From Computerworld, February 27, 2009...
Always You've got to maximize your potential in order to grow your career. To do that you have to get more or better results than those around you. I've gotten blowback from others before for saying this, but you must realize that you're in a competition with everyone else in your company.
So what does it take to get ahead? How can you do this? Here are some simple techniques to help you get more results and be respected for your work.
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Saturday, February 28, 2009
Friday, February 27, 2009
Career Management For Tough Times
From Computerworld, February 27, 2009...
When I started this column in 2005, I truly believed the tenets of executive career management were unchanging. But in this new economic climate of fear, uncertainty and doubt, when the supply of qualified IT leaders has suddenly outstripped the demand, I realize that I was mistaken. For all of you who are on the market (or would like to stay off it) I offer an updated career management primer.
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When I started this column in 2005, I truly believed the tenets of executive career management were unchanging. But in this new economic climate of fear, uncertainty and doubt, when the supply of qualified IT leaders has suddenly outstripped the demand, I realize that I was mistaken. For all of you who are on the market (or would like to stay off it) I offer an updated career management primer.
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Severance and Your Rights
From DICE, February 27, 2009...
The firestorm surrounding Microsoft’s severance package gaffe - first overpaying about 25 laid off workers, and then asking for the money back - brings up a question: Are former workers legally obligated to return money to a company that’s let them go?
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The firestorm surrounding Microsoft’s severance package gaffe - first overpaying about 25 laid off workers, and then asking for the money back - brings up a question: Are former workers legally obligated to return money to a company that’s let them go?
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Know Your Top 25 Programming Errors (Or Else)
From DICE, February 27, 2009...
Writing perfectly coded software, with no errors and never a security vulnerability? It’s never going to happen. Accordingly, it pays to know which errors are the worst, and to ensure - for starters - they aren’t hiding in your code.
To help, 30 experts on information security have assembled a list of the top 25 most dangerous programming errors, According to the SANS Institute, “just two of the 25 errors on the list, improper input validation and improper output encoding, are responsible for more than 1.5 million security breaches in 2008.”
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Writing perfectly coded software, with no errors and never a security vulnerability? It’s never going to happen. Accordingly, it pays to know which errors are the worst, and to ensure - for starters - they aren’t hiding in your code.
To help, 30 experts on information security have assembled a list of the top 25 most dangerous programming errors, According to the SANS Institute, “just two of the 25 errors on the list, improper input validation and improper output encoding, are responsible for more than 1.5 million security breaches in 2008.”
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Statisticians are the New Sex Symbols
From Flowing Data, February 27, 2009...
"The ability to take data—to be able to understand it, to process it, to extract value from it, to visualize it, to communicate it—that’s going to be a hugely important skill in the next decades, not only at the professional level but even at the educational level for elementary school kids, for high school kids, for college kids. Because now we really do have essentially free and ubiquitous data. So the complimentary scarce factor is the ability to understand that data and extract value from it.
I think statisticians are part of it, but it’s just a part. You also want to be able to visualize the data, communicate the data, and utilize it effectively. But I do think those skills—of being able to access, understand, and communicate the insights you get from data analysis—are going to be extremely important. Managers need to be able to access and understand the data themselves."
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"The ability to take data—to be able to understand it, to process it, to extract value from it, to visualize it, to communicate it—that’s going to be a hugely important skill in the next decades, not only at the professional level but even at the educational level for elementary school kids, for high school kids, for college kids. Because now we really do have essentially free and ubiquitous data. So the complimentary scarce factor is the ability to understand that data and extract value from it.
I think statisticians are part of it, but it’s just a part. You also want to be able to visualize the data, communicate the data, and utilize it effectively. But I do think those skills—of being able to access, understand, and communicate the insights you get from data analysis—are going to be extremely important. Managers need to be able to access and understand the data themselves."
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Thursday, February 26, 2009
Explaining Job Hopping on Your Resume
From DICE, February 26, 2009...
Typically, a resume that contains numerous job changes over a short period of time could cause a hiring manager to classify you as a job hopper. It’s a red flag to some, but a not to all. After all, IT is full of people who’ve moved around a lot. Sometimes it’s even encouraged, especially if you work for startups. And, by definition, contract workers switch jobs fairly often. As Ronald Mitchell, chief executive and co-founder of the career mentoring site GottaMentor.com, told The New York Times:
"Especially in the biotech and technology industries where there are many start-ups, it’s O.K. to move around. If you do consulting work on a project basis, it is expected that you would be switching jobs fairly often. For certain technology positions, like computer programmer and software developer, the length of time at each job is almost irrelevant, the breadth of experience is far more important."
