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Sizzling Summer Savings On The Job Board
Enjoy 15 percent savings when you purchase a Three-pack or Ten-pack of postings on the ACEC Job Board. Just use the promo code PLAN15 at checkout. Three-packs include six months of resume database access and Ten-packs include a full year of access.
Now you can save money and reach thousands of candidates. The Job Board is a member of the Engineering & Science Career Network. Your job posting will appear on ACEC’s Job Board and 15 other industry job sites—all for one low price.
With over 700 posted A/E/C industry jobs and more than 9,000 candidate resumes, the ACEC Job Board’s advanced search feature produces effective results for both job seekers and employers.
Reach your target audience quickly and effectively with the ACEC Job Board and the Engineering and Science Career Network.
For more information, contact Nina Goldman at 202-682-4325 or write ngoldman@acec.org.
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Over 750 Searchable Jobs Posted
Over 9,200 Searchable Resumes Posted
Over 1,800 Registered Employers |
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Last Five "Help Wanted" Open Positions:
Civil Engineer, Water Resources—Twin Falls, ID
Mechanical Engineer—Walled Lake, MI
Plumbing Systems Engineering—Minneapolis, MN
Environmental Group Manager—Albuquerque, NM
Project Designer, Electrical Engineering—Lynnwood, WA
Principal Bridge Engineer—Washington, DC
A Sampling of Posted Resumes:
Geotechnical Engineers—966
Water Resources/Wastewater Engineers—1,494
Transportation—1,327
Civil Engineers—2,228
Structural Engineers—1,498
Environmental Engineers—1,379
View These and Other Resumes and Jobs on ACEC's Job Board
www.acec.org/jobbank |
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Beat The Dog Days Of Summer With These Leadership Titles
The Lead Dog Has the Best View: Leading Your Project Team to Success
Gordon Culp, Anne Smith
The Lead Dog Has the Best View provides a person-centered, results-driven approach to project leadership not found elsewhere. It includes a Leadership Assessment Tool that you can use to provide feedback on your leadership skills, both by others and yourself. You’ll then learn how to combine this feedback with an understanding of behavioral preferences to improve your leadership effectiveness.
Click here to order.
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Leadership When the Heat is On: 24 Lessons in High-Performance Management
Danny Cox with John Hoover
This quick-hitting, hands-on rulebook is chock-full of hard-won advice and action steps for keeping your cool under pressure and inspiring incredible performance from your team.
Click here to order.
Visit the ACEC Bookstore now at http://store.acec.org to view our full catalog of publications and merchandise!
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Register Ahead for Online Seminars; Get a Head Start on PDHs
August
12—E-Signatures, E-Seals, E-Mail & Electronic Drawing Exchange: Legal and Practical Tips to Protect Your Designs and Data by Michelle Kantor, McDonald Hopkins
19—Negotiating Better Engineering Contracts: A Win-Win Situation by Gary Bates, Roenker Bates Group
20—Proven Strategies for Enhancing Performance by Deb Bright, Bright Enterprises
26—Additional Services Fee Recovery Training by Tom Gramza, Bromin Solutions, Inc.
September
2—Leverage Your A/E Human Resources for Competitive Advantage by John Geddie, Martin-Simonds Associates, Inc.
3—Contracts, Coverage and Jury Interpretation: A Peek Behind the Insurance Curtain by Albert J. Rabasca, XL Insurance
10—Calculating Carbon Footprints—Potential Business for Engineering Companies by Mark VanSoestbergen, International Carbon Bank and Exchange
11—An Inside View of the Programs and Funding of Rural Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture by Ben Shuman, Senior Environmental Engineer
17—Strategic Planning for Your Company’s Next 'Bus Drivers' by Greg Churchman, Churchman Consulting
18—Getting Deals Done in Today's Market by Colvin Matheson, Matheson Financial Advisors, Inc.
23—Shortage of Engineers: There is No Quick Engineering Fix by Jack Jolls, John D. Jolls and Company
24—Effective Project Planning to Improve Profits by Gary Bates, Roenker Bates Group
Click here for an up-to-date listing of topics you won’t want to miss, and bookmark our Calendar of Fall '08 ACEC Online Seminars to visit often.
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| Register Now For Upcoming ACEC 2008 Fall Conference in Montreal
FOX News political analyst Morton Kondracke |
Enjoy one of North America’s most exciting travel destinations at the upcoming ACEC Fall Conference, October 19-22, 2008, in Montreal, Canada.
The lineup of speakers includes legendary explorer Robert Ballard and noted FOX News political analyst Morton Kondracke.
The Conference, titled “Sustainability in the Built Environment,” features educational sessions focusing on many critical aspects of business practice. |
Legendary explorer Robert Ballard |
The internationally renowned Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel in downtown Montreal is the Conference site. Attendees are encouraged to register early as the ACEC room block is filling up fast.
If you don’t have a current passport, go to www.travel.state.gov/passport for further information.
Click here for more Conference information, or contact meetings@acec.org or call 202-347-7474.
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| ACEC Calls On Senate To Embrace All Energy Options To Curb Price Rises
ACEC President Dave Raymond urged the Senate this week to adopt a comprehensive approach to addressing rising energy prices, including expanded production of oil and gas as well as renewable sources.
