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Hiring new people: Choosing between skills and attitude

Hiring the right person for a job is one of the most critical decisions a CIO makes. A bad hiring decision can take years to correct. What should you value more: skills or attitude? Scott Lowe believes that, to a point, attitude trumps skill. by Scott Lowe

Tags: Hiring, Job, Skill, Attitude, Scott Lowe, Candidate 2, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Blog posts 2008-06-30

Resume tips for those just starting out

Yesterday I talked about how to take the fluff out of your resume if you're an experienced IT pro. Today we'll talk about what to include in your resume if you're just starting out in the work world. Since you're just starting out, odds are you'll be...

Tags: Skill, Blogging, Recruitment & Selection, Internet, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Toni Bowers

Blog posts 2008-06-03

Don't expect these five high-tech skills to bring you more money

If pay rate for a skill is any indication of its value, there are some IT skills that look to be well on their way to extinction. A recent piece from Network World listed the five high-tech skills that don't command the pay that they once did: ...

Tags: Skill, Help Desk, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Call Centers, Strategy, Middleware, It Operations, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Toni Bowers

Blog posts 2008-05-07

How out of date are your IT skills?

The longer your career as an IT professional, the more things you learn. Unfortunately, because the IT field changes so rapidly, many of the things you learn become obsolete. What do you do with all of those old useless skills? How about collect em all and...

Tags: Skill, Information Technology, Modems, Word Processors, Wiki, Professional Development, Strategy, Hardware, Components, Software, Online Communications, Career, Management, John Sheesley

Blog posts 2008-04-21

Improve critical skills through gaming

I have written numerous times in my blogs about critical skills that managers need to be successful and to enhance their careers see Soft skills in a hard world. In these blogs I often talk about obtaining these skills through traditional methods such as studying and practicing. While...

Tags: Skill, Vocabulary, Games, Personal Technology, Ramon Padilla

Blog posts 2008-02-09

Are IT skills less important than interpersonal skills?

Are your dev guys good at communicating the needs of the organization? Do your engineers make sure that any changes they implement don't negatively affect other teams? If you answered yes to both of these questions, then you should consider your business fortunate, because a recent survey says interpersonal and...

Tags: Skill, Information Technology, Strategy, Management, Sonja Thompson

Blog posts 2007-12-17

Getting certified: Is it really necessary?

If you have been working in IT for a number of years, it is quite possible that your skills exceed your paper qualifications. Often we take certification long after we have learned and deployed the skills, so why do we bother? Certifications are extremely expensive and time-consuming and there...

Tags: Certification, Skill, N+, Quality, Business Operations, Jeff Dray

Blog posts 2007-11-03

Skill sets and company size

I am seeing a growing gap between the technology used by mega corporations and by small/medium/large companies. The latest evidence of this is Port 80's recent survey showing Microsoft IIS in complete domination of the Fortune 1000's public Web sites. My initial reaction was to be...

Tags: Job, Skill, Environment, Apache Software Foundation, Server, Microsoft IIS Server, F/OSS, Recruitment & Selection, Open Source, Operating Systems, Servers, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Software, Hardware, Justin James

Blog posts 2006-10-16

Process skills most important to successful project managers

Is it more important for a project manager to have good people skills, process skills, or be a subject matter expert? Tom Mochal gives his opinion. I often get asked whether it is better for a project manager to have good people skills, process skills, or be a...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Tom Mochal, project management, process skill, Project Management Newsletter, Skill, Project Manager, It Operations, It service Management, Management

Technical articles 2005-12-05

Non-Tech Tech Assistant (HELP!)

I work for a Unionized plant. Several years ago a pleaded for some help (1 man shop - on a corporate networkWAN, over 100 Desktops, Several Local Database aplications mostly proprietary and some home-grown, Over 150+ users (now about 300+ users), Telephoney Admin as well. The company gave...

Tags: Senior Program Analyst

Discussion threads 2005-08-30

Go Game Skill of Endgame for Pocket PC 2002 1.1 (Mobile)

Here you can find many go game endgame problems for you. You will find that by practicing them, your skill will be improved quickly. You will become more sensitive to those important positions and you will master many skills of endgame.

Tags: Skill, Mobile, Pocket PC 2002, Gogameonline.com, Pocket PC, Games, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Hardware, Personal Technology, Software

Software downloads 2006-05-17

SkySkrapers 1.1 (Mobile)

SkySkrapers is a challenging board game where you pit your skills against three other players to build the most SkySkrapers. Points are awarded for owning skrapers, for the tallest skraper, and for owning the city blocks that hold the skrapers. Watch out! In addition to building skrapers, you can take...

Tags: Skill, Mobile, Player, Board, Summer Grand Software, SkySkrapers, Points, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law

Software downloads 2005-09-08

Go Game Skill of Endgame for Symbian UIQ 1.1 (Mobile)

Here you can find many go game endgame problems for you. You will find that by practicing them, your skill will be improved quickly. You will become more sensitive to those important positions and you will master many skills of endgame.

Tags: Skill, Mobile, Symbian Inc., Gogameonline.com, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2006-05-17

DDD Pool 1.2 (Windows)

DDD Pool is a pool simulation with cutting-edge 3D graphics, realistic physics, and comfortable gameplay, guaranteeing many hours of fun and pleasure. Play eight-ball and nine-ball in challenge and practice modes. Choose among three detailed rooms: cozy, neon, and white. You can play with your friends or against the computer....

Tags: Skill, Microsoft Windows, Mode, Computer, Paprikari, DDD Pool, Productivity

Software downloads 2005-02-23

Go Game Skill of Endgame for Pocket PC (ARM) 1.1 (Mobile)

Here you can find many go game endgame problems for you. You will find that by practicing them, your skill will be improved quickly. You will become more sensitive to those important positions and you will master many skills of endgame.

Tags: Skill, ARM, Mobile, PC, Gogameonline.com, Pocket PC, Games, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Hardware, Personal Technology, Software

Software downloads 2006-05-25

CPR Drill 1.0 (Mobile)

This free program will keep your CPR skills sharp. You are presented with a scenario and must decide what to do next.

Tags: Skill, Scenario, Mobile, ScienceOnTheGo, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2002-05-22

Mysterious Palantir 1.0 (Windows)

Mysterious Palantir combines arcade elements with a bit of strategy. There are nine rather different games packed into it, and three skill levels for each one. A fancy playing field shape gives you a great chance to excersize your pool skills. One more nice thing - the two-player modes were...

Tags: Skill, Absolutist, Games, Microsoft Windows, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2002-07-11

KidsMath 1.0 (Mobile)

A brain teaser to build your kids addition, subtraction, division and multiplication skills. Play KidsMath anytime and anywhere you want. More...

Tags: Skill, Mobile, Division, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2004-06-08

CrappyRPG 0.9 (Mobile)

Tap an enemy to attack, you will see its health bar go down, when it gets to zero it will disappear and you will get some xp experience points. When the xp bar fills, you will level up, press the stats page. For each level you get one stat point...

Tags: Skill, Mobile, Apple iTunes, Meerkata, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-03-16

Shapium 1.0 (Mobile)

What is the Shapium? Unfortunately, much about the Shapium remains shrouded in mystery. There are only two things known about the Shapium. First, the beings need to escape and second they must not ever touch one another. Everyone who enters the Shapium must remember these two pieces of information. Once...

Tags: Skill, Mobile, MythPeople, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-10-31