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Typically, a resume that contains numerous job changes over a short period of time could cause a hiring manager to classify you as a job hopper. It’s a red flag to some, but a not to all. After all, IT is full of people who’ve moved around a lot. Sometimes it’s even encouraged, especially if you work for startups. And, by definition, contract workers switch jobs fairly often. As Ronald Mitchell, chief executive and co-founder of the career mentoring site GottaMentor.com, told The New York Times:
"Especially in the biotech and technology industries where there are many start-ups, it’s O.K. to move around. If you do consulting work on a project basis, it is expected that you would be switching jobs fairly often. For certain technology positions, like computer programmer and software developer, the length of time at each job is almost irrelevant, the breadth of experience is far more important."
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Amazon Hiring Engineers For International Kindles?
From Business Insider, February 25, 2009...
Nice catch by CrunchGear's John Biggs: Plenty of job openings at Amazon's (AMZN) Kindle subsidiary, also known as Lab126. Several job descriptions hint that international editions of the Kindle e-book reader could be in the works.
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Nice catch by CrunchGear's John Biggs: Plenty of job openings at Amazon's (AMZN) Kindle subsidiary, also known as Lab126. Several job descriptions hint that international editions of the Kindle e-book reader could be in the works.
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Know Thyself
From Kiplinger, February 26, 2009...
A new Web site, Checkster.com, makes it easy to get anonymous, work-related feedback. I did a five-minute self-evaluation at the site and then entered the e-mail addresses of eight people from whom I wanted feedback (you can choose from three to eight). They included my six most recent career-coaching clients, plus my editors at Kiplinger.com and U.S. News & World Report.
Checkster.com sent each person an e-mail inviting him or her to give me feedback anonymously, using the five-minute questionnaire. They were given a week to reply.
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A new Web site, Checkster.com, makes it easy to get anonymous, work-related feedback. I did a five-minute self-evaluation at the site and then entered the e-mail addresses of eight people from whom I wanted feedback (you can choose from three to eight). They included my six most recent career-coaching clients, plus my editors at Kiplinger.com and U.S. News & World Report.
Checkster.com sent each person an e-mail inviting him or her to give me feedback anonymously, using the five-minute questionnaire. They were given a week to reply.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009
TU for the Interview? NVR!
From DICE, February 24, 2009...
Thanks to the mobile technology, you can find new job opportunities, network online and research prospective employers on the run. But be warned: When you call a prospective boss or send him a post-interview thank you e-mail, you should sit down and turn off your Blackberry. Formal communications standards and traditional etiquette rules still apply to the job hunting process.
Among other things, experts suggest calling from a land line in a quiet location, so there’s no chance of a dropped call or interference from background noise. And don’t send thank you notes from a hand-held device, because you might be tempted to use online chat acronyms.
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Thanks to the mobile technology, you can find new job opportunities, network online and research prospective employers on the run. But be warned: When you call a prospective boss or send him a post-interview thank you e-mail, you should sit down and turn off your Blackberry. Formal communications standards and traditional etiquette rules still apply to the job hunting process.
Among other things, experts suggest calling from a land line in a quiet location, so there’s no chance of a dropped call or interference from background noise. And don’t send thank you notes from a hand-held device, because you might be tempted to use online chat acronyms.
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Top 10 Social Sites for Finding a Job
From Mashable, February 24, 2009...
Here at Mashable, we’re trying hard to help you stay afloat and succeed in the current economic crisis. We’ve told you how to build the ultimate social media resume, sites to visit if you’ve been laid off, and the secrets to finding your next job using social media tools. Now we’ll look at ten incredible social sites to help you in your job search.
Some of these sites allow you to craft a resume, while others are networking platforms that contain job listings. By signing up for all ten, you increase your chances of getting a job and decrease the amount of time you’ll spend searching for a new one. Three of the listed sites can be combined with other sites to be more impactful. In addition to joining, creating profiles and searching for jobs, I encourage you to support these sites with either a traditional website or blog, so that you have more to present to employers, in addition to your profile.
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Here at Mashable, we’re trying hard to help you stay afloat and succeed in the current economic crisis. We’ve told you how to build the ultimate social media resume, sites to visit if you’ve been laid off, and the secrets to finding your next job using social media tools. Now we’ll look at ten incredible social sites to help you in your job search.
Some of these sites allow you to craft a resume, while others are networking platforms that contain job listings. By signing up for all ten, you increase your chances of getting a job and decrease the amount of time you’ll spend searching for a new one. Three of the listed sites can be combined with other sites to be more impactful. In addition to joining, creating profiles and searching for jobs, I encourage you to support these sites with either a traditional website or blog, so that you have more to present to employers, in addition to your profile.
Read more...
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