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Resume Tips for Technology Professionals

Posted on 29. Jul, 2005 by Bill.

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 way to [...]

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In Search Of IT Talent

Posted on 28. Jul, 2005 by Bill.

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 a $2.2 [...]

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Posted on 27. Jul, 2005 by Bill.

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 managers often [...]

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In Search Of IT Talent

Posted on 26. Jul, 2005 by Bill.

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 a $2.2 [...]

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Hard-hit professionals working `survival jobs’ years after layoffs

Posted on 26. Jul, 2005 by Bill.

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 human-resources executive [...]

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Job Search Websites: A User’s Guide

Posted on 26. Jul, 2005 by Bill.

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 can [...]

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Be prepared if job future is uncertain

Posted on 25. Jul, 2005 by Bill.

Be prepared if job future is uncertain
Alan Dages lost his banking job in the early 1990s when every other middle manager also seemed to be receiving a pink slip.
With few banking prospects on the horizon, the former assistant vice president in international trade finance accepted a carpentry job with a friend. He also took on [...]

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Older workers adjust to taking orders from younger bosses

Posted on 24. Jul, 2005 by Bill.

Older workers adjust to taking orders from younger bosses
As vice president of a general contracting company, Fletcher Burton isn’t shy about telling workers what to do.
But the 27-year-old says that giving direction to employees old enough to be his father can be awkward. About one-third of the experienced journeyman carpenters, equipment operators, drywall experts and [...]

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The ABCs Of Negotiating

Posted on 24. Jul, 2005 by Bill.

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. Whether you’re [...]

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Armed for a winning interview

Posted on 23. Jul, 2005 by Bill.

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 with a [...]

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