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By Jim Staats
| January 20, 2012
Takeaway of the week is the smart job seeker never discards an opportunity to network, learn and impress, whether it’s an industry event or a chance meeting with a peer. On other fronts, more good news forecast on the IT job front with the ever-conjoined dose of not-so-great news in tow. IT Conference as Career Builder
With the right amount of planning and effort, participation in IT events can become a valuable asset in a prospective job seeker’s portfolio.
As networking and social media t ...
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By Jill Burroughs
| January 19, 2012
Ever wonder how CompTIA comes up with content for its global certification exams? More to the point, ever think you may have what it takes to be a part of the process? If your answer to either of the above is a “yes” or even “hmmm,” then you’re in luck as we continue to advance our industry-leading certifications next month. CompTIA relies on industry experts, known as Subject Matter Experts (known in the acronym-happy world as a “SME” sounded out as the not-actual-word “smee”), to provide ...
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By Janet Pinkerton
| January 18, 2012
A resume will not get you a job, but a brief, tightly focused and clearly written resume can be your ticket for the all-important interview with a hiring manager, says John Reed, executive director of Robert Half Technology (RHT). “The key really is to present your qualifications in a way that very succinctly highlights the expertise that you bring to table,” says Reed.
Thousands of applicants submit their resumes to RHT each week, but Reed estimates that many of those resumes submitted are t ...
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By Jim Staats
| January 13, 2012
Takeaway of the week seems to be a rather clear theme, however coincidental, of U.S. government rallying cries on behalf of technology as the guiding light, whether it be in the form of research, education, cybersecurity or healthcare. Could this be a harbinger of better things to come for this sector of the job market in the still-formative year?
U.S. Gov’t Report: Fed Tech Ed Key to Compete
In another positive sign for those seeking employment in the technical sector, a new report r ...
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By Leslie Hague
| January 10, 2012
Eric Duquene
Eric Duquene
Senior Systems Engineer, System Solutions Inc. Which exams have you helped develop?
I have assisted in all stages of development for CompTIA A+, CompTIA Server+, and CompTIA Network+ as well as lower stakes exams. Workshops at each of the development phases have a different feel to them and different SMEs attend. Although a group of SMEs can often times come up with a complicated list of acronyms, concepts, fundamentals, and scenarios, the test development staff ...
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By Todd Thibodeaux
| January 08, 2012
1. No Hostage Taking – The U.S. federal debt ceiling debate is going to rear its ugly head again in the next few months, and whatever fragile economic recovery we have could be dashed with a matter of a few votes. If Congress and the President don’t want to spend our tax dollars (and more), then don’t authorize it. But if spending measures do get passed, then don’t hold the country hostage over money already spent.
2. Frank Talk – Here’s hoping the Presidential campaign in the fall somehow mag ...
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By Jim Staats
| January 06, 2012
Takeaway of the week is more of the good and a little of the bad, kind of a semi-sunny outlook for this new year. More good words on the horizon if you design, code, maintain and orchestrate in the tech arena and continuing good things are in store for those who seek to control the spigot on giant inflows of customer and product data. The year also brings with it a healthy dose of fun, new titles for IT pros and some all-too-familiar woes.
Dice: Developers Dominate Staffing Needs
If y ...
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By Janet Pinkerton
| January 04, 2012
General Dynamics Information Technology (IT) Staffing Lead Robert Cellich, based in Tampa, Fla., seeks qualified individuals to fill on average 300 positions a year to support General Dynamics IT’s military services sector. But what constitutes a candidate as “qualified”? The right combination of hard and soft skills, credentials and attitude.
Roughly nine out of 10 jobs that Cellich fills require security clearances, a determination by the United States government that a person or company i ...
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By Jim Staats
| December 30, 2011
Takeaway of the week is it’s best to pack up 2011 in a box and leap forward into the coming year with your best job-hunting gameplan as employers shake off the holiday slowdown and start to put all those forecasts and predictions to the test. Final remnants of an almost-year-past include a virtual map of techies across the U.S., good or bad news out of China and boffo boasts for data wranglers and tech freelancers.
Considering an IT Job? See Where the Techies are Now
The highest perce ...
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By Jim Staats
| December 23, 2011
Takeaway of the week is for prospective IT job seekers to take each survey predicting alternate hiring boon and/or gloom for the coming year with a grain of salt. As mentioned before, another six to eight forecasts are likely right around the corner at this “end-of-year, let’s-predict-forward” time of year. Best one can do is pull the positives out of each prediction and build on the valued suggestions of those in the position to hire others.
Survey: 2012 IT Outlook Big on Projects, N ...
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