List of Contributions

Stephanie, I was 38 when I graduated from Engineering College; I ran into the same thing in a tight job market. What I did was remove all references to age by reformatting my resume to exclude chronology other than when I graduated, but did list my experiences and qualifications as distinct items. ...

I agree with Jim Bittner. I advise students that I know to take the exam as soon as eligible because I am convinced that the exam gets exponentially harder each 6-months one waits after graduation. ------------------------------ James Justin Mercier, P.E. Life Member ASCE Sr. Life Member IEEE ...

It depends on what you are calling " post-P.E. professional certification". I was certified as a Floodplain Manager (CFM) by examination a few years after I was licensed and only recently relinquished it. And yes, I did see some highly competent P.E.'s fail the CFM exam. I believe the error is in thinking ...

My best employment was at a State Agency for 21-years. My resume got me in the door because they spotted something that didn't apply to the job I was applying for bur WAS something they needed. My other jobs within the agency were partly by resume for minimum qualifications but also by networking for ...

Thank you Greg, this is an excellent answer, much better than I could have written, and very accurate. My experiences have been in large and small firms, both good and bad for each, and a State agency which was, like a large firm, both good and bad depending on the office. Diversification and flexibility ...