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February 22, 2008

In an effort to bring even greater value to all of you out there searching for engineering jobs, we’ve added a search portal from Indeed that scours just about every other job board out there. If you don’t find the job you’re looking for on Hire-Engineers.com, throw your search into the Indeed search box and get prepared to start sorting through the results. This is the type of job search that WILL NOT be found on Hire-Engineers.com once we’ve developed our sophisticated matching engines. In the meantime though, feel free to use it as a last resort ;-)

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Is your job in danger of being outsourced?

February 19, 2008

This is a really common topic when engineering is being discussed, especially for the younger generation that is looking to begin engineering studies or at the start of their engineering career. While the outsourcing of engineering jobs IS happening, there are still many engineering disciplines and jobs that have not been, and may never be, outsourced to other countries.

Brian Wood writes a great article for EDN.com discussing this very topic. He begins…

Engineers have taken a few shots in the past 20 years, especially those in the United States of America. It has become a popular sport for the collective group that brought us microwave ovens, satellite imagery, cell phones, and high definition to be stereotyped as introverted Dilbert-emulators who are long on brainpower but short on social skills … and soon on the street due to outsourcing.

Now isn’t that the truth. Later in the article he goes on to say

First, it’s a great time to be an engineer. The venture capital and financial markets are awash in investment capital earmarked for technology-focused businesses that have the prospect of earning higher-than-average return on investment. Engineers are the engines of these high-growth/high-tech companies, developing and delivering daily innovations in response to perpetual market demand for more, more, more. With product lifecycles (and attention spans) compressing at the pace of Moore’s Law, the forecast for continued engineering output is clear and sunny. The trick is managing financial market expectations so that marketing and associated “get-rich” hype doesn’t outpace product development and the laws of physics. Hopefully, we’ve all learned a few lessons from the dot-bomb debacle.

There are definitely many areas in the engineering world that will remain safe from outsourcing for many many years, especially those jobs related to national defense and the military. The real key is to research current trends for your field of interest along with the history of engineering employers within that specialty. With the right amount of due diligence it shouldn’t be too hard to find an engineering job that you will be able to keep for a long time without the worry of being outsourced.

Read Brian Woods’ complete article HERE

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Bridging Engineering’s Minority Gap

February 15, 2008

This is a great article over at BusinessWeek.com:

Encouraging more women, African Americans, Latinos, and people with disabilities to pursue math and science makes good business sense…

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Of particular note is John E. Kelly’s mention of the shortage of engineering talent we are facing here in the United States:

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A LOOMING SHORTAGE
Why should this worry the private sector? Because engineering talent doesn’t come in one ethnicity, color, gender, or physical attribute. Cultivating more technical talent across the board just makes plain, good business sense. The number of retiring workers from science and engineering will mushroom over the next 20 years, aggravating an existing shortfall of technical skills that has already left 1.3 million engineering jobs vacant.

By 2010, the U.S. will need 20% more engineers, yet the growth rate in the number of engineering, math, and science graduates is expected to be about 2%.

There is no better time than Engineers Week and Presidents Day to look to our future—to those we currently refer to as “minorities.” By 2050, 85% of workforce entrants are expected to be people of color and women. And, says the National Science Foundation, minorities are expected to make up more than half of the resident college-age population of the U.S. by 2050, up from 34% in 1999. Today’s minorities are tomorrow’s majorities.

So what to do? For one thing, we ought to think like engineers and apply a healthy dose of persistence and creativity to solve the challenge.

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Automotive Industry Exporting Engineering Jobs

February 15, 2008

NORIHIKO SHIROUZU of the Wall Street Journal wrote a sobering article relating to the export of engineering jobs in the automotive industry.

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In the Feb. 7th piece, Shirouzu digs deeply into the various automakers and the seemingly growing trend of moving design and development engineering jobs to low cost countries such as China, Romania and Vietnam. Historically, these highly skilled jobs have stayed in industrialized nations.

