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Five IT Interviewing Tips

Posted January 11, 2009

  1. Be technical. Career websites that say otherwise are wrong. IT requires sophisticated people to develop and manage sophisticated software.
  2. Communicate in dollars. Good software saves money. Talk about how your uber-efficient code boasted your company's bottom line.
  3. Have a portfolio. Maybe you did …

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The 10 Second Elevator Pitch

Posted December 19, 2008

People always ask me "Sheehan, what do you really do?" I could bore them to death about how I'm in IT and I develop distributed enterprise applications that enable realtime messaging services for corporate payment accounts - but what does that really mean to your everyday joe (or sally)?

The Elevat…

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5 Resume Hacks

Posted December 18, 2008

Learning how to write a resume is an art. Here are some tips to hack yours.

How Long?

1 page. Seriously. A resume should get you an interview, not depict your life story. Employers want to be able to see what you've done at a glance. When someone is screening through hundreds of resumes a day, nobo…

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