Job Search Tip of the Week #49 (2018)
Caressa Moy | December 3, 2018 | 9:00 am
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Use a Multiple-Job History to Your Advantage
…and Leave Your Job-Hopping History in the Past
Q. I’ve held three full-time positions in the last three years. How can I explain this experience on my résumé without coming across as a job-hopper?
A. Job-hopping — holding a succession of jobs in a relatively short time frame — isn’t that unusual, given the employment challenges brought on by the Great Recession. And the practice is becoming the norm in the tech industry, where software professionals often change jobs every two to three years. Still, a history of job changes can cause a potential employer to question your loyalty and staying power.
To avoid being perceived as a job-hopper, you need to present your job history in a new way. Your initial step, according to various career experts, is to craft your résumé to direct attention to your career story rather than your job history.
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Job Search Tip of the Week #44 (2017)
Caressa Moy | October 30, 2017 | 9:00 am
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Don’t Scare Off IT Hiring Managers & Recruiters
The 10 Scariest Job Seeker Mistakes [INFOGRAPHIC]
Next Tuesday’s the day for all things frightful, but your job search shouldn’t be one of them! Check out the following infographic from job board software-as-a-service (SaaS) company Careerleaf.com and transform yourself into a better IT job seeker this Halloween:
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Job Search Tip of the Week #31 (2017)
Caressa Moy | July 31, 2017 | 9:00 am
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Beyond LinkedIn: 6 Social Media Sites for IT Pros & Developers
Social networks aren’t just for socializing. Those with a professional and technical focus are helpful for connecting you to people in your field, finding ways to enhance your development skills, and putting you in front of potential employers looking for those skills.
If you’ve posted a professional profile to LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, or Google+, you’re off to a good start. But there are six other sites that every IT and technology professional should check out:
- Spiceworks — Created by an IT pro (Spiceworks co-founder & CEO Scott Abel, a former colleague of Steve Jobs) for other IT pros, this site’s goal is to “provide the tools they need to do their jobs every day” via a free network management app as well as a community of 5 million IT professionals.
- Solaborate — This social and collaboration platform for technology professionals provides tools and services to help increase productivity. Join for free to collaborate and network with other tech pros around IT products and services.
- GitHub — This site, free for open-source projects and starting at $9 per month for private repositories, is a code-hosting site with more than 58 million code repositories. You can participate in “the world’s largest open source community” through OS project collaboration and code review and discussion.
- Stack Overflow — This free Q&A site is a compendium for programmers.
- Slashdot — Founded in 1997, this well-known tech site is a great source for tech-related news (particularly Linux and Open Source issues), and a fantastic way to drive traffic to your own website.
- AngelList — This site started in 2010 as an online introduction board for tech startups seeking seed funding. It’s now the place for startups, angel investors, and job seekers to connect, collaborate, and discover opportunities.
Job Search Tip of the Week #14 (2017)
Caressa Moy | April 3, 2017 | 9:00 am
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How to Conduct a More Productive Job Search
Quality over Quantity
What an unfocused job search looks like. When you apply to everything, you won’t really get anything.
Some job seekers believe that the more applications they send out, the more results they’ll receive. Then, they’re disillusioned when they don’t get any calls to schedule an interview. “What’d I do wrong,” they ask, “I should have heard back from someone.”
At the expense of their time and money (Hey, nice résumé paper ain’t cheap!), these job seekers unfortunately learned the hard way, that quantity often comes at the expense of quality.
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