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Agile Job Search, HTP

Manage Your Job Search Slides Posted

I gave my first public talk about Manage Your Job Search last week. I posted the slides and audio on slideshare.net. I cannot seem to unsync the audio from the slides. I have tried, but slideshare.net seems to think I speak at a standard pace with each slide. Hah! No, I do not. So, the […]

Agile Job Search, HTP

Possible Career Finder Tool for Job Seekers

I discovered this career finder tool. See What Career Should I Choose? There is a lovely chart. Here is how I walked myself through the chart. I plugged in Computer and Mathematical occupations and Management, figuring I would find me 🙂 I turned annotations to On. Then I moved the mouse around to see what

management, MPD

Who Do You Promote Into Management?

I vividly remember my first promotion into management. I was looking for a promotion to be a senior engineer. I asked for a promotion. I got a promotion into management. Was I ready? Oh no! I remember asking for another promotion. I was told, “You’re too valuable where you are.” I decided to make my

Agile Job Search, HTP

How Long is a Technology Career?

Matt Heusser has a great column over at Stickyminds this week. Take a look at A Long View of the ‘Short’ Technology Career. If you are an older job searcher, and you are looking for a job, one thing you might do is look for a technical job. That’s what I suggest in Manage Your

management, MPD

Management Myth About "No Time for Training" Posted

I have another management myth posted on Stickyminds. This one is about training. “Management Myth #9: We Have No Time for Training” is up on the site. Now, I have to admit, that when I was a new manager, I fell for this myth. Oh, I knew enough to make sure that we had lunch-and-learns.

Agile Job Search, HTP

Know Your Previous Job Patterns

If you are looking for a job, it’s more important that you know what your previous patterns are, so that you can make a choice: Do I repeat my previous pattern this time? Without knowing, we tend to repeat the same behaviors. Once we know, we have choices. One of the best ways I know

Agile Job Search, HTP

Never Lie on a Resume–Ever

Yahoo’s CEO lied on his resume. He does not have a degree in Computer Science. Well, many senior managers of high tech organizations don’t. So, that should have been okay. There are two questions here: Why did he feel the need to lie? Did he even realize he was lying? Why did anyone feel the

Agile Job Search, HTP

Book Review: Land the Tech Job You Love

Andy Lester has written a great book about finding a job you love in any market. He thinks it’s just for technical people, but he’s wrong. It’s for anyone who wants to find a job that he or she can love. The first section is all about preparing to interview: knowing what you want in

hiring strategy, HTP

Non-Competes Can Hurt Your Hiring

In yesterday’s Boston Globe there was an article, Start-ups stifled by noncompetes, which had a wonderful quote (go to the second page): Luckily, we have an academic here in Massachusetts who has dedicated the past few years to looking at the impact of noncompetes. Matt Marx, who recently joined the faculty of MIT’s Sloan School

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