Engineering Career and Job Hunting Advice for November 2016

Performance review time has never been one of my favorite parts of career management. Fortunately, my reviews have always been pretty good so there never really has been any trepidation involved, but just the hassle is more than I cared to endure. Most of the managers I've had over the years were pretty good at streamlining the process, but a couple liked to have underlings write their own reviews and the meet to negotiate / arbitrate / compromise on a final version. Those reviews I really didn't care for. Performance reviews often tend to come at the end of the calendar year, so this first advice story might be of use to some of you in RF Cafe land.

• Getting Through Your Year-End Job Performance Review, Alison Green, U.S. News & World Report
• Where The Tech Jobs Are in Europe - Engineers Needed, Ron Schneiderman, IEEE JobSite
• Sure Signs You're Being Overworked as a Manager, Dominique Rodgers, Monster
• Questions to Ask Yourself Before Quitting Your Perfectly Good Job, Geoff Blades, The Muse
• Syncing LinkedIn with Your Resume for Optimal Impact, Lisa Rangel, The Savvy Intern
• Writing a Cover Letter from a Job Description, Caileen Kehayas
• Hiring Mistakes That Taught Me How to Recruit, Liz Ryan, Forbes
• Retaining Top Talent: Things Employees Value More Than Money, Katy Tynan
• Workplace Negotiating Tips for Women, Jen Hubley Luckwaldt, PayScale

Posted November 28, 2016