Anne Shaw

This time last year, a group of 130 teenagers on the Leidos-sponsored Lightning Robotics team joined forces with three other teams to win the St. Louis branch of the FIRST® Robotics World Championship. The annual competition sees several thousand teams of high school students from around the world compete against each other on special playing fields using robots they design, build and program. There are so many teams in fact — more than 3,300 from more than 30 countries in 2017 — that FIRST (...

Quiana Smith, chief of staff for Leidos Intelligence Group President Roy Stevens, will be a spotlight speaker during our Leidos Career and Collaboration Event on Jan. 31. Quiana will join us to talk about how diverse perspectives power collaboration, how to establish mentor relationships, and more.

We spoke with Quiana about her career path and how being open to new challenges has shaped her journey.

Yasemin Ipek Blanton, a Turkish immigrant and working mother of a 16-year-old daughter and a 12-year-old son, has spent 20 successful and fulfilling years in the tech field. Currently serving as BMO’s Head of U.S. Technology Delivery, she sees tech as the ultimate enabler.

Want a fulfilling career that you love? Fostering your own professional network is one way to get closer. Building connections with people who align with your values can help you achieve your goals – and give you the opportunity to help people in return.

The bottom line: It may take time, but there are many benefits to growing your network. Even if you’re worried that it won’t come

Having spent 15 years in talent acquisition, Mary coaches recruiters to hire talented people who are excited by and aligned with BMO’s strategy and vision. Here, she offers guidance on how job candidates can identify and use transferable skills to reach their career goals.

Whether due to emerging technologies, evolving industries, or changing personal interests, many people are making exciting career transitions and taking their career in a new direction. You might be surprised to learn that ...

As the finance and business operations senior manager for the NAS Integration Support Contract (NISC) Division, Jonida manages a portfolio of 350 projects on a contract that spans ten years. In this role, she supervises a team of 23 financial analysts and works with the Division's program manager to lead more than 1,300 Leidos personnel, including 400 subcontractors, across every U.S. state and territory. Underlying her ability to manage such a large group of people is her understanding of diversity's value and how it can boost efforts to collaborate.

“Since early in my career, I knew I wanted to save enough capital to build an investment management firm that cared about client outcomes, invested for the long haul and fostered a motivating workplace culture where people wanted to stay,” Ryan says, noting that from a young age he had learned the lesson that investing wisely can compound your wealth — and that he’d wanted to be an entrepreneur like his parents. “And I’ve realized that this dream already exists at Ruggaard & Associates."

Sometimes an outside perspective can shake things up to expose lurking issues and reveal a sustainable solution. That’s what happened for Integrity Staffing Solutions, now a 5-time Best of Staffing Client Satisfaction winner.

John Alvarez's almost 24 years of military service—11 in the Navy and 13 in the Air Force—stemmed from his love of country. Both his grandmothers and parents escaped communist Cuba in the late 1950s, followed later by his grandfather and uncle. Thanks to his grandparents' courage, John's dad, mom, uncles, and aunts could live the American dream.

While his dad worked as an industrial engineer, several uncles chose to serve in the U.S. military, giving back to the nation to which they'd escaped...

Making a great hiring decision starts with good interview questions, whether the candidate is remote or in-person. And after the Great Reshuffle, it’s even more essential to prepare before interviewing a candidate. When the job market tipped heavily in favor of job seekers in the early 2020s, many people saw an opportunity to change careers. As a result, many job candidates today come with more varied resumés than you may have seen in years past. That makes interviews especially important ...

As a small business owner, you likely had to contend with the pandemic’s effects on supply chain logjams and increased turnover. Now, you’re also facing historic inflation—and so are your employees. How can you take care of both your business and your workers when costs have risen so sharply? While considering this question, remember the adage, “You get what you pay for.” It may prove especially true in a tight labor market when other employers could gladly pay your best people more...

Throughout his trying rehab appointments, Philip’s physical therapy team was impressed with his hard work and positive attitude. He partially credits his employer’s and colleagues’ expectation of a good outcome with his ability to stay laser-focused on his goals.

Several days after suffering with what he had thought was a bad case of the flu, Philip was rushed to the hospital. It turned out that he had developed ...

Everyone looks at retirement differently. Some people want to retire early, while others can't imagine leaving their careers, no matter their age. Since we can never know our future—or how we'll feel in the future—it's best to be prepared. As you save for retirement, regularly assess the age you plan to retire and the lifestyle you hope to maintain.
Retirement Savings Goals by Age—and How to Reach Them