http://www.jobsearchengineering.com Find Jobs in Engineering Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:02:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hello, everyone- As our last post said, we’re holding a contest where we ask you to submit your questions based on that week’s topic. We’ll choose one person’s question to answer and then send him or her a copy of Career Building, which will bring you hours of joy for the ... http://www.jobsearchengineering.com/talk-to-the-work-buzz-contest-ask-us-a-question-about-interviews/ Engineers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have sped up the process of analyzing bacterial concentrations to under one hour, through the development of a new in-field, rapid-detection method. Source: http://www.icivilengineer.com/News/news.php?id=9146 http://www.jobsearchengineering.com/ucla-engineers-develop-faster-method-to-detect-bacterial-contamination-in-coastal-waters/ We’ve been a little crazed here at TheWorkBuzz lately and just realized the day has passed without posting our regular breakdown of the BLS’s monthly unemployment numbers. Luckily, our colleagues at TheHiringSite.com have already written about that very subject so we’ll refer you to their post. Related posts:December job numbers redux The BLS released ... http://www.jobsearchengineering.com/february-job-numbers-redux/ After a lot of sound and even more fury, the House of Representatives finally passed a $15 billion jobs bill. (Yes, billion.) The bill has been debated, criticized, lauded, feared, analyzed and everything else you can possibly do to a bill. The final vote was 217-201. Some critics (in the House ... http://www.jobsearchengineering.com/house-passes-jobs-bill/ Try to have a conversation about your job without complaining about your boss or griping about the little things just eat at your nerves. Like peanut butter and jelly or Ricky and Lucy, work and complaints belong together. Due to the nature of my job, I see a lot of ... http://www.jobsearchengineering.com/workers-consider-their-jobs-ideal-no-seriously/ Millennials get a lot of attention these days. For some strange reason everyone seems to be fascinated with the current crop of young workers. Maybe we’re all taking Whitney Houston too seriously when she sings that the children are our future. Regardless, you can’t pick up a newspaper or blog ... http://www.jobsearchengineering.com/millennials-too-optimistic-about-their-careers/ When I look back at pictures of myself from years ago — specifically the 1980s — I cringe. The jeans, the ill-fitting shirts, the hair gel. At the time I thought I looked cool and no one told me otherwise. Alas, the pictures do not lie. I have the same ... http://www.jobsearchengineering.com/interview-mistakes-you-wish-you-could-take-back/ We try to discuss current workplace topics as much as possible, but we can’t possibly keep up with every news item that comes out. So here’s a quick rundown of some noteworthy workplace-related items worth reading: Panel OKs lower pay for young workers (in Arizona) Highlights of Senate jobs bill How to decline Facebook ... http://www.jobsearchengineering.com/some-workplace-news-for-the-day/ The standard workplace looks very different than it did a few generations ago. Technology alone has revolutionized the way most organizations function. Look beyond the contemporary furniture and laptops to see another difference: your boss. Gone is the image of your manager or boss as a curmudgeon with an ill-fitting ... http://www.jobsearchengineering.com/the-challenges-of-a-may-december-workplace/ Oprah, Letterman, Leno, Chelsea (and Conan, once upon a time)—they all earn pretty paychecks talking. Sure, Oprah oversees a multimedia empire and Leno has his comedy career, but their primary jobs are hosting talking shows and gabbing with guests. They all have the same career — basically chitchatting in front ... http://www.jobsearchengineering.com/jobs-for-people-who-love-to-talk/