Engineers are not immune when it comes to experiencing COVID-19’s impact. PWC reported at the end of March that a range of challenges will be presented to the industry, which could deepen, “…depending on the severity and length of the crisis in the US and globally.”...

Do you really achieve flexibility / independence when working as a freelance engineer? That’s the big question, and it’s important because the very reason why you’re choosing your career in the field while working in a freelance capacity is to gain the benefits of...

If you’re still employed, you’re probably having a lot of video conferences right about now. It’s gone from something that happened occasionally to something that has become a daily ritual for a significant percentage of now-housebound office workers. And as this...

It’s important to create a good work-life balance when you’re working as an engineering freelancer, as it is with any profession. But when your working life has been shaped around you maintaining your hours, your schedule and doing what’s best for you, it’s important...

Australia is in the middle of an infrastructure boom, one that is unprecedented in recent times, and according to experts will continue for the next five to 15 years. The current boom is vastly different from projects of yesteryear, which concentrated on social...

In the last few decades the shift to the study electives of business, tourism, hospitality and legal studies meant that enrolments in subjects such as science, technology, engineering and mathematics fell below optimal levels. The growing commercial opportunities of...

The business landscape is changing, and it’s changing fast. Tough competition is forcing businesses to cut costs by any means necessary. One way of doing that is to reduce expenses in personnel costs, which has remarkably contributed to the fast rise of the freelance...

The transition from resource-based economy to more and more innovative, diverse and technology-based one generates a demand for different kinds of knowledge and capabilities than ever before. The know-how needed in the new economy is substantially based on STEM...

We sat down with Khush Jabble, a former successful global engineering headhunter and the founder of KAPZ – a leading custom bicycle parts manufacturing company based in the UK – to talk about the challenges of recruiting engineers for some of the biggest...

In the old days of traditional work models, we were not only discouraged from having second jobs, or working ‘on the side’; in some cases it was forbidden. Helping the enemy was feared and so was, and still is, the misuse of proprietary information. However the...