Career Advice
Building Leadership Skills for IT Success
In a world where competition for jobs and career advancement is fierce, it’s critical to continually refine your leadership abilities and make sure you’re staying on your game. If you work in the IT field or are currently pursuing your first job in IT, there are some specific skills you’ll want to develop in order…
Read MoreHow to Highlight Contract Experience on Your Resume
These days it’s not uncommon for someone to work for four or five companies during their professional career, and often across multiple industries. If you also factor in a job market that can lack employment security, you have the perfect environment for contract or temporary work to thrive. And while contract experience has become common…
Read MoreIT Professionals: What Should Your LinkedIn Profile Look Like?
By now you probably understand how important it is to have a LinkedIn profile. What often gets missed, however, is simply having a profile is not enough. A bland, boring, bare-bones profile will do little to further your career goals. But an optimized profile can be a real asset when you’re looking for work, growing…
Read More“Tell Me about Yourself.” – What an Employer Really Wants to Know
“Tell me about yourself.” On the surface, this seems like the easiest interview question to answer. After all, what do you know more about than your own past? However, the openness and ambiguity of the question can make it difficult to answer, and many candidates find themselves fumbling and tongue-tied when searching for a proper…
Read MoreWhat’s Killing Workplace Productivity?
You spend dozens of hours each week at work, and most of that time is spent diligently working on projects. So how come you’re not meeting deadlines and quotas? It could be because you are more distracted at work than you realize. Due to distractions, you’re not spending all or even most of that time…
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