Resume Tips for Technology Professionals With increasing numbers of job seekers competing for the most desirable technical jobs, your resume needs to be better than the rest to get noticed. Technical Summary Effective technical resumes clearly show the candidate’s technical skills — a hiring manager shouldn’t have to go fishing for this information. An excellent
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In Search Of Talent After years of weakness, there’s reason to be hopeful about tech employment again. The clues? Selective raises, talent raids, and headhunters. With Google and Microsoft fighting over who has the right to employ him, Kai-Fu Lee can officially consider himself a hot commodity. And with Hewlett-Packard’s cost-cutting CEO, Mark Hurd, throwing
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What If They Read Your Resume First? Your cover letter is a perfect opportunity to introduce yourself to hiring managers, dazzle them with your credentials and persuade them to read your resume, right? Sure unless hiring managers never read it. While it’s important that your resume is accompanied by a hard-hitting cover letter, busy hiring
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In Search Of Talent After years of weakness, there’s reason to be hopeful about tech employment again. The clues? Selective raises, talent raids, and headhunters. With Google and Microsoft fighting over who has the right to employ him, Kai-Fu Lee can officially consider himself a hot commodity. And with Hewlett-Packard’s cost-cutting CEO, Mark Hurd, throwing
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Hard-hit professionals working `survival jobs’ years after layoffs William Spolec sips iced tea at a window table in a busy downtown Starbucks. Dressed in slacks and a knit shirt, a brown leather attache case at his feet, he easily could be mistaken for a casually dressed professional taking a late afternoon break. Instead, the veteran
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Job Search Websites A User’s Guide Summary: Learn these three steps to an easier online job search, plus discover four kinds of websites that show you the hidden job market. You spend all day in front of the computer looking at job listings and fine-tuning your resume. But all you get is a headache. How
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The ABCs Of Negotiating If you’re in the middle of negotiations, “non-starter,” “take it or leave it” or “not at that price” shouldn’t be part of your vocabulary. Most universities don’t offer Negotiation 101, and few parents teach their children the nuts and bolts. It’s a learned technique, and picking up the basics isn’t hard.
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Armed for a winning interview Now that the strains of “Pomp and Circumstance” have faded and the mortarboards flung in the air have settled back to earth, a whole new generation of job seekers are entering the workforce to compete for the perfect job that will lay the foundation for their career. Even when equipped
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Want a job? Studies have shown that only about 5 to 10 percent of all new jobs are posted in the classified ads or on the Internet. The other positions are filled by word of mouth. So whether you’re looking for a new job or changing to a new career, networking is a vital tool
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The Background-Check Challenge Outsourcers protect themselves from identity theft by finding out all they can about employees, but gathering information can be challenging When the British tabloid the Sun blared the headline “Your Life For Sale” a couple of weeks ago, the most shocking detail likely was a photo of a reporter and an alleged
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Looking for career moves? Focus on networking Studies have shown that only about 5-10% of all new jobs are posted in the classified ads or on the Internet. The other positions are filled by word of mouth. So whether you’re looking for a new job or changing to a new career, networking is a vital
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How To Pass A Technical Job Interview With Flying Colors Once again recruiters are hungry and polite, but this doesn’t mean you can easily get a new job. I’d like to share with you some rules and techniques that can increase your interview success rate. The process of getting a job consists of three separate
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A Four-Step Strategy for Changing Careers Is a more meaningful job or a new career in your sights this year? It’s unrealistic to expect a role you may have once loved to remain a perfect match. When your position becomes unsatisfying, it’s time to make your New Year’s resolutions a reality. Many executives and professionals
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