Shepherd Engineering Search is recruiting engineers for multiple positions on behalf of J-U-B Engineers, Inc. J-U-B is unique with their strategic decision to put people and clients ahead of profits. This is captured in their Strategic Plan Purpose statement, “Helping Each Other Create Better Communities”. J-U-B’s mission is to help employees [...]
Structural engineers are an integral part of our communities and cities, in uncovering our history as well as building our futures. The structural engineers of today get to discover first-hand what it must be like to pop inside the workplace of a Charles Dickens or Elizabeth Gaskell novel, appreciating the [...]
Perhaps the most significant part of building a business is at the very beginning of the journey. Many CEOs remember the Eureka! moment when their grand idea was born. The next step is making a 5-10-year business plan or vision for the new business. How many businesses changed dramatically from [...]
For many of us, winters are challenging. Days are shorter and nights longer. Some leave for work in the dark, and come home in the dark, no wonder why we feel down. While there are many tips out there on how to brighten up your winter, we chose to share [...]
Have you ever been late to a meeting? Hailed a cab and someone jumped in before you? Or missed a bus? The sands of time wait for nobody to catch up. Imagine trying to meet a deadline on a global scale. According to the latest UN report, there will be [...]
Identifying and hiring skilled talent is always a challenge, it is even tougher when unemployment is at a record low of 3.8%. In this candidate-driven market, the competition is even fiercer to identify suitable candidates. Hiring managers everywhere are asking themselves the same question “Is there an untapped candidate pool [...]
Why an innovational culture is an essential ingredient for a successful business... To me, innovation describes solutions or products daring to break accepted boundaries, or to take a voyage into unknown market territories. If you were to do a survey of people from different demographics, there would not be one [...]
Imagine your local doctor giving you a “serum for corporate success.” Your doctor says this magic serum will ensure your business success. So… you wake up in the morning take a spoonful and wait for something to happen. Before you know it, you start realizing results. You feel much calmer; [...]
The Engineer: A new brand of Superhero made for our times As an old comic book collector, I loved Jeff Link’s article comparing the narrative of the superhero comic to the prevailing uncertainties of our time. For me, superheroes have been saving the world since the arrival, inception, or concept [...]
The working year is a marathon of thrills, coffee spills, and tales of some successes and failures. The hardest part of any marathon is nearing the finish line where your muscles tend to ache the most. As a fan of Star Trek, I always loved Scotty the Engineer. For me, [...]
