Engineering Career and Job Hunting Advice for January 2019

As a rule, I do not respond to people who contact me about promoting their websites when a quick check of their sites shows no mention of RF Cafe. Everyone in the website search optimization game knows that having inbound hyperlinks from other highly rated websites plays a major role in search results rankings. Job hunting and career website representatives are frequent practitioners of the insult. They send an e-mail telling you how posting a link to their websites will be a real boon to your own website. It really takes a lot of hutzpah to request a favor without demonstrating fair play in return. For the record, I have never in the twenty-year history of RF Cafe ever contacted someone to ask to a link.

It has been a few months since I posted a list of useful articles on engineering and other technology job search and career enhancement topics from around the Web. Very noticeable when reviewing the subjects of most of these websites is a very high concentration on social issues rather than on job performance and competency.

• Why Companies Need Engineers with a Creative Bent - Kathy Pretz, IEEE 
• Need a Job Now? Follow These Essential Steps - Daniel Bortz, Monster
• How to Answer Common Interview Questions - themuse
• Things to Double-Check Before Submitting a Cover Letter - Karen Dikson, CareerCast
• Report: 2019's Best Jobs - U.S. New & World Report 
• Why Women Need to Network - Stephanie Denning, Forbes
• 53 Ways to Get a Job Before Graduation - themuse
• Jobs That Don't Require a College Degree, Rebecca Koenig, - U.S. New & World Report
• Your Teen Could Benefit from Attending the TryEngineering Summer Institute, by Lynda Bradley, IEEE
• Is This the Year You Start Your Own Business? - Jill Griffin, Forbes
• Indeed Company Rankings - Raytheon with 4.0 (1-5 scale) with 2382 reviews, Analog Devices gets 4.3 with 272 reviews, Skyworks has 3.4 with 9 reviews, Qorvo (formerly RF Micro Devices) gets 3.6 with 161 reviews, Motorola Solutions ranks a 4.1 with 2620 reviews, Thales gets 4.0 with 1103 reviews, Huawei ranks 3.8 with 2676 reviews.
• Glass Door Company Rankings - Raytheon with 3.6 (1-5 scale) with 3324 reviews, Analog Devices gets 3.8 with 595 reviews, Skyworks has 3.3 with 230 reviews, Qorvo (formerly RF Micro Devices) gets 3.6 with 146 reviews, Motorola Solutions ranks a 3.8 with 713 reviews, Thales gets 3.2 with 172 reviews, Huawei ranks 3.4 with 3577 reviews.

Posted January 28, 2019