Assuming that you are conscientious of being a buyer in your job hunt (and that you have the luxury of being discerning), there are three factors to keep in mind when deciding which position to take: The job itself – This would include everything from the title and the compensation to how much of your [ Read More ]
In the world of IT Management there are typically two types of leaders: “IT Professionals who Manage” or “Managers who work in IT.” A nonsensical distinction to some, I’m sure, but in the IT world, it is always a big source of debate. How often do organizations promote their rock star developer or engineer to [ Read More ]
A recent study conducted by BlessingWhite shows that a full one-third of over 2,000 supervisors interviewed “don’t have time to coach” their direct reports. While I find nothing inherently surprising in that statistic, I do find the reasoning behind it fundamentally flawed: the reason that supervisors “don’t have time” is because they have not made [ Read More ]
There is nothing easy about looking for a new job, though I do usually find something highly invigorating about it. However, there is one aspect of it that is always in need of being balanced: am I approaching a potential employers as a sales person with something I want them to buy or am I [ Read More ]