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IT Job Search with twitter, linkedin, facebook

by Alec Satin

If you’re looking for work right now, you’re not alone. While Todd Thibodeaux, president of the Computing Technology Industry Association claims that there are 300,000
well paying IT jobs available now, LinkedIn groups and online forums are filled with posts from highly skilled project managers, technical leads and database administrators who are struggling to find work. Can both sides of the debate be right? The truth is that the technology job market is broken and desperately in need of repair. You can choose to:

(a) Complain about it
(b) Work to fix it
(c) Roll up our sleeves and do whatever is necessary to find appropriate work for yourself

This post is about option (c). Let’s get to work.

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Interview: Getting a Job in the New Economy

by Alec Satin

Soma Bhattacharya of Stepping into Project Management – Newbie’s Diary has published a quick interview with tips for project managers and other technology people who are looking for jobs.
If you’re not yet familiar with Soma’s blog, why not head over and take a look?
Getting a Job in the New Economy
Here’s how Soma describes herself and her blog:
I am an aspiring Project Manager and a Business Analyst who works as part of the Project Management team. I love to read, travel and explore life. If I’m not at work I can be mostly found reading up on PM or a novel with a [...]

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Jeff Taylor on Job Search and Monster.com

by Alec Satin

UPDATE: Watch excerpt from the show. May take a minute or two to download.
Full MP4 Version On the Money with Carmen Wong Ulrich Video Podcast!
If you’re up tonight at 10pm (or have time to program your Tivo) you might enjoy watching CNBC On The Money. Jeff Taylor, the founder of Monster.com will be answering questions from people who are in the job market now, or think they may be in the near future. The information may be useful for you or someone you care about.
I’ll be one of the people asking questions!
The program is CNBC On The Money. [...]

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How To Track Your Job Search Contacts With Highrise

by Alec Satin

While I hope that you don’t need this information right now, it’s likely that sometime in the next few years or months you will find yourself in a job search. The Times They Are A-Changing, said Bob Dylan in another time and place. Certainly this is true in the world of information technology job search.
You definitely can land a good job in this market. But the competition is a little tougher. The method here can help you better organize the contact and networking part of your job search.
What is Highrise?
Highrise is a flexible customer relationship management (CRM) system with free [...]

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