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4 Ways to Use Twitter for Your Job Search
If you’re on the search for a new job, using social media sites can be a powerful, effective way to not only build your network and establish your online presence, but also look for new career...
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10 Tips to Create and Give Dynamic Presentations
Whether you’re a seasoned instructor or someone who only presents now and again, giving a presentation can be equal parts nerve-wracking and exhilarating. And if you’ve given a presentation, you know...
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7 Steps to Designing Effective Presentation Slides
Whether you’re using Apple’s glossy app, Keynote, the wildly creative option, Prezi, or sticking with the classic presentation tool, PowerPoint, you want your presentation to be engaging, entertaining...
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5 Career Resolutions to Make in 2013
It’s hard to believe that 2012 is almost over — and as you look toward 2013, you might find yourself focusing on your career and how you can take your professional development to the next level. If...
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KC-ASTD Recognizes Best Practice Award Winners
Each year the Kansas City chapter of the American Society for Training & Development accepts nominations for best practice awards, which recognize metro area companies who have executed projects...
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Four Attributes of a Great Workplace
If you peruse FORTUNE’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” list, you’ll notice a lot of commonalities among the honorees. These shared attributes help lay a solid foundation that supports a great place...
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5 Job Search Tips for New College Grads
As spring graduation ceremonies draw closer, we have no doubt that a lot of almost-grads are turning their attention to The Real World—and, most importantly, the search for a dream career. If you’re...
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5 Business Card Apps to Help You Maximize Your Networking
Although social media-enabled networking has become an increasingly important part of professional development, the humble business card remains an effective and convenient way to quickly exchange...
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Report: 5 Ways to Succeed at Your Internship
Internships aren’t just about giving you valuable hands-on experience. They can also pave the way for future career opportunities. And that’s why doing everything you can to make your internship...
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Use LinkedIn to Find a Mentor
As you use LinkedIn to establish your personal brand and build your professional network, you might want to consider using the site to help discover a career mentor, too. Despite the bells and...
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5 Tips to Overcome a Fear of Public Speaking
Public speaking may be a great way to boost your professional development, but it isn’t always easy—in fact, research shows that a fear of public speaking or stage fright, also known as glossophobia,...
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Empowering Women Engineers: Highlights from WE13
Last week I had the opportunity to travel to Baltimore with a group of 16 students from Iowa State University for WE13, the Society of Women Engineers’ Annual Conference. It’s one of my favorite events...
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Why the Tech Industry Needs More Female Role Models
The tech industry is growing rapidly, which means career opportunities are abundant. In spite of that growth, science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields continue to see a serious...
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How to Land an Engineering Speaking Gig
As an engineer, speaking at an industry conference or seminar can be a great way to raise your profile and advance your career. Demonstrating subject knowledge and articulating ideas to an audience of...
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Girls in Engineering: Yes, Please!
We are always thrilled to be a part of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) learning initiatives, especially as they relate to introducing girls to the field of engineering. It was a...
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A Day in the Life of a Pump Engineer
As someone whose work involves dealing with rotating equipment, it was great fun to be featured in the November 2013 issue of Pump Engineer. The staff at the magazine tracked me down to find out more...
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Emerging Leaders Alliance Trains the Engineering Managers of the Future
Our educational system is adept at equipping students with the required technical skills for a career in engineering, but student preparation for leadership roles may be inadequate. Add in the fact...
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Burns & McDonnell’s Kyle Roberts Named 2014 Young Engineer of the Year
Leadership, community involvement, technical excellence and a commitment to professional development are all key traits we look for in our engineers (and our other professionals, too). Those are also...
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5 Steps to Finding the Perfect Mentor
Whether you engage in one-to-one mentoring, reverse mentoring or have a mentoring network, it all comes down to one thing: building good relationships. Why do people seek out mentors in the first...
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Networking Tips for Introverts from an Introverted Engineer
If you’re an introverted engineer like me, networking is probably not on the top of your list of favorite things. In fact, it’s probably something that’s downright dreadful. But I learned early in my...
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