best practices

3 ways to ace a software interview

Posted Mon, 06/21/2010 - 15:55


Have an interview with a big IT company like Microsoft, Apple or Google? Not to fear!

Whether you're in quality assurance, testing, development or program manager, here is part 1 of our 3 part series on 10 easy areas that you can practice and study for within 72 hours that will help you nail that job. We've even throw in a few sample questions for you to test yourself. Enjoy!

1) Brainteasers

Has Your Job Hunt Hit a Dead End?

Posted Wed, 06/09/2010 - 01:02


Is your job search plan working? A lot of people are finding themselves out of work for far longer than they have been in the past. Partly this is due to the slow economy, but also the state of the art has changed in the world of job searching with the rise of social media and online job search. What has been an effective method of finding work may no longer be so.

Real Ways to Spread Your Network

Posted Tue, 06/08/2010 - 01:29


Networking is key to locating and landing new and awesome jobs. It’s a simple statement and fairly true, but how exactly does that help? Bloggers, experts and talking heads yammer about the power of networking endlessly (I admit guilt of this one myself) without telling us how the f we do it. Well, I’ve seen the errors of my ways and mortified my flesh with limp pasta and am now ready repay my debt to job-hunting society.

How to make your job search painless

Posted Tue, 06/08/2010 - 01:25


Job hunting sucks. Plain and simple, finding a job is a lot more work than having one and at the end of the day there’s no paycheck to make up for it. On top of that, most of us aren’t very good at it. It’s not like one gets a lot of practice, and if you do that’s a whole other problem. So, once we’ve got a top-notch resume and cover letter what should us normal folks do to get a job without losing our minds in the process?

How Graduates Can Get a Great Job at a Startup

Posted Tue, 06/08/2010 - 01:22


Just as there are many myths surrounding the risks associated with launching a startup as an entrepreneur, there are many myths associated with joining a startup as an employee - whether as a recent college graduate or as someone with more substantial work experience. However, as this career move may actually be less risky than one might believe.