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Resume tips for older job seekers

Did you know that by 2010 one of every three workers will be over 50 years old? You would hope that seasoned folks would be a welcome addition to any staff, but you never know in today's youth-obsessed culture. So what tweaks should you make to your...

Tags: Job, Experience, Extra-long, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Toni Bowers

Blog posts 2008-02-11

Eight ways to strengthen your Cisco networking skills

In the past couple of weeks, I've written a couple of articles about Cisco certification that generated a lot of response from TechRepublic members. The most recent article, "What you need to know about Cisco's CCNA certification," garnered a lot of excellent comments, many of which focused on gaining experience....

Tags: Router, Network, Experience, Cisco Systems Inc., David Davis

Blog posts 2007-10-18

Write a resume that will land you a programming job

I usually read 5 - 20 resumes each week. Both my boss and I are extremely busy, so it's important that a programmer's resume grab our attention quickly by providing the right mix of necessary information with something that makes that person stand out from the pack. I've been...

Tags: Hiring, Job, Developer, Web, Experience, Font, Programming, Recruitment & Selection, C#, Development Tools, Channel Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Marketing, Justin James

Blog posts 2007-10-08

Certs or Experience

I am looking to get some certifications, (all I have is an A+), yet I have hands on of 10 years with rubber bands and band-aids.Do employers look more at your certs or experience , in addition to your personality being company fit.All the calls I seem to get are...

Tags: certification, carlheydman_jr@..., Do Employer, job

Discussion threads 2007-03-05

Experience vs. degree debate to heat up in the future

The landscape for IT professionals has changed much over the last decade. Most new entrants in the field today arrived by way of college degree in Information Science – ready and eager to get their careers started, but noticeably “green” with inexperience. The seasoned pro may...

Tags: Beliefs, Career, Certifications, Comments, Experience, information technology, job

Blog posts 2007-01-15

Are you an IT specialist or an IT generalist?

I have a question for you – how many of you reading this are IT pro specialists or IT pro generalists?  I ask because it’s a question I periodically struggle with, and I still haven’t arrived at a

Tags: Career, Client Server, Enterprise, Experience, generalist, I&rsquo, ve, information technology, It Management

Blog posts 2006-10-24

Usability vs. user experience

I am repeatedly struck between the difference between usability and the user experience. I know, “user experience‿ has been beaten to death by Microsoft for the last five years. You cannot have a good user experience without usability. After all, if the user cannot use your product to accomplish their...

Tags: Experience, User, User Experience, Nothing, Search, Justin James

Blog posts 2006-10-23

I need advice.....

Two years ago I get layoff . After that decided go in an information technology school and get certificate for Network Security Administrator ( MCSA, A+, N+ and S+ certificate).Now after almost 2 months hunting for job,my big problem is basically that

Tags: gemeurope@..., information technology, IT Job

Discussion threads 2006-10-16

Can somebody give me advice.....

Two years ago I get layoff . After that decided go in an information technology school and get certificate for Network Security Administrator ( MCSA, A+, N+ and S+ certificate).Now after almost 2 months hunting for job,my big problem is basically that

Tags: s+, entry level, n+, information technology, gemeurope@..., off-topic, experience, a+, mcsa, e-mail, advice, help, networking, hardware, job, security, career, it management, software, windows, feedback, Computer Sciences Corp., computer

Discussion threads 2006-10-16

I'm graduating soon,how much should I negotiate my salary from my employer?

Hello all, I'm in a similar situation by the discussion posted by "Beachhead":http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-11181-0.html?forumID=6&threadID=198771&start=0I've been working for my employer for about a year a real estate agency in the IT department. At first, I was getting paid $10.00 an hour and 8 months later, my pay was increased to $12.00. I...

Tags: cabling, career, degree, experience, information technology, job, recruiter, salary, windows, YaB

Discussion threads 2006-09-19

Potential Opportunity

A recruiter Joshua Lee pinged me up about a contract job in Virginia. Anyone interested should contact him at jlee@staff-pro.net.Pay is listed at 90/hr, which seems pretty fair for a 6 month contract which is listed to start on 4/10 and you need to have:Experience configuring, testing, and maintaining hardware...

