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What the HEE..eeck is Twitter Good For? Find SolidWorks Jobs… and more.

11 May, 2009 by Josh Mings in CULTURE
3D Human CAD Models

Are you tired of people going on about Twitter? Well, it’s not going to ends anytime soon with talk about them being bought out and the value their search provides. One outfit, TwitterJobSearch.com, is bringing value to people, even those that don’t use Twitter, by compiling all the data about jobs on Twitter.

What’s even cooler is that they’re looking at context, so it’s not people talking about certain jobs, it’s actual available posted position possibility.

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How to Crank Your Visibility on LinkedIn with a Little Dab o’ SEO

07 May, 2009 by Josh Mings in CULTURE


Nice. Just look at that. Your LinkedIn profile looks sizzlin’ with all that professional info, a nice smiling photo of your mug and a catchy headline. However, you just lost out on a dream job to that anal guy that knows a little about ‘web obtimization’ – ARRRGH! How did he do it?, you think.

It’s actually really, really easy. You can very quickly maximize your visibility in Google’s search engine result pages (SERP’s) and in the LinkedIn search results using a little bit o’ keyword optimization in your LinkedIn Profile.Plus, you can probably do it before everyone else finds out about this. Here’s why and most importantly how.

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Smack Your Senses: the SolidWorks Engineering Stimulus Package

07 Apr, 2009 by Josh Mings in CAD

Look out unemployed and soon-to-be-unemployed engineers and designers… SolidWorks has gone and done the nearly unimaginable… free software.

For a limited time, they are offering a free trial download of SolidWorks 2009 to stimulate the corpuscles out of your ever-loving, unemployeed facial pores. And although your excitement may instantly look like a bad case of rosacea, the visible joy could very well turn into SolidWorks skills you’ve never known. Check it out.
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5 Successful Practices for… EVERYONE IN THE ENTIRE WORLD

26 Mar, 2009 by Josh Mings in CULTURE

Strap an unnecessary amount of shiny metal objects to your clothing and take a swig of intensity. We’re about to step inside the realm of very vague advice… and then totally slam it with the most practical information your fingers have ever bleed scrapping to get a hold of.

Out of all the practices in the world what could be the best, most successful ones? Turns out, it’s 5. exactly 5. not 4 or 6, but 5. Did ya ever think it would only be that many? Here’s what’s going on.

Bradford Waugh wrote a very relevant article over at Product Design Hub today called 5 Successful Practices For New Grads. Good stuff, but it failed to give some details I think you definitely need to know.

Not just for new grads
And get this, it’s not just for new grads. As a matter of fact, it’s probably even more relevant for people getting laid-off, looking for work or preparing themselves to just be dang, freakin’ cool.

So, were gonna take Brad’s 5 practices and shed a little more light on ‘em. Let’s do this.
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Ask the Reader: What Would You Do if You Got Laid-Off?

25 Mar, 2009 by Josh Mings in CULTURE, RESOURCES

If you’ve taken a look outside your cubicle lately you’ve probably noticed that the sky has not only fallen for many engineers, but has also nearly imploded due to the increasing supply of talent. What to do.

It’s really easy to get down about this even if you still have a job, but it’s also a good time to explore some options. This may be a little late for some, but perhaps we can shoot some ideas out to people who have gotten the axe with little time to spare.

So what are your ideas? your suggestions? for those who have or are just about to get the ol’ Sayonara?

Photograph by Anna Knott (Model: Keith Gallagher)