Eleven percent of CIOs play to add IT workers in the fourth quarter, 3 percent plan cuts and help desk and technical support are the hot categories as customer and user support trumps projects focused on growth.
Those are a few of the notable takeaways in an IT hiring and skills report from Robert Half Technology, a technology staffing firm. Read More>>>
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Given the current economy, maintaining contacts with other companies can be critical. Knowing the right people can help you land a better job, one with more pay or perhaps the chance of advancement. Getting that next job, of course, often involves an interview. Here are some tips to help you excel.
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Give yourself enough time to reach your destination, especially if you’re unfamiliar with the area. You will have enough stress with respect to the actual interview. Don’t add to it by complicating your travel to there. Consider a dry run prior to interview day, especially if you’re driving. Remember that mapping and navigational services could take you (as they did me) through an empty field or the wrong way on a one-way street.
When faced with a layoff, you have two kinds of needs. The first is to live within your means until you get a new job. The second is to get that new job. Here are some ways you can pursue both goals.
Tie up lose ends to collect any money the company owes you. If you’re still on the job for a couple of weeks, be sure to file any remaining expense reports. To make sure you receive any remaining vacation or PTO pay for which you are eligible, compare your time-off records with those of the HR department and iron out any discrepancies.
If you have stock options, the company may vest more of your shares in the event of a layoff. Read the fine print on exercising these options. There could be a window of time when you must exercise the options or lose them. Read More TechRepublic.
Career expert Andrea Kay has a six-question technique she recommends for anyone who is experiencing a career problem. She says that by answering these six questions (at your own pace), you’ll be able to “clarify what’s eating at you, how you want things to be different, what you need to do and whether you’re willing to do it.”
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Here are three things that, judging from my mail, hiring managers dislike in a resume.
1. Spelling and grammatical errors. We’ve covered this area quite a bit on TechRepublic. (See 10 flagrant grammar mistakes that make you look stupid) Some members have blasted us for our seeming exaggeration of the effect these kinds of errors can have. While I’ll concede that you may be able to get away with them in the informality of day-to-day work life, you CANNOT get away with them in your resume. If you can’t even make error-free a document that is supposed to, in one or two pages, present you to the world in your best light, then you’ve got problems. Mistakes in a resume speak volumes to a prospective employer about your attention to detail, or lack thereof.
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