Tags: BFilmFan, career, Cisco Systems Inc., Experience, job opportunity

Discussion threads 2006-04-03

Is age discrimination real in IT?

I had always heard about age discrimination, but never thought it would apply to me until I was in my 50's or 60's. I'm still in my 40's, and think I'm seeing it in my job search. I've got what I think is a pretty impressive resume, but seldom get...

Tags: recruiter, age discrimination, information technology, salary, experience, age, sloan@..., career, job

Discussion threads 2006-02-10

Learn about the next generation of .NET certification

Microsoft's next round of certifications for the release of .NET 2.0 and related tools promises to better gauge an IT pro's experience as well as knowledge. Get advice on how to choose the Microsoft certification path that's right for you. Certification was all the rage when I first embarked...

Tags: Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Corp., Quality, Tony Patton, Application servers, .NET, Middleware, Strategy, certification, knowledge, .NET Newsletter, Developer, Experience, Business Operations

Technical articles 2005-11-22

Do certifications really lead to better jobs?

My opinion is that some do and some don't. Certainly if you reach the top of the cert tree with Microsoft or Cisco for example, you'll find yourself being head hunted by companys.On the other hand here, my experience has taught me that you could have a CCNA, MCP,...

Tags: certification

Discussion threads 2005-08-18

Alice in Wonderland 2.0 (Mobile)

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll tells the story of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit-hole into a world populated by peculiar and fantastic creatures. It is one of the most widely read stories of all time and around the globe. Instead of paging, the BeamItDown iFlow...

Tags: Mobile, Story, Experience, BeamItDown Software, Scrolling Speed

Software downloads 2009-03-25

Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen 2.0 (Mobile)

Read Hans Christian Andersen's original and timeless fairy tales on your iPhone, enjoy them and share them with your loved ones. This is a collection of 132 fairy tales. Instead of paging, the BeamItDown iFlow Reader scrolls text much like a teleprompter. Large, easy to read text scrolls by smoothly...

Tags: Mobile, Experience, BeamItDown Software, Scrolling Speed

Software downloads 2009-03-24

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2.0.1 (Mobile)

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a 1921 short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald and adapted for a 2008 film starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett. Instead of paging, the BeamItDown iFlow Reader scrolls text much like a teleprompter. Large, easy to read text scrolls by smoothly as you...

Tags: Mobile, Experience, BeamItDown Software, Scrolling Speed

Software downloads 2009-04-17

Sherlock Holmes's Adventure of the Speckled Band 2.0 (Mobile)

Sherlock Holmes's Adventure of the Speckled Band is the eighth of the twelve stories collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle thought this was his best Holmes story. Instead of paging, the BeamItDown iFlow Reader scrolls text much like a teleprompter. Large, easy to read text scrolls by smoothly...

Tags: Mobile, Story, Experience, BeamItDown Software, Sherlock Holmes, Scrolling Speed

Software downloads 2009-03-20

Sensible Sudoku (S60 v3) (Mobile)

Sensible Sudoku 2 The most enjoyable Sudoku for Symbian with a pleasant interface, elegant audio and engaging gameplay! Sensible Sudoku includes everything that makes playing Sudoku on a mobile a truly enjoyable experience: pencil marks, hints, undo and auto-save. Play it anytime and anywhere - forget about those limited newspaper...

Tags: Audio, Mobile, Experience, Interface, Ludimate, Sensible Sudoku, Games, Keyboards, Corporate Governance, Advertising & Promotion, Personal Technology, Hardware, Peripherals, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Marketing

Software downloads 2007-01-29

Understanding the Real End-User Experience: A Roadmap to Ensuring Quality Online Service

The only way to be 100 percent sure how many customers are satisfied with their experience of web site is to track the experience of each individual customer. Until recently, however, the type of monitoring tools that were available limited organizations to monitoring the typical, or average, experience. This paper...

Tags: Monitoring, Experience, Compuware Corp.

White papers 2008-10-01