career
Do You Have a Backup Plan?
We’ve discussed having a good backup plan for your computer many times in the past. I’ve given you tips and tricks and offered coupons to software that can keep your information safe. One thing I don’t think we’ve ever touched on is having a personal backup plan. Unfortunately, there is no software in this world [...]
How Do Microsoft Certifications Help You?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed RedChannel is a student who plans to pursue a career in the IT field. He isn’t able to obtain a four-year degree at this time, and wonders if gaining some certifications from Microsoft would be enough background to help him land [...]
How do You Overcome Burnout?
Being in the computer field is one of the fastest ways to get a ticket on the burnout express. Actually, I have a feeling that being a help-desk person is likely the career that will turn your hair grey the quickest. Burnout can happen to anyone at any time – no matter what career path [...]
Where Do You Look for Jobs?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed What do I do for a living? Go ahead and take a guess. I do a ton of different things: writer, content producer, consultant and occasionally a speaker at functions. I have managed to turn something I love into a career. [...]
How to NOT be “Just a…”
This is Lamarr Wilson’s submission for the HP Magic Giveaway. Feel free to leave comments for this article as you see fit – your feedback is certainly welcomed! If you’d like to submit your own how-to, what-is, or top-five list, you can send it to me. Views and opinions of this writer are not necessarily [...]
What is Your Day Job?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed People ask me all the time what exactly my ‘day job’ is. What is it that I DO all day every day? I’m about to answer that question once and for all. I am now going to show you what it [...]
What’s the Future of Job Hunting and Recruiting?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Yes it’s true… I have managed to turn a personality disorder into a career. I don’t have a ‘job’ in the traditional sense. I just put myself out there, and they come to me. Are you looking for a job? Did [...]
What did you Want to be When you Grew Up?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed What did you want to grow up to be when you were little? I wanted to be a few different things. I even had the opportunity once to ask Bill Gates this very question. Did you know that as a kid, [...]
Technology Business in Guatemala
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Kinglacho is a regular community member of ours, who happens to live in Guatemala. He is currently studying Systems Engineering, but knows that jobs in his field are rare where he lives. Kingalacho is curious as to what it takes to [...]
Software and Life Choices
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed runjorel from our live community sent me a very thought-provoking email. He is currently attending Grad school, studying Business Information Technology. Unfortunately, however, he’s finding himself not as satisfied as he thought he would, and asked my opinion on a very [...]
Technology Jobs in Smaller Communities
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I grew up in Iowa, and I was a big Evangelist in Iowa as far as helping to bring small businesses to Iowa. Mike sent me an email, asking what I thought about Iowa enticing Microsoft into building a DataCenter in [...]
Making an Investment in Yourself for Business
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Robert has sent in some excellent tips for going into business, saying: “I will say I have learned all this and more since opening my first business in the Philippines which was a Drinks shop and I’m only 19. Its been [...]
Technology Career Advice
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Brian emailed me to ask my advice on getting into a Technology career. He states that he doesn’t have the capacity to learn physics and math in order to get a degree in Computer Science. He is wondering about possibly programming, [...]
How To Pursue A Career in Technology
Click to Play http://live.pirillo.com/ – How do you get a career in the field of technology? Chris answers this question, and it turns out there may not be any really easy answer. One service you may consider is GetTech.org: GetTech, through its gettech.org web site and collateral materials, will help you prepare students (in fun [...]
Job Search Affiliate Programs
You can generate RSS job searches through a single TagJag OPML pull: http://tagjag.com/jobs/keyword/opml (obviously, you’d want to replace the word ‘keyword’ with your own search term. I think I’ve uncovered just about every job search site that outputs RSS for search queries (if I’m missing any, please let me know). I only bring this up [...]
