Career Planning

Consider the career- and family-related benefits and trade-offs of an overseas experience, as well as whether you have what it takes to be successful in such a position.

Search firms and executive recruiters can be powerful allies in a competitive employment environment.This article puts their role in context and provides guidelines on how to work effectively with them.

Follow this engineer's career path as she shares her thoughts on the transitions she has made and how family considerations factored into her career decisions.

The most successful employee-retention programs begin with recruiting and hiring the individual who best matches the position and best fits into the company's culture.

Few situations can be more anxiety-provoking than a job interview. Although the skills required for a successful interview may not come naturally, they can be honed — with practice, introspection, and informed preparation.

Women in the chemical engineering profession are gaining equality -- to varying degrees -- in numbers, salary and worklife environment.

Interviews and references provide insight into what a job candidate has accomplished. Competency assessment helps the employer ascertain how an individual will actually think and behave on the job. <br> <br>

In 2005, the reported median salary of $92,150 is up 3.9% from last year. Chemical engineering salaries are also slightly ahead of their collective engineering peers, and furthermore, starting-salary offers are at an all-time high of $54,256. This...