Career Management
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Nineteen words that don't belong in your resume
These suggestions are based on the article "Choose your words carefully when crafting a resume," by Molly Joss.
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Four things that make your resume look dated
By Toni Bowers | February 21, 2012, 5:26 AM PST
Even if people keep their resume up to date with their latest jobs, they often plug that new information into an old format. Here's how to tell if your resume is dated and what to do about it.
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Grade your job poll results: IT Data Analyst
By Toni Bowers | February 20, 2012, 9:40 AM PST
The results of the last poll in our Grade Your Job series. This week is Data Analyst.
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Infographic: IT Leaders
By Toni Bowers | February 17, 2012, 5:31 AM PST
Most people in IT have struggled with others' perceptions of what they do versus what they really do. Here's a funny infographic illustrating this.
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Can stress be good?
By Toni Bowers | February 15, 2012, 4:54 AM PST
There are two kinds of stress -- bad and good. Here is the difference and the benefits that can be had from good stress.
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Certifications most likely to land you a new job
By Toni Bowers | February 14, 2012, 4:34 AM PST
PMP and CCNA lead the way for certifications that are in most demand.
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Grade your job poll results: IT Consultant
By Toni Bowers | February 13, 2012, 4:28 AM PST
This week we present the results of the grade your job poll for IT Consultants.
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Poll: What's most important to you when choosing a career?
By Toni Bowers | February 9, 2012, 4:49 AM PST
Choosing a career is influenced by a lot of factors, but we'd like to know what your main criterion is or was?
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Infographic: How promotions are made
By Toni Bowers | February 8, 2012, 6:47 AM PST
An infographic examines how tough promotion decisions are made and what role favoritism plays in the process.
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Four email types that can drive you crazy
By Toni Bowers | February 7, 2012, 5:44 AM PST
People have distinctly different ways of doing things -- even something as simple as emailing. Here are four types that can drive you crazy.
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Grade your job poll results: Network Administrator
By Toni Bowers | February 6, 2012, 7:44 AM PST
Here are the poll results for grade your job: Network Administrator.
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Highest paid CIOs spend more time relationship building than team management
By Toni Bowers | February 2, 2012, 8:29 AM PST
According to a recent survey, the highest paid CIOs value building relationships with top executives over managing their teams. What does this mean?
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Resume formatting: Word or PDF?
By Toni Bowers | January 31, 2012, 7:24 AM PST
Toni Bowers outlines some issues with resumes formatted in Microsoft Word and those converted to PDFs.
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Ban the Box seeks to prohibit companies from asking about criminal records on applications
By Toni Bowers | January 31, 2012, 3:22 AM PST
Proponents of Ban the Box want to prohibit employers from asking job candidates about their criminal history on an application.
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Top tech companies investigated for employee-poaching ban
By Toni Bowers | January 30, 2012, 5:17 AM PST
This week, a federal judge ordered Google, Apple, and five other high-tech companies to court.
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Grade your job results: Help Desk
By Toni Bowers | January 30, 2012, 4:07 AM PST
This week we're showing the results of our poll Grade Your Job: Help Desk.
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Friday rant: Social media, leave me alone
By Toni Bowers | January 27, 2012, 6:15 AM PST
In this Friday rant, Toni Bowers talks about why she is sick and tired of social media.
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Infographic: Cost of a bad hire
By Toni Bowers | January 27, 2012, 4:05 AM PST
Careerbuilder.com sponsored a survey on the cost of a bad hire, and Mindflash created this graphic based on those results.
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Should women act like men to get ahead?
By Toni Bowers | January 25, 2012, 8:58 AM PST
Author Vickie Milazzo says women need to extol their accomplishments more in order to succeed in the business world.
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2012: Developers focusing on mobile development and the cloud
By Toni Bowers | January 25, 2012, 5:44 AM PST
Developers are moving into mobile development and the cloud in a big way. Here's what a new report from Zend Technologies had to say.
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The case of anonymity in social media
By Jason Falls | January 24, 2012, 4:49 AM PST
Social media expert Jason Falls weighs in on the pros and cons of anonymity on the web.
