“We interviewed for six months for this position, and then gave this guy six months to prove himself, but he just hasn’t worked out.” a frustrated client explained to me just last week. “Now the head of that team has given her notice, and will be gone in two weeks! It’s just extremely frustrating” she […]
Sixty percent of IT firms expect to see revenues in the second half of 2010 exceed those in the first half, and 37 percent expect to increase hiring, a CompTIA survey says. About one in six IT companies expect revenues in the second half of 2010 to come in higher than in the first six […]
IT is not an island: CIOs reveal the secrets to successful business projects… By Mark Samuels (Cross Posted from silicon.com) ANALYSIS How is it that pure IT projects seem destined to fail, and yet technology is clearly key to business? Mark Samuels canvasses a group CIOs for their views on what barriers there are to […]
Cross Posted from CIO Magazine Everyone has an opinion on what information an IT resume should include and how it should be formatted. Please share yours. Last week I interviewed Shana Westerman, a recruiting manager with IT staffing firm Sapphire Technologies, for an article on IT resumes. She has a fresh perspective on how to […]
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Reposted from CareerAlley "We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology." – Carl Sagan Most (if not all) job searches must leverage technology to be successful these days. Even the "low tech" methods require that you have a resume in Word, pdf […]
Are you wasting your IT Application Support budget? The concept of Lean is based on eliminating waste from a process. Application Maintenance and Support is one of the largest IT costs for an enterprise. Waste from a large project can have significant short-term impacts. Waste in the Application Support area can far exceed project waste […]
Having the guts to go out and make decisions will enhance your career. Back in December of last year I wrote how “Decision Making is Essential to Good Project Management.” I found that there are many articles already written on how to go about making decisions. One of the best of have read was pointed […]
A recruiting manager with an IT staffing firm warns IT professionals to use the resume advice they get from the local employment office, outplacement firms and professional resume writers at their own risk. CIO — Recruiters, professional resume writers and other career experts give out tons of advice on how best to write a resume […]
Job seekers with robust LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter profiles have better access to job opportunities at growing companies than candidates whose job searches don’t include active social networking profiles, according to the results of a new survey. CIO — Jobvite, a maker of recruiting software, released the results of its third-annual social recruiting survey this […]