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As the need to pander to a global economy and foreign customers becomes more prevalent, we are likely to see a significantly increasing number of engineering jobs exported out of the country. Not only to cut costs, but to promote the product itself in those countries, as Shirouzu mentions.

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How soon we will reach the critical point where there is relatively little engineering and technical expertise required and/or left in the United States?

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Read Norihiko Shirouzu’s article at the Wall Street Journal HERE.

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FirstEnergy to Hold Engineering Career Event - Many Engineering Jobs Available

January 29, 2008

AKRON, Ohio, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — As part of its ongoing workforce development efforts, FirstEnergy will hold a career event at the John S. Knight Center in Akron on February 12, 2008, from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. Qualified candidates in specific fields — including Engineers, Distribution Specialists/Field Coordinators, Business Analysts, Electric Transmission System Operators, Electric Distribution System Operators, and Journeyman Lineworkers — are encouraged to register in advance for the event at www.careereventatfirstenergycorp.com in order to be considered for an interview with the company.

“FirstEnergy has jobs available in all three states where we have operations — Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jersey,” said Lynn M. Cavalier, senior vice president, Human Resources, FirstEnergy. “We believe our people drive our business. This event is an ideal opportunity for experienced candidates to learn about career opportunities at FirstEnergy, as well as the competitive compensation, benefits, company-matching 401(k) savings plan and relocation assistance we offer.”

    The job opportunities at FirstEnergy include:

    -- Engineers -- Support a wide variety of Energy Delivery and power plant
       operations.  Requirements include a degree in electrical engineering,
       mechanical engineering, chemical engineering or nuclear engineering,
       with opportunities available for advanced and entry-level positions.
    -- Distribution Specialist/Field Coordinators -- Develop detailed work
       plans by interpreting engineering drawings, schematics and equipment
       manuals, and help provide assistance with scheduling the labor,
       equipment, materials, and tools needed to complete the work request.
       Requirements include at least three years of work experience with an
       associate's or bachelor's degree in engineering technology (electrical
       preferred), or related discipline.
    -- Business Analysts -- Provide work analysis and data presentation
       support for Risk Management, Energy Delivery and Customer Service,
       Contact Centers, and Rates and Regulatory Affairs departments.
       Requirements include at least two years of work experience plus a
       bachelor's degree in finance, business administration, accounting or
       other equivalent subject.
    -- Electric Transmission System Operators -- Control and help maintain the
       company's high-voltage electric transmission system, including
       transmission substation operations.  Requirements include an
       associate's degree in electrical engineering technology, a similar
       technical degree, or equivalent work experience related to the
       operation of an electric transmission system.
    -- Electric Distribution System Operators -- Provide technical expertise,
       schedule work crews, and operate an outage management system for the
       company's regional electric distribution system.  Requirements include
       an associate's degree in electrical engineering technology or
       equivalent work experience with demonstrated understanding of
       sophisticated computer systems.
    -- Journeymen Lineworkers -- Help maintain the company's electric system
       by inspecting and installing utility poles, wire and equipment, with
       much of the work taking place 40 to 50 feet above the ground on a
       utility pole or in a bucket truck; respond to outage emergencies that
       result from adverse weather and car-pole accidents.  Requirements
       include experience in electrical operations, a Commercial Driver's
       License, and experience operating heavy equipment.

The event also is open to qualified candidates in other areas, including accounting/finance, operations, management, information technology, and customer service. Attendees should bring copies of their resumes as they will have opportunities to meet with company hiring managers. For all available open positions at locations throughout FirstEnergy’s service territory, visit: www.firstenergycorp.com/career_center/open_positions/index.html.

FirstEnergy is a diversified energy company headquartered in Akron, Ohio. Its subsidiaries and affiliates are involved in the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity, as well as energy management and other energy-related services. Its seven electric utility operating companies comprise the nation’s fifth largest investor-owned electric system, based on 4.5 million customers served within a 36,100-square mile area of Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jersey; and its generation subsidiaries control more than 14,000 megawatts of capacity.

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