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How Much Margin Do You Have? | Guy Harris: The Recovering Engineer

The Recovering Engineer

To explain what I mean, I’ll lean on my background as an engineer. In my engineering design classes, I learned about the concept of design or safety margin — a factor built into design calculations to allow for minor errors, miscalculations, under estimations, and other variables that are difficult to accurately determine.

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The Rise of Salary Transparency: How Employers are Attracting Talent in a Tight Labor Market

HR Digest

Roles in industrial engineering, chemical engineering, banking, and finance have the lowest salary visibility in job postings, advertising pay in fewer than a third of posted jobs. Interestingly, STEM industries have seen the most significant increase in salary disclosure, but they still lag overall.

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Management Tip Audio Interview with Nick McCormick

The Recovering Engineer

I do, though, have an audio interview that I recently did with Nick McCormick over at Joe and Wanda on Management. This is a brief (about 10 minute) conversation Nick and I had around one management tip that I offered for his podcast listeners. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience. Click here to cancel reply.

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Why Employee Training is Key to Keeping Your Business Secure

Strategy Driven

The worst part is that most attacks are engineered to target employees and not the network itself. Managed IT services like Data Cube Systems can help you implement security measures. They might not know of the risks associated with working with certain chemical agents.

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Fond Farewells: Remembering Bill Latzko, Tom Nolan, and Bill Ratcliff

Deming Institute

A chemical engineer by training, Dr. Latzko spent most of his career in quality control as a manager, consultant, and educator. A Fellow of the American Society for Quality Control and certified quality engineer, he published multiple books and more than 20 papers on management quality. Latzko, Ph.D. 1928 – 2018).

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

Whited previously served as chief marketing officer for UP, led the Chemicals business, and also previously ran the railroad’s National Customer Service Center. Shook has created the engine known for attracting, developing and retaining great talent who enjoy Accenture’s collaborative, innovative, and highly diverse culture.

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Pipe Bending Across the Industries: 6 Practical Applications

Strategy Driven

Small and precise radius bends are the order of the day, and heavy-duty truck designers tend to use heavier, more difficult-to-bend piping materials like 409 or 304 stainless steel to manufacture fuel lines, engine tubes structural components, and custom fabrications.

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