Category: Skill

Winning Strategies to Land that Great Engineering Job

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Getting a perfect job is something every professional is looking for. But there are some hurdles you need to take care of before you get hired by the employer. To get the job that fits you perfectly, you need to get through all the structural hurdles to prove your suitability for the desired job. Therefore, it requires a carefully crafted strategy that reflects your strengths for the position sweeping aside all the obstacles.

  1. Crafting the Resume

Preparing a tailor-made resume for the position you are applying for is necessary. Your resume should clearly mention all your skills, experiences, accomplishments, and education that perfectly align to the job posting. It is best to rank and rearrange the job-relevant skills and experience to catch attention from the recruiters.

  1. Passing the Applicant Tracking Software

Most of the engineering firms today use a software tool to filter out a resume for a single job posting. While every tool follows a different set of rules, some guidelines can help you win this game. The primary one is to keep it simple using the standard fonts and avoiding any fancy elements such as colors or pictures. Secondly, format the document clearly and group the relevant information. Also, use clear and common terms to make it readable.

  1. Always Follow-up

This is one of the most overlooked parts of applying for a job. It is best when you go for a follow-up with the recruiters as it denotes an expression of interest from your side. A phone call or a follow-up email sometimes can make them pull your application from the pile.

Apart from the things discussed above, you also need to prepare yourself for face to face meetups. To grab the opportunity, you strive for, research about the company and its goals. It is recommended to use every set of your skills and abilities to maximize your chance of success.

Could Artificially Intelligent – Computers Replace Programmers In The Future?

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Machines and computers already started replacing the human beings since a few decades or even centuries. But behind all these replacements are the programmers who developed such software. Moreover, as the technology is evolving the focus on Artificial Intelligence has also evolved. The emergence of such technology has automated a lot of work streams, snatching the jobs of many people. However, there is a constant doubt if the artificial intelligence will replace the programmer in the future.

What is A.I.?

As known, the Artificial Intelligence is a very much advanced form of technology. Moreover, the name itself suggests, the technology tends to work like a human being with the sense of its own judgment. Right now the artificial intelligence is in the development stage and are not as strong and expected. A strong A.I. has the smartness and the capability of an adult human being.

Currently, the major companies owning the weak A.I systems are following the strategy to combine the weak A.I systems to make them look strong.

Will A.I. Replace Programmers?

The developing nature of A.I. has puzzled the programmers about their replacement in the near future. The answer to the question is “yes.” Eventually, the artificial intelligence will replace the programmers in the future. However, by the time A.I. replaces the programmers, the society will get acquainted with such societal change. Some of the examples,

  • Self-driving cars will replace the paid drivers.
  • Telemarketers will be replaced by automated robot-calls.
  • Automated AI and surveys will replace market research analysts.

The industry for programming robots is going to be huge in the future. In fact, it is already a large industry. If a server is considered as an information robot, then the industry for robots is already available. The physical robots are a very big industry today, and the Internet of Things is going to be a massive industry in the near future.

The A.I. replacing the programming is, however, a little far and will take its own time. However, in the near future, the programmers would take help from Artificial Intelligence by using Artificial Intelligence code to improve the programming efficiency. It is very good at helping the programming and will replace the programmers at a point where Artificial Intelligence is very strong.

TECHNOLOGY WILL CHANGE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE

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The rapid pace at which technology is developing is something that the world has never seen. This exponential growth of technology brings a threat of extinction to the traditional employment.  Moreover, the business that does not keep up with this pace will experience huge disruptions.

FIVE MILLION JOBS WILL GET WIPED OUT

World Economic Forum (WEF) in its report, “The Future of Jobs”, forecasted that technology will snatch away more than 7 million jobs and will provide approximately       2 million jobs. The report urged the governments of various countries to prepare the workforce of their nation to accommodate with the changing future. If the work force is not prepared for the change, it will lead to unemployment and inequality. Additionally, there has always been an argument about the effect of technological change on developing and under-developed countries. In the globalized economy, the companies prefer to invest in advanced economies. Such decision will affect the job opportunities of the developing countries. For example, the demand for assembly work in developing and under-developed countries would reduce if the robots take over their jobs in the high-income countries. For sustainable development, the technological investment should be in-line with the United Nation Sustainable Development Goals.

