Tech job hunt handbook career management for technical professionals
Tech Job Hunt Handbook is a career management book—just for technology professionals—that reflects today’s new economic realities. The world of work is constantly changing, and staying professionally relevant while competing for more specialized tech jobs in areas like cloud computing, mobile and so...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Berkeley] :
Apress
c2012.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2012. |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009629364706719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; About the Author; Acknowledgments; Of Daddies, Downturns, and World of Work Dogma; Somewhere to Turn; PART 1 What You Know Reconciliation; CHAPTER 1 Career Management Means You 'Cause No One's Going to Do It for You; The Breakfast Club Career Panel; Why I Learned WordPress; Did You Break Stuff at Business Band Camp?; The Tech Job Hunt Handbook Ahead; CHAPTER 2 Finish Your Education 'Cause a Little Book Learnin' Never Hurt Anyone; Today's College Degree Reality; The Other Side of College Degree Reality
- And for God's Sake, Don't Lie About ItThink Two-Year, Technical, and Online; Again, with the Book Learnin'; CHAPTER 3 Learn New Specialized Skills To Upgrade and Market Yourself; Like Moore's Law on Meth; So It's All About the Coding, Eh?; Read, and Then Read Some More; Play with Others Online; Play with Yourself; Show Me, Don't Tell Me; Employ "Conspicuous Consummation"; CHAPTER 4 Find and Take the Contract Work Livin' on More Than a Prayer; So Where the Heck Do I Go?; Elance; 1. Building a Profile that Shines; 2. Familiarizing Yourself with Elance; 3. Sending Great Proposals; Guru
- FreelancerFreelance.com; oDesk; And Don't Forget About LinkedIn; And What the Heck Do I Do When I Get the Work?; How to Manage the Work and Employer; How to Secure Full-Time Employment; How to Negotiate Pay and Scope; CHAPTER 5 Cross-Training and Volunteering The New Age of Enlightenment; How Cross-Training Burns the Fat; Laterals, Ladders, and Lattices-Oh, My; The Value of Informal Learning; Two Ways to Gain Skills Informally; It Can Really Happen; So Much for the Job Have-Nots; Volunteer; CHAPTER 6 Background Screens and Assessments Know Thyself (and Then Some); You Can't Hide
- The Background on Background ChecksThe Social Media Window; Games to Avoid; And Another Thing...; If Only We Could Send Everyone Back to Preschool; Assessing the Assessments; Emotional Intelligence Assessments; Personality Assessments; Cultural Fit and Accountability Assessments; Cognitive Ability Assessments; Job-Knowledge Assessments; Work-Sample Assessments; Skills Inventories and Assessments; CHAPTER 7 Interviewing, Part 1 It's a Brave New Virtual World; Job Interviews of Yore; Everybody's Doing It. Right?; Recorded Video Interviewing; Live Virtual Interviewing; Be Prepared
- You're Not That CoolPART II Who You Know Recognition; CHAPTER 8 Building an Online Profile Why the Resume Must Die; What's Wrong with Resumes?; Look to LinkedIn; Just the Facts, Jack. But First, the Story; Your Summary; Your Previous Jobs, Titles, and Descriptions; Your Specialties, Skills, and Expertise (Think Key Words); Your Education (even If It's Incomplete); Your Professional Headline; And, of Course, Your Headshot; Recommendations and Accolades; Oh, Yeah-You've Got to Connect; A Word About Branching Out; Wait, What?
- CHAPTER 9 Researching Employers Why the Hell Would You Want to Work There?
