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2009 Salary Survey: Engineers Proceed With Caution
Survey shows readers are concerned, yet confident in a down economy.
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Chemical Engineers Crow
New Web site celebrates the profession's past and prospective achievements.
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Convince A Child to Explore Engineering
American kids need more awareness of engineering careers — and a better education.
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Choose Your Next Position Wisely
Finding your dream job takes a bit of soul searching and answering some tough questions
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ACS President: Passion and the Seven Cs Will Help You Navigate A Tough Economy
Thomas H. Lane provided pointers about necessary skills.
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PE Registration Versus ISA CAP Certification
Professional Engineers or Certified Automation Professional, Which Certification Is Best?
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Get Up, Out and About
Though some engineers say their industries and job prospects have recovered recently, many say that their administrators' main mission is to wring as much short-term cash as possible from their operations.
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Real-World Education
Many newly minted control and automation engineers find they need months of training to learn how their employers apply their technologies because of lack of coordination between schools and employers.
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How Safe Is Your Job?
Editor in Chief Walt Boyes implores you to watch trends, stay current in your field, and have a backup plan just in case the levee breaks. After all, when it comes to job security, the best defense is a good offense.
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Lessons From the Past
History Says the Future of U.S. Industrial Competitiveness Is Brighter Than We Think
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Time to Fight Back
Phooey on the world market and globalization. These are our jobs, and we will fight to keep them
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Improve your job security
Professional development courses can give you an edge
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The price is wrong
Experts agree: monetary rewards are not the way to motivate employees.
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What make a workplace great?
What exactly goes into a great workplace? Senior editor Diane Dierking investigates and finds that companies that foster trust, pride and camaraderie among coworkers rank highest.
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Don't dismiss discontent
The downturn that the chemical industry is only now shaking has spurred massive downsizing at chemical plants; that much we all know. Despite the legions of Americans who are out of work, engineers, even those in seemingly safe positions, are pursuing greener pastures.
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Trading time for money
Recruiting and job hunting on the Internet.
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Job Design
Build employee loyalty and enthusiasm by rebuilding the work process.
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Making short-term loyalty pay
This article isn't about fighting the causes of high turnover—a costly battle whose odds are not in your favor. Instead, it's about creating enough short-term loyalty to achieve maximum payback for the one to three years you might enjoy the services of an employee. It's about getting amazing results from workers who, for whatever reasons, are just passing through.
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Reduce turnover, increase profits
Tom Moriarty explains what it takes to attract and keep qualified workers, and how employee retention rates affect companies' profitability.
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