Archive for the ‘Current Employment Commentary’ Category

Office Managers for Engineering/Construction Firms Requests are Up! Go Figure. You know things must be getting better when our clients ask us for help in selecting qualified office managers to work in a fast paced setting. In the last couple months, Double Eagle Group has received requests by active clients to recruit senior level Administrative [...]

R. Skip Black Founder/CEO Last week we received two in-bound requests to have industry talent add to our growing company blog. In addition, we have been solicited to host advertising links and mutual website co-sponsor links to our Double Eagle Group website. The advertising solicitation came from the UK. We are a global search and [...]

January 2012 As we welcome in a new year, the prevailing mood is cautiously optimistic. Double Eagle Group will continue to grow internally as we are to add two more professionals to our staff in the 1st Q. Energy, water resources, heavy civil construction and mission critical all reflect a strong base. Architecture and construction [...]

Hesitation kills opportunity.  Some say patience is a virtue, but only if you know exactly what you are waiting for.  Do not confuse the virtue of patience with the bad trait of hesitation.  If you don’t know what you are waiting for, or are stuck in a rut, and you are presented with a new [...]

Technical DNA, daughters and sons, a short memo.  My youngest daughter, Patricia, is a very bright and engaging woman. Married to an IT professional they live in Phoenix, AZ. Patti attended the University of Minnesota and graduated in 2007 with a major in Global Studies, Italian. This major she decided on while attending a summer [...]

I wake up one morning and read/hear about 9% unemployment here in the United States and the Greek debt crisis in Europe and how it will have a Lehman Brothers effect on the EU and then cascade to the American financial firms, already under pressure. The following day I read/hear that the Central EU banks, [...]

August 25, 2011 Heavy Civil Update Paul Wallick, P.E. I am finding action for municipal, transportation, and land development engineers in smaller communities. Also a need for designers with CAD, Microstation, and Civil 3D experience. Larger metropolitan areas were more affected by the recession because new development projects stalled. Smaller communities were not as dependent [...]

My first job out of college I worked for a man was truly self-made; He asked me once “Do you ever wonder why Mercedes dealerships rarely go out of business – even in the tough times?”  Being a greenhorn engineer I really didn’t have a good answer.  He went on to explain that “Quality” is [...]

Industry News 25Jul11 International markets are active as general construction, civic buildings, and major infrastructure projects come online. Hospitality continues to find resonance in Vietnam, Hong Kong, and UAE. Domestically we are having increased RFPs in the Mid-Atlantic for AEC and MEP work. Our Heavy Civil team is spiking in mining inquiries. Earth/Water has several [...]

There has recently been a lot of talk about innovation, and how innovation will be one of the major keys for pulling the United States out of this global recession.  CNN’s Fareed Zakaria devoted a whole program on how Technological Innovation will help restore the “American Dream”, and how both private enterprise and federal government [...]