Event: DC ACM Resume Workshop on March 1, 2010
The Washington DC Chapter of the Association of Computer Machinists (DC ACM) is hosting a Resume Workshop for area IT professionals on Monday, March 1, 2010 from 6:30-8:30pm in downtown Washington, DC. The event is open to DC ACM Members and non-members. This is an outstanding opportunity to get a free resume review [...]
The Best DC Area Video Resume I’ve Seen
You may remember some of the video resume mentions from a few years back. The truth is that there hasn’t been one that stood out that I’ve seen in a while. That is, until now.
A friend from the DC Tech Community passed this one on to me today. It doesn’t start off [...]
Playing It Safe While Job Hunting
People often take for granted how interconnected people are these days. We share our daily routines with each other on Twitter, Facebook and through a myriad of other social media outlets. We also pick up the phone now and then too.
I’m constantly amazed at how many people bad mouth the people they work with, for [...]
Reasonable Disclosure on Resumes
Is this you or someone you know?
The number of resumes finding their way into my inbox has been climbing over the last few weeks. I haven’t decided whether this is a result of new found hope on the part of job seekers, the long tail of discussions about networking as part of the job search, [...]
Will Your Next Role Be As A Startup Founder?
In recent years I’ve come to accept that more people in the software engineering community have side projects that they would like to escalate into startups at some point in the not so far off future. Some manage a dual life as a startup entrpreneur while they are holding down a full time job, some take on [...]
Ethical Departures
I’ve often heard people talk about their non-competes in vague terms that describe their frustrations with them, but I have rarely heard of people being sued for them. This is because most of what goes into them is a gross exaggeration of what is enforceable or worth enforcing. For example, a few years ago I [...]
And the best Job Board Is…
Not what you might expect. This is directed more at Job Seekers than it is at employers to be quite honest. The best job board isn’t a job board at all. In fact, the best job board is where you want it to be: on your personal web profile of choice or on your personal [...]
What Is Your Job Match Grade?
How much time do you spend matching yourself up to the right (choose one: job, candidate, etc.)? Now be honest. This question applies to hiring teams tossing job descriptions out there as much as it does to job seekers and would be freelancers who are lobbing themselves at every opportunity.
First things first, credit is due [...]
“Are you familiar with Microsoft Office Suite?”
I was recently introduced to ‘Dead Like Me’ thanks to Hulu. The pilot for the show starts off with a scene involving a temp agency that is too funny not to share. I’ve clipped the scene from the show down to 14 minutes so yo don’t have to watch the whole episode. [...]
Job Search 2.0 Is Broken
Several years ago a few people came up with some really amazing hacks for job seekers and for themselves in the form of several well known job board aggregator services. You could get all of the jobs that were available via the major job boards like Monster, Careerbuilder, Dice right in line with jobs [...]
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