Kansas City Earns a Top Ranking Among Other Metro Areas for Jobs
When it comes to metro areas rich in employment opportunities, Kansas City has long been one of the best-kept secrets in the country. That’s about to change, however: a national contract recruiting firm for the engineering industry just named Kansas City the fourth best metro area in which to find a job in 2017. There […]
The Percentage of Women in the Engineering Workforce is Steadily Growing
Women’s participation in engineering and other STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields has been historically low, a reality that has been widely attributed to the influence of gender stereotyping in the educational and workforce domains. That being said, recent years have witnessed a substantial uptick in the number of women studying and working in […]
Construction Sector Employment Sees Largest Increase Since December 2008
The United States construction sector, like every industry, has seen its ups and downs, with jobs—and thus employment rates—routinely vacillating in accord with the up- and downswings of the national economy. The good news is that in the past year alone national construction employment rates have seen a 3% growth overall, while between October and […]
Kansas and Missouri Universities are Graduating Top Engineers
It is perhaps no surprise that Kansas and Missouri are home to some of the top engineers in the United States. After all, Kansas State University, University of Kansas, and Wichita State University—the top three engineering schools in the state—offer students a combined 87 engineering programs. Next door in Missouri, Missouri University of Science and […]
KC Recruiting Companies Offer Valuable Help During Periods of Rapid Growth
Witnessing your business enter into a stage of rapid growth can be equal parts exhilarating and terrifying. After all, as thrilling as it is to see your business become a success, adjusting to the increased workload and hiring demands that routinely accompany swift, sudden growth has the potential to overwhelm an already resource-taxed fledgling endeavor. […]
Kansas City’s Reputation for Fostering Engineering Excellence
Kansas City is home to some of the oldest and highest-ranked engineering firms in the country, as well as to some of the best and brightest in industry talent. In 2015 the respected trade publication Engineering News-Record ranked local firms HNTB, Burns & McDonnell, and Black & Veatch among the top twenty firms in the […]
Hiring a Contract Recruiting Firm Reduces the Cost to Your Recruiting
At first glance, the cost of adding new talent to your engineering firm may seem minimal. Advertising fees notwithstanding, it would appear as though the hiring process, overseen by an established HR department, requires very little in the way of financial investment. But this couldn’t be further from the truth. Hiring is a multi-step process, […]
Five Things You’ll Love About Working with an Engineering and Manufacturing Recruiter
Looking for a job can be a pretty intimidating proposition. First you’ve got to find the right opening that matches your skills and education, then there’s the interview process. If and when you find a job, there will probably be contract negotiations to contend with—and that’s all before you even show up for your first […]
The State of Engineering Jobs Demand in America
Even with the unemployment rate in America at a six-year low, engineering jobs are still in high demand all over the country, and with many top engineering jobs currently filled by an aging population, a potential skills gap crisis may be looming on the horizon. That spells a lot of opportunity for engineering job seekers, […]