Quantify Your Qualities: Collaboration & Communication
Does this list look familiar? Programming / Application Development Help Desk / Tech Support Networking Mobile Apps and Device Management Project Management Database Administration Security Compliance / Governance Business Intelligence / Analytics These are the top 8 in-demand IT skills for 2014, according to the most recent survey by Computerworld Forecast. Included in the survey […]
Read MoreYou and Your Recruiter: In a Relationship? or It’s Complicated
Finding and working with a good recruiter is not luck. Sure, maybe a recruiter initiated the first call and caught your attention. A second call, and you both start thinking there’s something there. But then, the work begins. In part 1 of the recap of my conversation with Barbara Blau, President of DPP, we discussed […]
Read MoreScouting the Opportunity
In Part 1 of this 3-part series about working with a recruiter, we talked about the recruiter as a career partner and an ally. A good recruiter will provide impartial career advice. He will work to build a relationship with you, one which includes active listening and asking lots of questions. Here’s part 2 of […]
Read MoreThe Recruiter: Ally or Albatross?
You’ve just hung up the phone after talking with some character who, out of the blue, asks you if you’d be interested in changing jobs. Maybe it set your antennae quivering. Maybe your stomach plummeted. You may have difficulty refocusing. And maybe you have been mulling over a career change, and this phone call pushed you […]
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