BY GERRY DONOHUE Career Reboot I DOMINIC BUGATTO CDM SMITH LAUNCHES INNOVATIVE PROGRAM TO REHIRE MIDCAREER PROFESSIONALS WHO HAVE TAKEN LEAVE FROM THE INDUSTRY n the summer of 2018, CDM Smith Chairman and CEO Tim Wall lamented to one of his board members about the difficulty of finding and hiring top talent. Though this is a common problem discussed in many engineering firm board meetings, the board member's response still caught him by surprise. "She said there is a huge talent pool of midcareer people out there that the industry was not tapping," says Wall. "Professionals who have taken a break from the industry for various reasons, maybe to raise a family, help with elderly family members, or just to try something else. She suggested that we develop a program to bring them back in." SPRING 2020 ENGINEERING INC. 31