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American Jobs: The Skills Gap and Immigration
- September 19, 2023
- Posted by: Dan Trudeau
- Category: Immigration & H-1B visa, Job Market Update
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American Jobs: The Skills Gap and Immigration The United States workforce is shrinking, and is expected to get worse. It stems from a demographic issue: the number of people aging out of the job market is much larger than the number aging into it. Thanks to a steep decline in the birth rate over the
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3 Reasons for a Power Electronics Career
- March 13, 2023
- Posted by: Dan Trudeau
- Category: Power Electronics
3 Reasons for a Power Electronics Career I’ve spent 25 years recruiting engineers, and have been on a hunt for power electronics engineers for a majority of that time. The engineers I place work on everything from cars to phones, computers, lighting systems, air conditioners, battery packs, charging systems, or any other product with electrons
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Bringing Big Tech Talent to Automotive – 2 Hurdles
- February 10, 2023
- Posted by: Dan Trudeau
- Category: Career Advice
Bringing Big Tech Talent to Automotive – 2 Hurdles When I first started as a recruiter, back in the late 90s, I had a hard time convincing engineers to work in the automotive sector. I remember pitching developing airbag controls to embedded software engineers, who told me they’d rather work in a more exciting industry.
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Top 5 Reasons Engineers Leave – Embedded Software/Hardware Jobs Edition
- November 7, 2022
- Posted by: Dan Trudeau
- Category: Engineering Job Market
Top 5 Reasons Engineers Leave – Embedded Software/Hardware Jobs Edition While The Great Resignation no longer dominates headlines, even the best employers struggle with retention. Those with Embedded Software/Hardware jobs are no exception. With so many great openings on the job market, being a good employer is no guarantee of keeping top people. So, what
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Embedded Engineering and the Unemployment Rate
- September 22, 2022
- Posted by: Dan Trudeau
- Category: Engineering Job Market
Embedded Engineering and the Unemployment Rate The unemployment rate is a key indicator for economic health, including for the Electronics and Embedded Software Engineer job market. While independent agencies have calculated it since the 1930s, the government didn’t begin tracking it until the 1950s. There’s a lot of disagreement on the number’s implications, but it’s
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Embedded Software Engineers and H-1B Visa
- July 29, 2022
- Posted by: Dan Trudeau
- Category: Embedded Jobs & Careers
Embedded Software Engineers and H-1B Visa Like all professionals in the United States tech market, many embedded software engineers work in the United States via the H1B visa. While the government doesn’t often release H1B numbers (they last did it in 2019), anyone who works in the field knows how pervasive they are. Numerous visa
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The Ultimate Guide to Automotive Embedded Jobs
- April 28, 2022
- Posted by: Dan Trudeau
- Category: Career Advice, Job Market Update
The Ultimate Guide to Automotive Embedded Jobs In my earliest days recruiting for automotive embedded jobs (around 1998-2000) I had a hard time finding engineers interested in the field. The industry still had a “rust belt” image they found unappealing. Ten years later, coming out of The Great Recession, I was getting a multitude of
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3 Keys to a Successful Embedded Software Engineer Career
- April 8, 2022
- Posted by: Dan Trudeau
- Category: Embedded Jobs & Careers
3 Keys to a Successful Embedded Software Engineer Career Embedded software engineer is the driving force behind the world’s most important new technologies. Those in the field can point to some of the most exciting technology in the world (autonomous cars, robotic surgery, smart grids, etc.) and say, “I did that”. That said, much of
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Four Trends for Engineering Job Market in 2022
- March 31, 2022
- Posted by: Dan Trudeau
- Category: Engineering Job Market
Four Trends for Engineering Jobs Market in 2022 Another crazy, unpredictable year is coming to a close. The engineering jobs market is going full steam again, giving job seekers more options than ever before. On the employer side, the candidate shortage makes finding good people an even greater challenge. 2022 is sure to throw some
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In Hiring, Speed is of the Essence
- March 31, 2022
- Posted by: Dan Trudeau
- Category: Hiring Advice
In Hiring, Speed is of the Essence Potential job seekers are feeling more comfortable with the direction of the economy. It goes to reason those who have been in “survival mode” will start looking for new positions. While this creates a window of opportunity, recruiting teams will need to move fast to take advantage of