TechRepublic Resources
- TR Out Loud - May 9, 2008
- If you haven't gotten wind of the most recent news, you won't want to miss this episode of TR Out Loud. Sure, you'll still hear all the staples, as well -- top five discussions, sweet biscuits, ShhhIT list, and Question of the Week -- at least for the next week....
- Tags: Professional Development, Help Desk, Podcasts, Call Centers, Career, It Operations, Internet, Sonja Thompson
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- Pulling the curtain back
- I have been asked on occasion "what is the worst thing about being a CIO or Director?" My answer is that there is no one "worst thing" and for the most part, at least for me, there are more good days than bad days. But there has been...
- Tags: Ladder, Smoke, Organization, Professional Development, Tools & Techniques, Leadership, Career, Management, Ramon Padilla
- Blog posts 2008-05-11
- Job loss scare brings out the suck-ups
- As I've mentioned before, I worked alongside several other middle managers at a former company. We were generally cooperative with each other, armed with the knowledge that we all had the same goal -- to make the company successful. And we were successful. About five years into...
- Tags: Job, Professional Development, Recruitment & Selection, Team Management, Career, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management, Toni Bowers
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- An emerging career no one knows about
- I was reading a piece on Yahoo's Education today that talked about some new career paths that no one's ever heard of. While most were not directly connected to technology, one was: Nursing Informatics. The article pointed out that, ironically, hospitals are way behind...
- Tags: Patient, Health Care, Professional Development, Healthcare, Career, Toni Bowers
- Blog posts 2008-04-24
- Video: Five signs you aren't cut out to be a CIO
- Welcome to the first episode of TechRepublic's new weekly video show, Sanity Savers for IT Executives. This show will provide actionable tips for CIOs, IT directors, and other senior IT leaders to help them become more effective leaders, make good technology decisions, align IT and business goals, and better manage...
- Tags: Information Technology, Video, Chief Information Officer, Professional Development, Strategy, Corporate Communications, Leadership, Career, Management, Marketing, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- 8 tips for creating your personal brand
- Remember back in the old days when deciding what color paper to put your resume on was the one of the most challenging tasks in your job search? The good news is that there are now 4,126 zillion new tools for getting the word out on your...
- Tags: Job, Brand, LinkedIn, Web Site, Gunn, Professional Development, Public Relations, Web Site Development, Recruitment & Selection, Career, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Internet, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Toni Bowers
- Blog posts 2008-04-22
- Interview with technology and science writer Annalee Newitz
- TechRepublic Out Loud has been a wonderful platform to highlight the TR community and happenings on the site. I'd now like to branch out a bit and include information and interviews with some uber cool people who are also involved in IT. They might not be members of TechRepublic (yet),...
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Technology, Annalee Newitz, Nanotechnology, Podcasts, Wiki, Professional Development, Strategy, Emerging Technologies, Internet, Online Communications, Career, Management, Sonja Thompson
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- Getting fired can be OK
- Many of my clients came to me because they were in danger of getting "taken out." Some came directly, paying for a coach themselves. In other situations, a company who wanted a coach to help save one of their teams retained me. In most cases, if the...
- Tags: Job, Severance Package, Recruitment & Selection, Professional Development, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Career, John McKee
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- Is there no career opportunity for the Help Desk pro?
- In a piece published today on Computerworld, Thomas Hoffman writes that people look at the career opportunities for Help Desk pros two ways: One, that the Help Desk is a dead-end job and two, that it is a perfect opportunity to see how a company works and flex your people...
- Tags: Help Desk, Call Centers, Professional Development, It Operations, Career, Toni Bowers
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- The three stages of a tech career
- Stage one - You don't know much You are in awe of all the other techs. You make a lot of dumb mistakes. You feel like you are swamped all the time. You have to read a lot before you dare try anything for...
- Tags: Tech, Corporate Governance, Professional Development, Benefits, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Career, Human Resources, Tim Malone
- Blog posts 2008-04-22
- Maintaining Talent for Market Leadership - How Wells Fargo Keeps Top IT Performers on Board and Moving Ahead
- Wells Fargo is a 150-year-old financial services giant that is ranked #1 in multiple categories, from small business and agricultural lending to online financial services, insurance sales, and home equity lending. Like many large organizations, Wells Fargo develops top performers through one of two career development paths. An employee may...