The Senate is in the midst of a debate over energy policy and ACEC, along with several business organizations, is promoting an approach that uses all domestic energy sources instead of choosing among them.
“Only a broad gauge solution will adequately address the problem,” said Raymond. In addition to expanding oil, gas, nuclear, coal, and renewable energy sources, ACEC is also calling on Congress to focus attention on energy efficiency and conservation, modernizing the nation’s energy infrastructure, and supporting research, development and deployment of new technologies and practices. Click here to view ACEC’s letter.
With energy policy increasingly becoming a major campaign issue in the upcoming presidential contest, it remains unclear whether Congress will resolve the debate between proponents of oil and gas drilling and those supporting more emphasis on renewable sources and conservation before the end of the year.
Raymond is stressing the need for both. “No single energy source alone can provide a satisfactory solution for America’s energy needs,” adding that while “we cannot drill, mine, or farm our way to energy sufficiency...no combination to the exclusion of others will suffice.”
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| ACEC Advocates Infrastructure Investment To Stimulate Economy
David Oates, chairman of ACEC’s Transportation Committee, delivering testimony last week on the economic benefits of transportation and other infrastructure improvement projects to the House Small Business Committee. |
David Oates, president of Oates Associates and chairman of ACEC’s Transportation Committee, testified last week before the House Small Business Committee that infrastructure spending should be included in the anticipated second economic stimulus package.
“Additional spending on infrastructure will foster immediate job creation, but it is also important to appreciate the long-term benefits to our national economic competitiveness,” Oates told the members of the House committee.
“A safe and efficient transportation network is critical to economic growth—it reduces travel time and increases reliability, thus lowering costs and leading to greater economic productivity for businesses and ease of mobility for travelers.”
Oates further outlined the implications of continued inadequate funding, including safety risks, worsening congestion, and higher maintenance and repair costs.
Click here for a copy of Oates’s complete testimony.
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| Call For “Green Educational Facilities” For Engineering Inc.
ACEC will highlight four member firms and their “Green Educational Facility” projects in the November/December 2008 issue of Engineering Inc.
If your firm currently is involved with innovations for educational facilities in the areas of sustainable design, energy efficiency or environmental quality, and you think your project may be of interest to Engineering Inc. readers, ACEC would like to hear from you. The project can be in process or recently completed.
To submit a project for consideration, please e-mail the following information to Engineering Inc. Staff Editor Andrea Keeney, at akeeney@acec.org by Friday, August 22:
- Project name and location;
- Brief project overview, including any unique aspects; and
- Name, title and phone number of the Member Firm executive who will be interviewed for the project profile.
If your project is selected, you will be contacted by an Engineering Inc. representative. Further information is available by contacting Andrea Keeney at akeeney@acec.org or 202-347-7474.
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| ACEC Business Insurance Trust Introduces New Auto And Home Program
The ACEC Business Insurance Trust (BIT) has introduced a new program for eligible Member Firms and their employees to get comparative quotes on auto and home insurance from four of the nation’s largest insurers: MetLife Auto & Home®, Liberty Mutual, Safeco® Insurance, and Travelers.
BIT’s new “Choice Auto and Home Program” provides group discounts of up to 15 percent, as well as additional individual savings. Multiple payment options such as automatic bank account deduction and credit card billing are available. Participants paying their monthly premiums through automatic bank account deduction receive a 5 percent discount.
Participants can also compare a wide range of other policies through the program: renters, boat, condo, mobile home, recreational vehicle, fire, and personal excess liability (“umbrella”).
For quotes and to learn how to make this program available to employees, call 1-800-557-5086 or visit www.acecbit.com.
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Business of Design Consulting Offers Functional Management Expertise For Better Bottom Line
The Business of Design Consulting
September 24-27, San Antonio, Texas
A perennially popular ACEC course for COOs, CFOs, executives, business administrators, principals and managers at all levels, The Business of Design Consulting is an intensive cutting-edge presentation by leading industry practitioners and business experts.
The four-day course will be presented September 24-27, in San Antonio, TX. The custom-tailored curriculum focuses on eight key areas in the A/E work environment: leadership, human resources, contracts, risk management, information technology, finance, business management and marketing.
Participants earn up to 28 PDHs.
Click here for details on agenda and faculty and to register.
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Understand Conflict Resolution, Negotiate Better Contracts, Improve Earnings
Negotiating Better Engineering Contracts: A Win-Win Situation
Tuesday, August 19, 1:30-3 p.m.
In the online seminar Negotiating Better Engineering Contracts: A Win-Win Situation, Gary Bates, Roenker Bates Group, shares the insights “necessary to recognize different techniques others use to negotiate, learn which skills are required to be an effective negotiator, practice the methods for conducting an effective negotiation session,” and more.
Earn 1.5 PDHs. Click here for details and to register.
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Create New Workplace Practices—Online Seminar Offers Study Insights
Proven Strategies for Enhancing Performance
Wednesday, August 20, 1:30-3 p.m.
Since 2003, Dr. Deb Bright and her research team have conducted the Strategies for Enhancing Performance Study. In this customized online seminar—Proven Strategies for Enhancing Performance—Dr. Bright presents findings about the “most effective performance control practices utilized in the workplace to enhance performance while mitigating the negative effects of stress.”
Click here for details and to register.
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