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“Job security is always there. But job quality is not.” This was the top answer by a Structural Engineer when asked about the job market. They're absolutely right. I cannot think of a better time in history to be a structural engineer. If someone disagrees with me, please let me know in the comments. 👇 Salaries are up. Demand for work is up. And virtually every firm is hiring. If you don’t like your job, just answer one of the 50 DMs in your inbox from Engineering Recruiters (it’s cool if you want to start with mine first 🤣 ). So what do you do if you're a manager at a firm that needs engineers? Here would be my playbook: 1) 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 -- Salaries, benefits, career growth, education, mentorship, company culture, etc). -- Finding replacements now is harder than ever and will take longer than you think. 2) 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲’𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 (𝐰𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞, 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬, 𝐞𝐭𝐜.) -- More than ever candidates are looking to socials to help them answer what it is like to work there. 3) 𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 -- Recruiters, network, website, referrals. -- Always be networking. 4) 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧’𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 -- Interns often become future employees. They may also refer other engineers to you. 5) 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 -- What remedial tasks can be taken away from your engineers so they can spend more time on important projects? What am I forgetting? Would love to hear your thoughts in the comments.
