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LinkedIn has started sending owners of certain LinkedIn Groups email letting them know that on Friday they’ll be enabling a new discussions capability for group managers and members. A friend received the information for his LinkedIn group today, but I have not yet received it for the one I co-manage, PDX Tech. So, it’s not [...]

You have put together the perfect resume and landed an interview. You spend time polishing your physical appearance, wanting to make a great first impression. At the interview, you greet and shake hands with each interviewer. You slouch down in the chair, cross your legs and let one shake idly over the other, and fold [...]

How many resumes do you think a Human Resources department sorts through each day? In some companies, this number reaches well into the hundreds. Receiving resumes in such large volumes means that potential employers are not going to read your resume in detail. In fact, when it comes to sorting potential resumes, potential employers spend [...]

I’ve met all of my clients through online resources and networking. I had one local client in the past who found me online and we never met face-to-face (f2f). However, I recently landed a client and we’ve already had one f2f meeting, but I don’t anticipate another as it was to discuss the business overview.
Thank [...]

Making Online and Offline Connections looks at how the virtual world changed how we connect to others. In it, I state that the online world made it possible for me to become a full-time freelancer. It got me thinking how I met people in this virtual world.
I met a few through blogs, especially in earlier [...]

Recruiters wanting to hire women for information technology positions have to go beyond the typical sales pitch emphasizing job promotion and security in order to get results, according to a Penn State research study of 92 female IT practitioners.
Human-resources personnel need to recognize that women have diverse values and motivations throughout their careers and tailor [...]

I can remember graduating from university and starting to look for a teaching job. The only resource I really used to find job listings was the local newspaper. Every Saturday morning I would scour the classified ads to see what was available.
My next job, which stemmed my career change, I found on the Internet. The [...]

Things can go really against you despite your thorough preparation for a just a couple of ‘types’ of interview questions. However, it is possible to ignore or forget the other types of possible interview questions. This brings us to different ‘types’ of interview questions, along with traditional questions or questions pertaining to your core skills.

As the famous saying goes - first impressions are everything. With this in mind, you are definitely going to be making several first impressions if you are a new employee in the company. To help you make the best first impression, here are a few pointers that you can use.

Don’t be late. In fact, be [...]

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What challenges face women executives in IT? Three successful CIOs - whose experience encompasses the aerospace, biomedical, and high tech industries - talk about their career development, offer advice to aspiring women CIOs, and describe some of the obstacles they encountered in their climb up [...]