Recruiting and Retaining Engineering Talent: Attract, Hire, and Retain Your Most Valuable Asset

Pat Havard; Mark Vieaux; Cynthia Keck

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Recruiting and Retaining Engineering Talent: Attract, Hire, and Retain Your Most Valuable Asset

Abstract

It's no secret that the water & wastewater industry struggles with filling key engineering positions in a timely manner. The shortage of qualified engineering talent has become a pressing issue nationwide in the US, affecting municipalities, public utilities, privately-owned utilities and private consulting firms alike. While much discussion has already taken place regarding the similar staffing issues that the utilities themselves face, widely acknowledged to be a coming crisis, the engineering & planning side of our industry also needs to open a dialog addressing what can be done to confront this challenge.

It's no secret that the water & wastewater industry struggles with filling key engineering positions in a timely manner. The shortage of qualified engineering talent has become a pressing issue nationwide in the US, affecting municipalities, public utilities, privately-owned utilities and private consulting firms alike. While much discussion has already taken place regarding the similar...

Author(s)

Pat HavardMark VieauxCynthia Keck

SourceProceedings of the Water Environment Federation

SubjectSession 90: Getting 'Em and Keeping 'Em – Best Practices in Recruitment and Retention

Document typeConference Paper

PublisherWater Environment Federation

Print publication date Oct, 2007

ISSN1938-6478

SICI1938-6478(20071001)2007:11L.7291;1-

DOI10.2175/193864707787223646

Volume / Issue2007 / 11

Content sourceWEFTEC