Danger: Your Employee’s Cheap Cell Phone
As the technology of cell phones and smartphones advances, many organizations are allowing employees to “BYOD” – bring your own device. Rather than providing phones for employees, companies allow their teams to use their own smartphones to conduct company business. BYOD can lead to a great deal of cost savings, but it can also lead […]
Chairperson of World Green Building Council Appointed
The World Green Building Council (WGBC) has appointed a new chairperson. Bruce Kerswill of South Africa will head up the organization, the world’s largest international coalition promoting green building practices. Prior to his election as chair of the WGBC, Kerswill served as the executive chairperson of Green Building Council South Africa. Throughout his tenure at […]
How To: Attract Entry Level Engineers
Hiring entry-level engineers can be a challenge. It can be difficult to manage Millennial employees, especially when leaders are of the Baby Boomer generation. Differences in work style and communication style can often lead to tension. However, not all entry-level engineers are lazy, entitled youth. There are many talented new engineers who have the drive […]
Clemson University Energy Facility Poised to Become Forefront in the World
In a huge milestone for green engineering, Clemson University officially opened the SCE&G Energy Innovation Center in November, 2013. It is situated into a fully functional seaport, and is specifically aimed at new innovations in wind turbines as well as testing various energy sector options. In addition, the facility is involved in efforts to erect […]
Effective job descriptions are very important
When we think of looking for a new job, many of us probably go online and check out CareerBuilder.com or Indeed.com to peruse the sea of open positions. What is listed on these websites are job descriptions that, put simply, are designed to describe what the tasks and expectations of a given available position and […]
Spread the Love
I recently had the great opportunity to tour Ashley Ridge High School as part of The Education Foundation’s EDGE Academies initiative. If you’re not familiar with this program, you’re not alone, and that’s why I’m writing this. First, I have to give credit to the principal of ARHS, Ms. Radcliffe, whose enthusiastic, educational tour of […]
A Recruiters Poem
You say you will And then you don’t You say you can But then you can’t You say you don’t use But the test says you do You gave as a reference But your mamma‘s not our preference You say you’ll show But then your car won’t go So back […]
Keep formatting on your resume to a minimum
Even though today’s candidate tracking systems are more sophisticated than ever they still have a difficult time with resumes that contain lots of formatting. This is especially important for job seekers since most of the time they’re competing against others for the same job opportunity. As the old cliche’ goes you only get one chance […]
Should you hire an overqualified candidate?
The answer is yes. A recent thread on LinkedIn by a well qualified candidate prompted this response: I’ve been in recruiting for over thirty years and rarely have I seen age discrimination. What many very experienced individuals run into is the “you’re over qualified” syndrome. It would seem that companies would value getting a lot […]