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  • Career Watch: Are you effective in your job search?

    The author of "Land the Tech Job You Love" thinks the way most of us look for a job is ineffective.

    By Jamie Eckle | 09 March, 2010 07:25

    Tags: it careers, social networking

  • Can your online past come back to haunt you?

    When it comes to some aspects of finding a job by social networking, such as online reputation management, Sean Ryan, senior vice president of engineering and a hiring manager at online measurement tools vendor Lyris, has a completely opposite view than most. The vast majority of recruiting professionals say it's important to make sure there's nothing online that could be too personal or embarrassing or that might turn off potential employers doing a background check.

    By David Ramel | 11 May, 2009 08:42

    Tags: Facebook, it careers, LinkedIn, online profile, social networking, twitter

  • Dealing With Workplace Stress

    Knowledge workers often think they don’t face health and safety issues, says one expert, but when you make your living with your brain, you have to take care of it. Unmanaged stress can lead to physical and mental malaise, decreased productivity and worse. Occupational health professionals detail how to stay your happiest and healthiest.

    By Briony Smith | 18 March, 2009 10:54

    Tags: it careers, stress

  • Crisis for tech workers: Life after layoffs?

    Signs everywhere point to the plight of the laid-off tech worker. Tech consultancy BearingPoint files for bankruptcy. Hewlett-Packard's profits plummet. Silicon Valley employment falls for the first time in several years. With daily layoffs and few new jobs available, techies have seen their careers careening off track -- and now they need to reinvent themselves or get off the tech train altogether.

    By Tom Kaneshige | 26 February, 2009 09:29

    Tags: global recession, it careers, layoffs

  • 7 mistakes to avoid when applying for that tech job

    My eyes are blurry from reviewing over 40 résumés for a network administrator position, and for good reason. More than half of the résumés did not make it past my initial review. While I had to reject some candidates because of lack of experience (or, rather, lack of clearly demonstrated required experience), others had errors in their application packages that lowered their ranking -- errors that could have been easily corrected.

    By Greg Schaffer | 23 February, 2009 07:57

    Tags: it careers

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