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- Money Magazine's 20 top jobs include three from IT
- CNNmoney.com released its top 20 jobs based on research provided by Money Magazine and Salary.com. Three of the jobs are IT-related. Here they are and why they rated "top job" status:Information Technology Generalist--According to the report, this position is "the gateway to more advanced IT jobs." It seemed strange to...
- Blog posts 2007-06-28
- Love (gone bad) in the office
- We spend more than a third of our lives in the office so it's not surprising that office romances are common. I know quite a few people, in fact, who met their future spouses at the office. Those are the happy endings. But for every one of those, there are...
- Blog posts 2007-06-26
- As yourself these tough questions in job search
- I found something other day called The Tough Questions Blog. The blog is geared toward, "Business owners, executives, entrepreneurs, and anyone who has anything at all to do with sales, marketing, customer service, or product development - no matter the size of the company."The blog's author, Adam Brucker, Founder and...
- Blog posts 2007-06-22
- Pavlov's dog and the hypnotherapist
- OK, now I've heard it all. I do a lot of web surfing to find articles and ideas for professional and personal self-improvement that I can pass along to you. Sometimes I'll run across an idea that strikes me as pretty cool. But other times I come across something like...
- Blog posts 2007-06-20
- Letters of recommendation can give you an edge if done right
- A positive letter of recommendation can go a long way toward advancing your career. Having someone else tell a prospective employer what a talented person you are can bring a lot of weight to your job candidacy. It's also freeing if you're a modest sort of person who isn't comfortable...
- Blog posts 2007-06-14
- How to be the new employee
- Â When I first came to work at TechRepublic, I had a lot of years of IT publishing experience under my belt. The woman who hired me was excited by that and thought I could bring a great deal of insight into the operations at TechRepublic.For the first four or five...
- Blog posts 2007-06-12
- Career blog now View from the Cubicle
- Do clueless end-users and cutthroat co-workers make your work life a walking festival of hell? Or maybe you've acheived a Zen state and could help your fellow TechRepublic members with your advice. Either way, this is the place to be. The View from the Cubicle blog, formerly the Career blog,...
- Blog posts 2007-06-08
- Real-life resume blunders
- How bad of a mistake can you make on your resume? Here are some reallife examples from Dribbleglass.com: I am very detail-oreinted. My intensity and focus are at inordinately high levels, and my ability to complete projects on time is unspeakable. Thank you for your consideration. Hope to hear from you shorty! Enclosed is...
- Blog posts 2007-06-06
- Strategic alignment: Use it for your career too
- I think most people in IT have heard the term "strategic alignment" more times than they can count. Pundits are crawling out from under rocks everywhere to stress how important it is for IT to align itself with corporate business goals. Strategic alignment helps clarify and chart an organization's direction...
- Blog posts 2007-05-30
- What is a behavioral interview and how can I ace it?
- In traditional interviews, you are asked what your strengths and weaknesses are, what skills you bring to the table, etc. In a behavioral interview, the interviewer wants you to tell her HOW you've demonstrated those capabilties in your career. An interviewer wants to see how you actually handled a specific...
- Blog posts 2007-05-23
- Lessons of the quiet leader
- Because I had a strange weekend (and because I'm kind of weird anyway) I'm feeling kind of philosophical today. For one thing, my dad was named as Honorary Mayor of the community that I hail from and it made him furious. Let me explain. I'm from a small section of...
- Blog posts 2007-05-21
- The moral of the story...
- At the site RF Cafe, I found some pretty funny "Corporate Lessons." Here's one: A turkey was chatting with a bull. "I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree," sighed the turkey, but I haven't got the energy." "Well, why don't you nibble on...
- Blog posts 2007-05-18
- Successful negotiations - 7 easy steps
- Whether you covet a new job, a raise, a business deal, a new car, some new bling, or need to rectify a problem with a loved one, the ability to play ‘deal maker’ is your secret weapon to achieving the result you want. In my opinion, one of the greatest...
- Blog posts 2007-05-17
- Should you accept a management position?
- I recently came across a work forum for engineering professionals. One of the members was weighing the decision of whether to accept a management position in his company. His fear is that his performance as a manager would depend on other people rather than just himself as it currently is....
- Blog posts 2007-05-17
- Site offers tricks for getting an interview
- So I came across this site (HowtoWriteAResume.org, no less) that boasts some tricks for getting past the resume stage and getting your foot in the interviewers door. Most of the tips refer to those who are sending out paper resumes -- choose a color other than white or beige for...
- Blog posts 2007-05-14
- Shyness hurting your career? Here's some help
- If youre an introverted person, IT is not a bad field to be in. But sometimes if, for example, youd like to move into management, you might wish you were more comfortable with social interaction. You can always bone up on your technology skills, but is it possible to overcome...
- Blog posts 2007-05-11
- Team Building exercises -- Are they too contrived to work?
- verywhere you look, you see articles and books that claim to have the secret of effective corporate team building. In fact, consultants have carved out an entire industry deveoted to the subject. Ive been on both sides of this issue -- Ive been on a team and Ive managed a...
- Blog posts 2007-05-07
- Essential career links for IT professionals
- Looking for a job is a job in itself. Its only the first step to develop the skills that you need in your line of work. Then you have to know where to look for a job and what to do to develop contacts that will help you get your...
- Blog posts 2007-05-03
- Are you prepared to be googled?
- According to a survey conducted by CareerBuilder, one in four managers used search engines to screen job candidates, and more than a third have eliminated a candidate based on the information they found. This data could give you pause if youre a MySpacer who has some less-than-savory information on your...
- Blog posts 2007-04-30
- 4 outdated ideas. Or maybe not.
- Here are a few things to "noodle" today:1. Does it really matter if a leader has a strong sense of integrity?In a study done by Fast Company magazine last year, 1665 respondents were asked about the importance of ethics in company leaders in todays business climate.The good news: 95% of...
- Blog posts 2007-04-26
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