With the favorable economy, automation will first target the jobs that are non-skilled and that lack human contribution.  For example, robots will replace the workers cutting keys in a hardware store. Another example is software replacing the clerks in a law office to prepare discovery.

EMPLOYMENT IN AUTOMATION

A survey from Economic Modeling  Specialists International and Career Builder revealed that many employers were replaced with automation. But 68% of the surveyed companies mentioned that the adoption of automation resulted in new positions.    Another 35% said that automation created more jobs prior to its adoption.          As a result, if one hand of technology shows the fear of taking away jobs, the other hand provides some assurance of providing new jobs.

EMPLOYMENT IN ENGINEERING FIELD

The growth of technology is expected to increase the jobs in the field of engineering and architecture. New employment opportunities for approximately 67,200 new jobs in the U.S. alone is expected in the following fields,

  • Architectural Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Petroleum Engineering

The growth of Computer Aided Designing (CAD) has also become a demanded skill in the architectural and engineering industry. Additionally, the trends in CAD predict that its demand will keep growing the upcoming years. The main reason behind this demand is the shift of companies from traditional design to CAD.

What is Industry 4.0?

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Industry 4.0 relates with the fourth industrial revolution. After, industry 1.0 which refers to mechanization, 2.0 to mass production, and 3.0 to automation, now enter “Internet of Things and Services” is becoming an integral part of manufacturing. Industry 4.0 has the capability to create multiple growth opportunities and competitive advantages for the business locations. According to experts, the companies will experience an increase in productivity by 30 percent using Industry 4.0.

Social Machines

In industry 4.0, intelligent machines will allow sharing of information just like online social networks. The arrival of industry 4.0 has made production more flexible and efficient. Moreover, these social machines communicate directly with all the IT systems enabling uninterrupted flow of information within the company.

Global Facilities

Talking about the production arena, it is a place where machines share data with each other and connect to supplier & customer systems. Therefore, if the supplier cannot deliver the product, the technology works to analyze the capacity utilization and automatically places an order with them.

However, the human effort still plays a critical role in the production process. The augmented operators can control and monitor within the production network. IT-based assistance systems can extend functions of a real factory.

Smart Products

Every smart product holds information about product status and operating conditions. The data is stored within Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) chips, which provides a virtual copy of each smart product. RFID enables collecting and updating of product information throughout the life of the product as per the requirement, making them smart. These smart products are aware of its type and can tell machines of what shape it needs and or the right color for it.

Virtual Production

Corresponding to the real production arena, the smart factories will have the digital twin for same products and resources. The system makes way for engineers to control and monitor production in real time remotely. Therefore, the digital copy allows virtual simulation throughout the production processes.

The benefits of Industry 4.0 model will outweigh concerns related to production. Health and safety of human workers can be improved, and supply chain can be controlled during manufacturing and delivery process. The results for Industry 4.0 model could be increased profit, market revenue, and market share.

Meet the Indian Teen and his Invention, Kalamsat – Smallest Satellite for NASA

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India again broke a global space record by launching world’s lightest satellite weighing 64 grams, called Kalamsat, developed by 18-year-old Tamil Nadu student Rifath Sharook and his team.

Named after former Indian President, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Azad, Kalamsat was the only Indian payload in the mission. A NASA sounding rocket flew the tiny satellite, and the lift-off was from the space agency’s Wallop Island around 3 PM (IST).

In conversation with Mission Director, Srimathy Kesan, she said that the total flight time of Rocket was 240 minutes and Kalamsat got separated from the rocket in 125 minutes after lift-off. While learning about the satellite’s post-launch, we also came to know that it fell into the sea. After recovering, NASA will send it back to the team for decoding the data.

Specification of the “Tiny Satellite”

  • It can be held in one’s palm as it is 3.8cm cube.
  • The structure is 3D printed with reinforced carbon fiber polymer.
  • It is equipped with a nano Geiger-Muller for measuring radiations in the space.

The incredible achievement makes us believe that Space is not unreachable and has no boundaries, therefore, let us all do research and conquer the Mars soon.