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Six Networking Mistakes Job Seekers Often Make You are biased. That’s not intended as an insult — it’s a simple statement of fact. Because if you’re reading this, you’re human, and as a human, you’re necessarily biased. So if you happen to be a human who’s an IT hiring manager, you need to figure out […]

Ten Hot Tech Skills Gaining Speed You don’t have to read too many stories about young tech entrepreneurs striking it rich at startups in Silicon Valley and elsewhere before you start thinking about how cool it would be to become one of those people who are driving property values sky high, and enjoying the good […]

Eight Habits of Effective Critical Thinkers If you’ve ever been scheduled to give a presentation at work, and called in sick just so you could get out of it, take heart—you’re not alone. But be advised: If you don’t conquer your fear and develop your presentation skills, you can expect your career prospects to suffer. […]

Fifty Start-Ups Disrupting Their Industries Born in India and now a citizen of Singapore, Redicka Subrammanian is making her mark as a tech entrepreneur in the United States. You don’t have to speak with her very long before concluding that for her, breaking gender, cultural, and geographical boundaries to market cool technology is all in […]

Creating an App-Centric Network for the Internet of Things Now that the dust has settled following the announcement earlier this month of the iPhone 6 and Apple Watch, I took advantage of a recent opportunity to engage in an email chat about the announcement with a young tech entrepreneur from Australia who has a lot […]

Top 10 Traits of Successful IT Pros If you’re an IT hiring manager who routinely has to weed through a stack of resumes when you have a position to fill, you’ve probably come up with a list of red flags to help you screen out applicants you don’t want to waste your time with. If […]

Data at Risk: Super Scary Facts If you’re in an IT shop at a company that has a lot of users to support, you almost certainly have a lot of headaches to deal with. And chances are one of your biggest headaches is dealing with the consequences when those users lose electronic devices that have […]

Five Ways Mobile and Cloud are Helping Build Better Bonds with Customers According to a report released yesterday, India has retained its coveted position as the number-one offshoring destination in the world—not only maintaining, but increasing, its lead over number-two ranked China. The report, the 10th annual Global Services Location Index (GSLI), is a ranking […]

Six Networking Mistakes Job Seekers Often Make There’s probably not a woman in IT who couldn’t write a book about what it’s like to work in a male-dominated environment. And there’s probably not a single one who wouldn’t be inspired by the story of Jennifer Carroll. Carroll, a career Navy officer and former lieutenant governor […]

The 10 Fast Growing IT Job Markets in the U.S. According to a report last week by ABC News, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has confirmed that it has lost track of more than 6,000 foreign nationals who have come to this country on student visas, and who have now “essentially vanished.” In view […]

Six Networking Mistakes Job Seekers Often Make Last week, I wrote about Michelle Joseph, founder and CEO of the Chicago-based recruitment firm PeopleFoundry, and about the consulting model she has developed to recruit tech talent. But there’s more to Joseph’s story—she also had a lot to share on other topics, notably female leadership and business […]

Eight Habits of Effective Critical Thinkers There’s a British sitcom called “The IT Crowd,” about a three-person IT department consisting of two guys who are stereotypical geeks, and a woman who is absolutely clueless about technology. They spend a lot of their time either ignoring the phone when support requests are called in, or responding […]