25 Hot Tips for Managing Your Career
From CareerLab, 25 useful tips to help you guide your own career growth.
A Head for Business
Demand for techies who can manage people or money is growing. Source: Techies.com (Nov 1999)
Are
You Crazy Not To Work In High Tech?
When do the rewards of a teaching career outweigh the material benefits of choosing an IT job? One man
who's made this choice muses. Source: The Vault.com
Be
Quick, Be Nimble, or Be Gone
Working on Internet time is having a
profound impact not only on how firms organize and deploy their
consulting staffs, but also on what consultants need to do to be
effective in this environment. Source: The Vault.com
Can't
Get No (Career) Satisfaction
You'd think that a (still) healthy economy
and a virtual smorgasbord of job openings would lead to
happiness and contentment among today's worker bees. Yet
employees are less satisfied with their jobs than they were five
years ago. Source: The Vault.com
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Choosing
Your Recruiter
There has been an extraordinary amount of
ink (and bytes) devoted to the topic of recruiters recently. A
few people love them, many don't, but it seems everyone is
looking for "a good one." What is clear from this rise
to prominence is the significance of recruiters in today's
Internet job market. Source: The Vault.com
Computer personnel are entitled to
overtime
An excellent article by attorney John J. Porter outlining the federal guidelines as to exactly what constitutes an employee who can be considered exempt from overtime. Don't assume you are, just because your employer says you are. Get the facts! Source: Cramsession.com
Ferraris
and Cold Hard Cash -- Recruiting in Today's Tech Industry
Companies are going beyond vacation days
and company picnics to attract skilled employees. Source: The
Vault.com
Give Your Career a Shot in the Arm
CareerLab gives you some tips to help you rescue your career if you're feeling burned out. Nov 1997
How
to Research a Company/Opportunity
Tips on how to make a better career
decision by investigating your situation before, during, and
after your interview. Source: The Vault.com
Job
Changers Find A Barrier In Non-Competes
If you think you're changing your job,
better check your employment contract first. Non-compete clauses
in contracts are an increasingly daunting roadblock to job
changers in today's marketplace. Source: The Vault.com
Jumpstart Your Career
From Career Magazine.
Managing
Career Expectations in the Internet Economy
You're overworked and underpaid. Your boss
is a source of constant aggravation. The headhunters are at the
door. Get a new job. Everybody is doing it. Things are much
better elsewhere. Just before you jump, consider a few things.
Source: The Vault.com
Make Yourself Adaptable
From InfoWorld, tips and advice to make sure you can keep up with the changing technology and be marketable in the future.
Putting
That English Degree To Work - in Technology
An English degree and tech savvy can
go together. Source: The Vault.com
Startups
are Sexy, But are they a Sound Career Move?
Is there anything sexier than the drama of new ideas and the promise of unprecedented riches presented by a
fledgling Internet enterprise? For tens of thousands of highly-skilled workers, the answer is a resounding
"no." Source: The Vault.com
The critical shortage of women in IT
Reversing downward spiral in ranks of female IT workers is critical to solving technology worker shortage. Source: NetworkWorld (Nov 1999)
Why are employers so picky?
Hiring practices are changing for the coming year. Don't be caught by surprise. Source: InfoWorld.
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