March 27, 2009 5:22 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
coping with job loss,
IT career development,
IT career planning,
IT careers,
IT job search,
job seeking skillsAccording to the Washington Business Journal, the DC area was only one of four major metro areas in the US — including also Boston, Dallas, and Houston — to experience job growth in 2008. For...
March 25, 2009 3:44 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
coping with job loss,
IT career planning,
IT careers,
job search,
job search skills,
soft skillsMy last blog ("It's COLD Out There/Here") not only elicited a couple of comments on the boards, it also stimulated numerous e-mails from other readers who pick the blog up via newsfeeds (for...
March 23, 2009 3:42 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
coping with job loss,
IT career planning,
IT careers,
IT job search,
job seeking skills,
job skills developmentIn a classic exercise known as "eat your own dogfood" — by which I mean practicing what I'm preaching about hunting for contract and full-time employment by signing up at resume and job-hunting sites — I've been taking a pretty serious shellacking at the hands of recruiters and hiring managers...
March 19, 2009 7:38 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
ITKE,
ITKE contest,
win an Xbox 360Between March 18 (yesterday) and April 30th (the end of next month) IT Knowledge Exchange (ITKE) members who rack up the most Knowledge Points and ask five IT related questions can win one of three different Microsoft Xbox 360 gaming rigs (an Elite model goes to the top ranked player, a regular...
March 18, 2009 5:22 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
coping with job loss,
IT careers,
IT employment,
underemployment,
unemploymentHow do you measure unemployment? Well, that depends. In fact, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics tracks no fewer than six such measures, though it reports only on one of them as "the official unemployment rate." These measures are known as U1 through U6, where U3 corrresponds to official...
March 13, 2009 4:33 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
640-460,
640-553,
640-822,
adult education,
CCENT,
CCNA Security,
CCNA Voice,
Cisco certification,
continuing education,
IT career planning,
IT careers,
IT certificationCisco Press gave me 5 licenses for each item for the contest, so I'm able to give the first 5 posters a license for the 640-533 CCNA Security exam. That means the following posters should contact me to obtain their license keys--namely:
- Rob M, Provo, UT
- Kathy B, Twin Cities,...
March 11, 2009 4:13 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
adult education,
advanced degrees,
certification ladder,
college degrees,
continuing education,
IT career planning,
IT careers,
IT certification,
job experience,
job seeking skills,
soft skillsI was just musing on the state of the current job market, where it's not unfair to say that there are a lot more people chasing jobs than there are jobs chasing people. Once again, I find myself pondering the "Big Three' ingredients that all employers consider when selecting among multiple...
March 9, 2009 7:54 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
IT career planning,
IT careers,
IT certification,
Microsoft Career Assist,
Microsoft certifications,
Microsoft Skills WeekAbout the same time my MS Partner Program "Learning Curve Newsletter" hit my inbox this morning, I also got some e-mail from MS PR with reference to their latest salvo in the training and certification arena....
March 6, 2009 7:47 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
adult education,
Cisco CCENT,
Cisco CCNA Security,
Cisco CCNA Voice,
Cisco exam 640-460,
Cisco exam 640-553,
Cisco exam 640-822,
continuing education,
IT career development,
IT career planning,
IT careers,
IT certification,
IT certification study materialsWe've gotten such a great response to my last posting, that I'm going to extend the contest for the Flashcards and Network Simulator through Friday, March 13 (duh! duh! DUH!!!)....
