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Toni has been in the publishing industry for 20 years, with concentration in IT-related topics. She has edited newsletters, books, and web sites pertaining to software, hardware, and IT management issues.- more about Toni Bowers »
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- 10 obscure Word tricks that can expedite common chores
- Buried within Word are lots of cool tricks that not too many users have discovered. These are small things--shortcuts that, in some cases, may not look much more efficient than pulling down a menu and heading for the dialog box you need. But if you perform a certain task a...
- Tags: Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2007-03-23
- IT jobs way up there on Dept. of Labor's most growing occupations
- The U.S. Department of Labor published a table showing the fastest growing occupations for the years 2004-2014.I thought it was pretty interesting that out of the thirty job areas they listed, 1/3 of most are IT related and all are located in the top half of the list. Most of...
- Tags: information technology
- Blog posts 2007-02-27
- Not quite ready for Vista? Try these Windows XP resources
- It seems that all the world is talking about Windows Vista. Its essential to know about the new OS, but in reality, most IT organizations are a ways off from upgrading and are still concerned with managing the OS they already have--Windows XP. Here are some great resources for those...
- Tags: Uncategorized, Windows Xp, Support, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Blog posts 2007-02-20
- What jobs are hot for 2007
- According to a recent study by T placement agency Robert Half International Consulting, the hottest jobs for 2007 lie in the Networking arena. The agencys national poll includes responses from more than 1,400 CIOs from a stratified random sample of U.S. companies with 100 or more employees. Next in line...
- Tags: agency, Career, Career Development, job, Personal Development, Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2007-02-20
- Hiring managers not always impressed with high IQ
- Youve no doubt seen the avalanche of articles that make a direct correlation between career success and good people skills. That may seem a little incongruent with IT folks who often join the field because of their attraction to, and flair with, technical gadgets and computing systems rather than communication...
- Tags: Career, Communication, emotion, emotional intelligence, Hiring, Interviews, Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2007-01-08
- January and February best time to look for job
- If one of your new years resolutions is to get out from under your spirit-crushing job, you may have some help. An article on monster.com quotes Scott Testa, chief operating officer of Mindbridge Software in Norristown, Pennsylvania, as saying that January and February are big months for hiring. (As are...
- Tags: Career, Interviews, job, Job Satisfaction, Personal Development, toni bowers, Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2007-01-02
- On the topic of Christmas toys--In defense of Barbie
- I think Christmas time always makes us think about our childhood and the year we finally got that bicycle we wanted or finally got the old man to cave on a Red Ryder BB Gun. I think its the memory of those longed-for toys that make us, as adults and...
- Tags: Barbie, Barbie Doll, Career, Humor, toni bowers, Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2006-12-20
- Respect your staff and they'll respect you
- Everyone wants to please his boss. Most effective IT managers want to please their bosses because pleasing their bosses means meeting business objectives. And thats always a good thing. However, its very important that managers dont strive to please their bosses at the expense of their teams. I once reported...
- Tags: Job Satisfaction, Leadership, Boss, Communication, Career, Uncategorized, team
- Blog posts 2006-12-19
- Is your work commute a stressor for you?
- I read somewhere that these are the top ten life stressors:1. Death of spouse2. Divorce3. Marital separation4. Jail term5. Death of a close family member6. Personal injury or illness7. Marriage8. Fired at work9. Marital reconciliation10. RetirementWhile I would agree with all of these, I would also add my own--the daily...
- Tags: telecommuting, Marital
- Blog posts 2006-12-12
- Is business doomed by the Me Generation?
- So many of todays workers have been programmed through whatever reasons, be it from boss intimidation or from raw ambition, to succeed personally no matter what the cost. Everyone is out to shine his own star, to maneuver the spotlight toward himself. The reasoning is, if they can make their...
- Tags: Business Success, Career Development, Communication, Company Culture, Leadership, Morale, renewal, Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2006-12-06
- Firing of IT workers over security leak is upheld
- It seems the firings of two IT workers at Ohio University last August has been upheld. Tom Reid, former director of communication network services, and Todd Acheson, former UNIX systems manager, were fired after security breaches exposed 173,000 files containing Social Security numbers, names, medical records and home addresses.The two...
- Tags: Discipline, Firing, IT worker, Office Politics, publishing gal, security, Todd Acheson, toni bowers, Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2006-11-30
- Happy birthday, e-mail!
- Id like to take this opportunity to wish e-mail a happy 35th birthday. I dont know about you, but I dont know how I ever lived without it. Seriously. My mind is so used to communicating by e-mail that I want to use it in every facet of my life....
- Tags: e-mail
- Blog posts 2006-11-28
- Performance review--how to "market" yourself
- Ive never been comfortable with performance reviews. Ive always had fairly positive reviews, so its not that Ive been subject to harsh criticism. Theres just something about sitting there under the microscope that just makes me anxious. Also, I dont like being in the position of "Marketer of Myself." I...
- Tags: Performance management, Ive, contribution, performance
- Blog posts 2006-11-14
- The self-fulfilling prophesy: "It won't do any good"
- Some of my newest friends would never believe me when I say this, but up into my early '20s I was painfully shy. I'm not sure what happened, maybe just life experience, but I have grown out of it. I don't think I’m too aggressive or talk so much that...
- Tags: Boss, Career, Career Development, Communication, Job Satisfaction, Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2006-10-31
- Freakish resume makes the rounds of Wall Street
- By now you've probably heard about Aleksey Vayner, the Yale student who made himself a laughingstock in Wall Street by sending an 11-page resume and a video to premier global financial services firm USB. The resume/video was then passed around from bank to bank, making investment bankers all over NYC...
- Tags: Aleksey Vayner, Career, Communication, Humor, Job Candidates, Reputation, Uncategorized, video
- Blog posts 2006-10-25
- Pros and cons: When to post a job opening and when to just fill it at will
- Have you ever seen a position filled at your company and thought, "Hey, I would like to have known about that one!" When to post a position and when to just fill one with your choice of personnel is a slippery slope for managers. While regulations for posting open positions...
- Tags: Boss, Career, Company Culture, Employees, Hiring, Interviews, job, Personal Development, Uncategorized
- Blog Posts 2006-10-20
Additional Resources
- Inside TechRepublic with Toni Bowers
- TechRepublic's Head Blogs Editor, Toni Bowers, takes a few minutes out of her busy schedule to participate in the Inside TechRepublic podcast series. Toni fields questions about what her typical day looks like in the office, her history with TechRepublic, her biggest pet peeve, what she does with her...
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Podcasts, Internet, Sonja Thompson
- Blog posts 2008-05-28
- 10 mispronunciations that make you sound stupid
- Right or wrong, people often judge you by the way you pronounce things. Say a word incorrectly and POW -- they've pegged you as a provincial, poorly educated moron. Toni Bowers offers a list of commonly mangled words so you can double-check your own pronunciation. by Toni Bowers
- Tags: Word, Toni Bowers, Ya'll, T, Professional Development, Blogging, TVs, Career, Internet, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment
- Blog posts 2008-07-31
- Got a problem in the workplace?
- Got a dicey situation at work that you're not sure how to handle? If so, throw it out to your peers, and see if they can help you come up with a solution. by Toni Bowers
- Tags: workplace, blog, blogging, recruitment & selection, internet, human resources, workforce management, toni bowers
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- Don't use conversational shortcuts when communicating
- It's a communication no-no to assume that others will know what you're saying without your having to fully explain it. Here's how the experiences of others can shape the way they hear you. by Toni Bowers
- Tags: Plate, Performance Management, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Management, Toni Bowers
- Blog posts 2008-07-11
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