Day 24 Safety Meeting Today was the first Thursday of the month and that means safety meeting day! The whole public works staff attends the monthly safety meeting, and the topic today was backhoe safety. If I get a chance I’ll put up a post on it later this week because it was interesting andRead… Read more »
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New Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel’s Agenda: Implications for the Future of Federal IT
Is the new federal chief information officer, Steven VanRoekel, markedly different from his predecessor, Vivek Kundra? How will Kundra’s ambitious IT agenda fare under the leadership of a new CIO? How will VanRoekel’s leadership change the future of federal information technology, and the way the U.S. government works? Find out more in this issue briefRead… Read more »
5 Reasons Your Project Management Career Isn’t Moving (And What To Do About It!)
You’ve applied to everything that moves. You’ve polished your resume. You’re going for all the right job titles. You’ve pursued an advanced degree. You’re asking everybody if they are hiring and can get you ‘in’. You’re trying everything you know. But it’s not working. It’s frustrating, I know it is. I’ve been there. So why?Read… Read more »
A Day in the Life of a Civil Engineer – Day 22
Day 22 Parking Lot Planning This morning a couple of us discussed the parking lot we are planning to build in our downtown. The project engineer for the job submitted the necessary documents to our planning department for the planning commission hearing we will have Sept. 8th. I also talked to a landscaper who willRead… Read more »
What Are the Secrets to Being an Amazing Manager?
Being a manager isn’t easy — especially when you’re confronted with tight resources and tough decisions. And being a manager is different from being a leader, right? Leaders cast an inspiring vision and empower people at an organizational level to achieve it. Managers are really the front-line supervisors responsible for ensuring the goals are executedRead… Read more »
Multiples
One of our clients swears the best thing I ever told him was to make a meeting before a scheduled meeting and make one after. As long as you’re in the building/neighborhood/country plan another stop. That means you need a stop-by rationale, tools, and research. However the meetings that create a favorable result are easyRead… Read more »
What Type of Online Sharer Are You?
The New York Times Insight Group recently came out with this really fascinating research on the Psychology of Sharing. Lots of super interesting stuff here, but one section that really interested me are these 6 personas of sharers: The New York Times study found there are six sharing personas for online fans. Understanding these differentRead… Read more »
A Political Side to the Classroom — Literally
As reported in Science Daily (Dec. 9, 2010) — “It goes without saying that conservatives and liberals don’t see the world in the same way. Now, research from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln suggests that is exactly, and quite literally, the case.” I’m not talking about political views on education and training, but rather eye movementRead… Read more »
U.N. Sec. General Visits NREL
Last week, while most of the east coast was bracing for Hurricane Irene, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon visited the Department of Energy’s NREL facilities in Colorado on Thursday. The Secretary General spoke highly of the work being done at NREL, and expressed his desire to learn from NREL’s example, saying: “I’m here at NRELRead… Read more »
Interviewing: What to Ask
A post by Patra Frame, ClearedJobs.Net’s HR Specialist Are you interested in an organization and a specific job? If so, you want to do a lot of research in advance to learn more and to see if they are a good fit. Once you have secured an interview – you have the opportunity to learnRead… Read more »