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Get the Most Out of Sharing on LinkedIn with These Tips
By now, you’re probably one of the 300 million people around the world with a LinkedIn profile. But having a LinkedIn profile and never posting a status update is like writing a great bio and putting...
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15 Steps to Getting the Most from Your Next Engineering Conference
Attending conferences can offer many benefits — both professional and personal — and open up opportunities for engineering professionals. Bouncing ideas off other engineers and catching up with the...
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The Best Career Advice I Ever Received
Whether you’re just starting out in your professional career or have several years of experience under your belt, a little career advice from seasoned pros from time to time can help keep you inspired...
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Business Essentials: Tips for Successful Professional Networking
Networking is essential in the business world, yet many dread networking events. To help ease the pain and awkwardness, we asked several members of our team to share their best networking advice. Here...
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LiveKC Initiative Aims to Attract Millennials to Kansas City
When most people think of a young, hip city, New York or Chicago come to mind — not Kansas City. To change that, a group of companies, including Burns & McDonnell, recently teamed up to form...
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Boost Your Technical Writing with These Tips
Technical writing isn’t just about honing your strength as a writer — it’s a great way to boost your career and establish yourself as a thought-leader. But it takes a lot more than knowledge of grammar...
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Society of Women Engineers Writes the Book on Being Female in the Industry
We love seeing women in engineering shining as role models for other female engineers, especially when it builds a supportive and empowering community for their fellow women. So when we heard about the...
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9 Tips for Virtual Career Fair Success
From e-books to university courses taught solely in the cybersphere, the Internet is changing the way we interact, learn and communicate. Now it’s transforming the way people network through the rise...
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Career Advice for Every Young Professional
Young professionals often face a paradigm of feeling like they don’t know what they’re doing while also feeling the need to have all the answers. We all start our professional careers with an...
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Key Traits of the Best Job Candidates
Your resume is a great tool for catching a recruiter’s eye, but to truly win them over, you need to understand what employers are really looking for. As a recruiter, I’m always looking for individuals...
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Setting Career Goals for the New Year
A new year is here, which means many of us resolve to make changes in our lives. Maybe you’ve resolved to lose weight, exercise more or change other lifestyle habits that you’ve been putting off for...
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CREW Network Convention Answers the ‘Social Media Why’ for Business
There’s no denying the constant role that social media plays in our daily lives, but as professionals, should we really invest our time and efforts into social engagement? The short answer: absolutely!...
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5 Tips for Career Fair Success
Meeting and interacting with recruiters face-to-face is a critical part of the job search process, and career fairs offer a unique opportunity to make personal connections with potential employers. But...
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An Architect’s Guide to Personal Branding
As the digital world grows increasingly sophisticated, the idea of personal branding has evolved from a simple business buzzword to a crucial aspect of an individual’s professional identity. Unlike...
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Do Grades Really Matter to a Recruiter?
If you’ve ever conducted an internet search with the words “do grades really matter to employers” while job hunting, you likely emerged more confused than when you started. Some results insist good...
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The Video Interview: Are You Ready for Your Close-up?
You’ve booked a video interview — it’s a cause for celebration. So why does it feel like a cause for panic? After all, making it to the interview phase means you’ve already put in a lot of hard work,...
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How a Great Elevator Speech Can Set a Candidate Apart
The phrase “elevator speech” is probably familiar, though you may not know its origin. The term comes from the challenge of creating a clear and persuasive pitch for your dream prospect in the time it...
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Career Path Options for Engineers
So, you’ve made the smart choice to be an engineer. (That’s not an editorial opinion; a recent study ranked median lifetime earnings by college major. Nine of the top 10 spots were engineering...
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Job Search Etiquette: When You’re Contacted and Not Interested
Picture this: Your phone dings. It’s an email from a recruiter reaching out about a job. You’re flattered, but not interested. How do you respond without eliminating future opportunities with the...
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Benefits of Job Shadowing for STEM Careers
Students learn so much by observing — and, if they’re lucky, participating in — the everyday activities of employees. Exposing students to the workplace through job shadowing has long been a commitment...
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