Interesting Article - Why Winners Keep Winning

[TodayHello]

For some of the incessant whiners on here,

Protips: http://blogs.hbr.org/kanter/2012/08/...eep-winni.html

[Mark77]

For some of the incessant whiners on here,

Protips: http://blogs.hbr.org/kanter/2012/08/...eep-winni.html

Sounds like an article that business owners and corporate executives should read -- and pay attention to, because they are often responsible for creating the conditions, whether it be all the roadblocks, the low pay, or a toxic environment in the workplace, that stands in the way of their people being winners.

A lot of good people join organizations, only to run into brick walls. The best thing they can do, probably, is to get the heck out, but in this job market, finding a replacement job is often impossible.

[TodayHello]

11. Do not be an engineer

[Mark77]

11. Do not be an engineer

Seriously though, Engineers will have their 'day in the sun'. Someday...

[Truemana]

Seriously though, Engineers will have their 'day in the sun'. Someday...

They are in Germany.

http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/edu...e-of-engineers
http://www.vdi.eu/index.php?id=6552&...ed246ec594d777

[Le Loon]

Seriously though, Engineers will have their 'day in the sun'. Someday...

Meanwhile in Alberta...

[Mark77]

They are in Germany.

http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/edu...e-of-engineers
http://www.vdi.eu/index.php?id=6552&...ed246ec594d777

Typical lies from an industry that doesn't want to pay very much. If 76,400 jobs were really open, they'd be sending their recruiters to Canada to pick up all the unemployed engineers here (and there are tons).

[Truemana]

Typical lies from an industry that doesn't want to pay very much. If 76,400 jobs were really open, they'd be sending their recruiters to Canada to pick up all the unemployed engineers here (and there are tons).

"Lies"

Source?

[flight878]

Ah, I remember that IEEE article. As an avid reader of IEEE publications, I'm also suspect when articles of supposed EE shortages are being touted there; this isn't the first time Spectrum complains about this. Shortages in Germany, Silicon Valley, China, South America, etc. Perhaps "shortage" isn't the right word to use. IEEE Spectrum is the last publication that would cast EE in a negative light, even during the late 2008 and early 2009 issues.

The Berlin-based German Institute for Economic Research („Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung“) disagrees with that assessment of German engineers' shortage. Here is an English version of the original report published by the firm. If you're more curious, Google for more useful German perspectives using keywords "kein mangel an ingenieuren" for viewpoints denying a shortage (remove the word "kein" for opposing view) and use a machine translator to get the gist of the opinions.

Either way Mark77, I don't think those German jobs are for you. You're too much for them. The EEs in prominence over there are dumb power engineers, you know, the ones that studied and work in the bottom-of-the-barrel of electrical engineering--the ones that only need to memorize equations off a textbook and tattoo the power triangle to their buttcheeks. Plus, in most cases, you'd need to learn German and speak it well at a technical level--not easy if you're unilingual. Keep on trucking in your highway of melancholy.

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As for the OP, there are a couple of more suggestions that article is missing, IMO:
11. GTFO of Canada. A vast territory that nurtures mediocrity rather than drive and ambition. A dream attenuator. Especially if your profession has nothing to do with money directly or our suffering of Dutch disease.
12. Embrace failure. A concept that petrifies Canadian entrepreneurs aplenty and results in unnecessary auxiliary consequences--winners diversify, and shun branch plants...

[nauru]

Typical lies from an industry that doesn't want to pay very much. If 76,400 jobs were really open, they'd be sending their recruiters to Canada to pick up all the unemployed engineers here (and there are tons).

And then when the Canadian engineers arrived in Germany they'd languish driving taxis because they graduated from a Canadian university --which would be presumed far inferior to German engineering education-- and/or don't have "German experience".

[Firebot]

Typical lies from an industry that doesn't want to pay very much. If 76,400 jobs were really open, they'd be sending their recruiters to Canada to pick up all the unemployed engineers here (and there are tons).

Or....rather then sitting on your butt complaining about the lack of Canadian engineering jobs and Germany 'lying', you could try looking outside your comfort zone rather then having the world trying to conform to your entitlement beliefs...Then again, why would Germany want to recruit engineers in Canada with seriously deluded and overinflated salary expectations based on the crazy Nortel bubble?

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-0...kers-cars.html

German automakers are looking to counteract the trend by recruiting people outside Germany from growth markets like China and India. They’re also partnering with universities to ensure access to new talent and stepping up in-house training programs to retrain staff on electric-powered vehicles.

http://www.workpermit.com/news/2011-...mmigration.htm

New proposals endorsed by the German cabinet will exempt mechanical and electrical engineers, automobile builders, and medical professionals from rules which allow German firms to hire overseas workers from outside the EU only after they have gone to a great deal of trouble to show that they cannot find suitable candidates who already have the right to work in Germany.

[Firebot]

More fun tidbits from those liars in Germany

http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15915424,00.html

Germany is introducing "Blue Cards" designed to make the immigration process easier for skilled workers. Among other measures, the program rewards immigrants who learn German.

For occupations where Germany is particularly lacking in qualified workers, the salary threshold for a Blue Card is supposed to be just under 35,000 euros. Friedrich stressed the wage requirement is not intended to be an incentive for brining engineers and doctors to Germany, but simply a qualification for getting a Blue Card.

EU regulations require Blue Card holders' wages to be 1.2 to 1.5 times higher than the average salary in the country where the card holders are living.

The new policy allows people looking for work to stay in Germany for up to six months. Those who find a job that meets the minimum salary requirements can remain for three years. If the card holder forms a lasting relationship at a company, he or she can acquire permanent residency. Either way, workers who demonstrate good knowledge of German can extend their stay by two years.

http://www.bundesregierung.de/Conten...fizierter.html

For highly-skilled workers in occupations currently suffering from shortages of skilled labour, the required salary level will be lowered to 34,944 euros. This will apply in particular to engineers, degree holders in the field of information and communications technology and experts with comparable qualifications in this field, and medical doctors.