As Professional Engineers, we are mandated by statute to maintain certain professional standards and ethics to protect the integrity of our profession and the common welfare. The same can be said for Registered Geologists, Land Surveyors, Certified Hazardous Material Managers, or whatever professional registration you have. That same sense of professional integrity and ethics is [...]
Posts Tagged ‘employment news’
“May we join you as the world is flat”
Posted: January 12, 2012 by Skip Black CPC in Current Employment Commentary, Double Eagle NewsTags: employment news, Executive Search and Placement
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 [...]
2012-A view from my desk
Posted: January 5, 2012 by Skip Black CPC in Current Employment Commentary, Double Eagle News, Industry News and CommentaryTags: architecture structural international, employment news, Executive Search and Placement, Heavy Civil, Power
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 / Careers – by Brad Burke, PE
Posted: December 20, 2011 by Brad Burke, PE in Construction, Current Employment Commentary, Earth/Water, Heavy Civil, Industry News and Commentary, Power & EnergyTags: employment news, Executive Search and Placement
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 [...]
2011 a year to remember or a year to forget? R. Skip Black CPC.
Posted: December 20, 2011 by Skip Black CPC in Double Eagle News, Industry News and CommentaryTags: employment news, Executive Search and Placement
2011 a year to remember or a year to forget? R. Skip Black CPC. After crunching numbers, checking my historical s and laughing at the optimism we saw in the first Quarter this year, I am of the mind to call 2011 a Draw. A 50/50 year. In respect to consistent business cycle it was [...]
Technical DNA, daughters and sons, a short memo
Posted: October 27, 2011 by Skip Black CPC in Current Employment Commentary, Double Eagle NewsTags: employment news
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 [...]
HEAVY CIVIL UPDATE/PAUL WALLICK, P.E./AUGUST 25, 2011
Posted: September 15, 2011 by paulwallick in Current Employment Commentary, Heavy Civil, Industry News and CommentaryTags: employment news
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 [...]
Energy Jobs Abound
Posted: September 15, 2011 by nedlyons in Power & EnergyTags: employment news, Power
Last week I blogged about the fact that the economy is improving, and that it is in our own hands to continue the recovery. It is especially in the hands of our government to boost the recovery that is already underway. Our President Obama has proposed his multi-billion dollar jobs package, with highly mixed reviews. [...]
Office Managers for Engineering/Construction Firms Requests are Up!
Posted: February 9, 2012 by Skip Black CPC in Current Employment Commentary, Double Eagle NewsTags: employment news, Executive Search and Placement
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 [...]