Consulting Engineer, Jan/Feb 2000 Dr. Norman R. Ball
When I talked to professional engineers about the challenges facing Canadian engineering in the 21st century, every single one mentioned survival....
changes for companies in the last two decades will make it harder to have good people find you and stick with you.
First, successive waves of recession, downsizing and outsourcing have turned the employer career into a historical relic. Smart, computer-savvy engineers now have more career options. Technology also makes it easier for small engineering firms to compete effectively with large firms, or for engineers to take their skills out of engineering altogether. ...Holtforster believes ambitious young engineers should start with a big company, "learn a bit, and get the hell out." Many of the students I talk to intend to follow that advice. This means more problems for engineering companies who might want to keep good engineers.
A fickle employer attitude has created a generation of fickle graduates who see no future in an uncertain job market.
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Received on Mon Apr 26 21:38:00 2004
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