The Future of Non Competes
Currently, four states have non-compete restrictions: California, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Oklahoma. As more legislation heats up,...
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- Mar 9, 2023
- 2 min
Women Returning to the Workforce
Companies are striving to diversify from their 'pale, male, and stale' roots and add more women and people of color in the workplace.
- Feb 6, 2023
- 2 min
3 Things to Know About Video Interviews
Some things haven’t changed and that’s how to conduct yourself in a professional interview whether in-person, on the phone or via video.
- Jan 20, 2023
- 2 min
3 Notable Tips to Find a Civil Engineering Job in a New City
3 Tips for engineers and architects seeking a new job when they are relocating to a new city.
- Nov 16, 2022
- 3 min
Staying Connected With Your Team
How do you keep people that work with and for you feeling like they are part of something bigger?
- Nov 7, 2022
- 2 min
What if it’s better than what you have now!
What if my client’s opportunity is your dream job that offers you something better and more special than what you have right now?
- Oct 19, 2022
- 3 min
Quiet Quitter or Just a Slacker?
Here's the 3 things I have learned since the beginning of this monumental and seismic shift in the workplace post-COVID.
- Sep 14, 2022
- 2 min
Life After Fat Pants and Slippers
Now that many of us are going back into the office or starting to travel again for work, what are you supposed to do about your wardrobe?
- Sep 7, 2022
- 4 min
Architects and Engineers: Not-So-Quietly Quitting
CEO’s have told me that finding and retaining top talent is their number one issue they face in this current market.
- Jun 16, 2022
- 2 min
Send Me Your Resume but I Won't Tell You My Client's Name
Sound familiar? A headhunter calls you yet they refuse to share the name of their client and other specific details. The good recruiters...
- May 5, 2022
- 2 min
Counter Offers: How To Avoid Your Offer Being Turned Down
The last three companies I spoke with in the past week shared a similar frustration with candidates they had recently extended offers to:...
- Apr 26, 2022
- 2 min
The Recruiting Version of A Tale of Two Cities
“Search” is a concept often misunderstood as everyone seems to have a different idea of recruiters based on their own personal experience.
- Apr 14, 2022
- 2 min
To Text Or Not To Text: That Is The Question
In our modern age in 2022. verbal communication has been replaced far too often with text and email messages.
- Jul 9, 2021
- 4 min
The Obstacle is the Way
Great individuals (and leaders), like great companies, find a way to transform weakness into strength.
- Jan 27, 2021
- 3 min
The Smith Consulting Group's 15th Anniversary!
January 2021 is the 15th anniversary of starting the Smith Consulting Group.
- Jan 6, 2021
- 8 min
Coffee with a CEO: An Interview with Pete Giovenco, President & CEO of Bergmann
In this edition of ‘Coffee With a CEO’, we are talking with Pete Giovenco, President & CEO of Bergmann. From pizza maker to CEO: This is...
- Jan 6, 2021
- 2 min
Protecting Your Newly Minted PE's
It's always sort of amazed me that some companies take their young engineers with their shiny new Professional Engineer seals for granted.
- Dec 9, 2020
- 1 min
Tips to Look for a Role During the Holidays
It is not necessarily a foregone conclusion that companies stop hiring during the holidays.
- Oct 19, 2020
- 3 min
Employer Loyalty in the Era of M&A
One topic that reared its ugly head to me this past week is the topic of loyalty between employer and employee.
- Oct 19, 2020
- 2 min
The Death of The Seller/Doer Model?
No one at the age of 21 and having 4-6 years of schooling realizes that in order to advance into the upper echelons of their profession,...
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