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Topic of the Month: "Inertia"
A Needle in a Haystack
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Topic of the Month: Inertia
Newton’s First Law states that “an object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion.” This resistance to change is called inertia.
What does that have to do with the successful management and advancement of an engineering or design company? Why does an executive or a manager at such a company need a review of high school physics?
Because everything is either in motion or at a standstill.
That everything refers to your company as well. Yes, the economy is struggling mightily right now and prospects for 2009 are marginal at best an gloomy at worst. But the American economy is still going to move, even if that movement is sluggish.
Is your company going to move or remain at a standstill? Slow forward movement is still forward movement, and we at EngineeringDesignJobs.com encourage steady, smart forward movement in 2009. Our economy will rebound in time, as it always has, and steady navigation of these troubled months will position your company to succeed, grow, and profit tremendously when the markets turn around and, eventually, boom.
So what does it mean to navigate these times in a “steady, smart” manner?
Our observation of companies that grow intelligently reveals some common traits.
First, a company retains its confidence and competence. You’ve always met the expectations of your clients and owners in your projects; that won’t change or suffer because the economy is lagging.
Second, a company retains its vision: growth and good work and a sterling name in the market are goals that every first-rate builder desires and pursues.
Third, a company retains its best people and evaluates wisely those personnel who are not as committed to quality work and hard effort.
And that third step is where EngineeringDesignJobs.com can serve as an ally and consultant as you navigate 2009 wisely and position yourself for great success in a tough time.
Right now is the time that the strongest and most forward-thinking companies are strengthening their roster for the future by attracting great candidates who might seek a position with more stability and promise than they currently have. Great candidates are smart: they know that 2009 might be a time to position themselves for the long haul with a better company.
When work is abundant again, when the markets rebound, those great candidates will be gone; they’ll be already snapped up by competitors or too busy to look for a new challenge, happy to be snowed under again after relatively lean times.
The companies that move forward wisely and add strong professionals to their roster now will move forward in 2009, and do so rapidly as things pick up again.
But inertia works two ways.
Those companies that do not act will remain at a standstill, farther behind their competition, once things start to move again.
Alan Kerschen
A Needle in a Haystack
Have you dropped by Barnes and Noble or Borders lately in hopes of finding a book to read?
Maybe it went like this: you scanned one of the quarter-mile long shelves for a book. Maybe you wanted a novel to read for pleasure on these long winter nights, or a travel book to plan your once-in-a-lifetime trip to Fiji. Maybe you needed some picture books for a newborn niece or a CD for your music-loving teenager.
But when there are 50,000 book titles to choose from, it’s almost impossible to decide on one. You read blurbs and excerpts for an hour and get dizzy.
Wanna ask one of the salespeople? If you can find one, it’s not likely they’ve read all 50,000 titles and therefore can’t really recommend exactly what you need.
So, you go get coffee to steady your nerves, then go home without anything to read.
Our duty at EngineeringDesignJobs.com is to make sure that your experience on our job board is exactly opposite from those possible scenarios in the bookstores.
Sure, we have thousands of great engineering and construction professionals lining our shelves, but like good librarians, we know what we have in stock, and we can help you find the exact choice that will help you.
To that end, we frequently advise the thousands of candidates who visit our site to update and clarify their resumes, so that you can visit our site and find precisely the professional you need to help tackle the challenges that lie ahead of you in 2009.
Specifically, we urge candidates to Register their resumes on our site, to update them to include their most recent companies, job titles and projects.
Further, we understand that if you need an Electrical Project Manager, you do not want to be inundated with resumes from GC Estimators or Mechanical Superintendents. We advise our candidates to distinguish themselves with an accurate job title and accomplishments.
Perhaps most importantly, we constantly direct candidates to explain how their work will help their employer:
Make Money,
Save Money, and
Solve Problems.
We urge candidates to state clearly instances where they brought a project in two weeks ahead of schedule or consistently cut down on worker injuries on their projects or negotiated lower prices on supplies than their competitors managed. We know you seek energetic, smart employees who can make money, save money, and solve problems.
Finally, we remind candidates to be forthcoming and present themselves honestly. The last thing you want is to peruse the magazine rack, think you’ve bought a copy of Commentary, and discover you actually got the National Enquirer.
Come to EngineeringDesignJobs.com to post your best jobs, as always. Thousands of top-flight candidates visit us daily, and they are interested in seeing those great career opportunities.
But they are also eager to introduce themselves to you. Some of them require some direction on the best way to do that, so rest assured that we are doing our best to tell them how to present themselves to you in the most clear, well-written, and easily understood prose possible.
Happy browsing.
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The EngineeringDesignJobs Team
