Engineering Career and Job Hunting Advice for December 2017

Each month I try to make the rounds of job search / career advice columns to see if there is anything worth recommending. A lot of what's out there seems to be written by people whose only job has been telling other people how to get a job, so I try for filter them out. This first article is short but interesting (a lot of source reference hyperlinks) and the conclusion is not surprising. It does not, however, addresses all the worthless <fill in the blank> Studies (insert any social warrior cause) degrees that are being paid for by taxpayer dollars. Unless you luck into a high-paying government job - with full benefits - for applying what you learned on your way to a degree in "Species-Confused Fainting Goat Studies," chances are you'll be flipping burgers to pay off your $40k in student loans while those of us with real degrees or marketable trade skills pay for your health care and free cellphones.

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• Americans w/o College Degree Way Worse off Today Than 40 Years Ago, by Elena Holodny
• Should You Job Search During the Holidays? by Nancy Ordman
• Young Professionals Say Career Development Programs Are Top Priority, by Kathy Pretz
• When It Makes Sense to Hire a Job Search Expert, by Kate Ashford
• Engineers: Learn How to Stand out from the Pack, by Devon Ryan
• Older Workers Move Back into Labor Force, by Nancy Ordman
• How to Get Exactly What You Want with Better Workplace Communication, by J. Maureen Henderson
• Project Management Tips: The Persuasive Project Manager, by Joe D'Amico
• Freelance Lessons Learned from The Successfully Self-Employed, by Levo League
• First-Time Manager? Here's What You Need to Know, by Alison Green
• A Road Map for Engineering Students Who Aspire to Start a Company, by Amanda Davis

Posted December 7, 2017