been frequently asked if it was hard to come to the United States as an international student and ...
One of the major concerns among the growing number of young professionals all over the world is the challenge of building ...
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As soon as I found out about ASCE’s new mentoring platform, ASCE Mentor Match, I became interested in the idea of mentoring. ...
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Online graduate education is no longer the sole domain of MBAs. Civil engineers, in increasing numbers each year, are returning ...
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The other week I was at a dredging conference where there were multiple presentations on safety in the dredging industry. ...
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After completing graduate work last year at the University of Maryland, I began looking for entry-level geotechnical engineering ...
When someone says there is sexism in engineering, what do you think it means? You’re probably thinking that the term is ...
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