- Tags: Talent, Leadership, Wells Fargo & Co., Information Technology, Board, Brainbench, Professional Development, Financial Planning, Workforce Management, Strategy, Financial Services, Career, Finance, Human Resources, Management
- Case studies
- Certification at Pennsylvania High School Equates to Academic, Community, and Career Success
- When Michael Balik earned the first Microsoft Office Specialist certification at Perkiomen Valley High School, business education teachers Jean Ann DePietropaolo and Hayden Cochran didn't know they were starting a trend. But over the succeeding four school years, hundreds of students have taken these teachers elective courses and earned certification...
- Tags: Pennsylvania, Certification, Professional Development, Quality, Career, Business Operations
- Case studies
- SAS Certification Drives Productivity and Job Satisfaction at U.K. Motoring and Travel Organisation, the AA
- In most countries career opportunities for gifted mathematicians are limited: teaching or research. By contrast, the Centre for Business Mathematics and Informatics of North-West University in Potchefstroom, South Africa can offer its students a range of exciting opportunities in the world of business. Business Mathematics and Informatics (BMI) is a...
- Tags: Job, Certification, SAS Institute, Training, Professional Development, Career
- Case studies
- Certification Opens New Windows of Opportunity for Linda Gregoire, Including Career Advancement, a Substantial Raise, and Bonus
- When international law firm Pillsbury Winthrop LLP opened a word processing supervisor position, Linda Gregoire jumped at the chance to advance her word processing career. After a successful interview, Gregoire was offered the position on the condition that she complete Microsoft Office certifications for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Already an...
- Tags: Word-processing, Certification, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Career Advancement, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Word Processors, Quality, Professional Development, Office Suites, Software, Business Operations, Career
- Case studies
- MCT Success Story: Patrick Birch
- Microsoft certification has been very good for Patrick Birch's career, as the Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD), Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA), and project manager for Macro Enterprises is quick to acknowledge. Birch not only became an MCSD, he became the first MCSD in the Houston branch of his then-employer,...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Professional Development, Quality, Career, Business Operations
- Case studies
- Adobe Systems Case Study: University of Nevada, Reno
- University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) is one of eight institutions within the university and community college system of Nevada. In preparing students for 21st-century careers, UNR embraced the importance of digital communications skills and hands-on learning. Faculty at the College of Business Administration (COBA) and the Reynolds School of Journalism...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Macromedia Inc., Nevada, Professional Development, Career
- Case studies
- Health Insurance Provider Increases Employee Satisfaction, Retention Through e-Learning
- WellPoint is a health insurance company that owns Blue Cross and/or Blue Shield plans in 13 states, as well as HealthLink and UniCare. It serves more than 28 million medical members and 80 million specialty members nationwide. The company needed to increase associate satisfaction and first-year employee retention through focused,...
- Tags: Career Development, Health Insurance, Blue Cross Blue Shield, E-learning, Health Care, SkillSoft, WellPoint, Professional Development, Benefits, Healthcare, Insurance, Vertical Industries, Career, Human Resources, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies
- A Vision for Success One Student at a Time: A Case Study
- In partnership with HP, the Vancouver School District in Washington State has developed a vision for a digitally connected community that supports families. This partnership is utilizing technology to bring people and resources together in ways that foster lifelong learning and personal growth in a safe, healthy environment. Core components...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Vision, Business Structures, Professional Development, Strategy, Finance, Career, Management
- Case studies
- Making Connections to the Real World of Information Technology
- At John Dewey High School in Brooklyn, New York they have created a variety of career-related institutes, and the Computer Science program is just the latest one. It has been specifically created to fit in with the IT career opportunities that have been identified by that industry. An article in...
- Tags: Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer, Professional Development, Productivity, Career
- Case studies
- HP ProCurve Networking Case Study: Tampa Bay Workforce Alliance
- Serving Florida's Tampa/Hillsborough County area, the Tampa Bay Workforce Alliance (TBWA) works in conjunction with state government, businesses, educational institutions and the community to develop and maintain a quality workforce to meet the continually evolving needs of the county while enhancing economic development. While career centers provide valuable services to...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., HP ProCurve, Workforce, Professional Development, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Utility Computing, Career, Human Resources
- Case studies
