by Jennifer Hay | Feb 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
Most IT professionals that are I know are steady performers and are definitely not Super Stars. Few people can maintain a Super Star brand over time. Technologies and technical practices continue to rapidly evolve and it’s simply a challenge to keep up. Give me...
by Jennifer Hay | Feb 3, 2018 | IT Resume Samples, IT Resume Writing Tips, Tips & Articles, Uncategorized
Recently, I did a search on IT Resume Writing Best Practices and found lots of articles from ‘IT resume experts’ that were the same boring advice from years past. Also, the advice is barely targeted at technology professionals and never goes beyond the...
by Jennifer Hay | Jan 14, 2017 | Building Your IT Career, Uncategorized
Throughout their IT careers, technical professionals work in a unique blend of business and technology. Their environment contains all the factors that can lead to conflict and frustration―unrelenting change in tools and techniques, methodologies, business...
by Jennifer Hay | Nov 24, 2016 | IT Resume Writing Tips, Tips & Articles, Uncategorized
This article is part two in a series on how to transition your technical career to include big data. In the first article, I described the true value of big data in terms of gaining new insights about customers, products, partners, supply chain, and other important...
by Jennifer Hay | Nov 23, 2016 | Building Your IT Career, IT Resume Writing Tips, Tips & Articles, Uncategorized
I am writing a series of articles about technical job search trends and technical resumes. In my first article, I looked at web-based portfolios and examined whether they were worth the cost. In this article, I’m offering an alternative to web-based portfolios...
by Jennifer Hay | Nov 5, 2016 | Building Your IT Career, Uncategorized
In following up on Dave Wells’ article titled The Evolution (and Opportunity) of Technology Careers, I’d like to take a different look into the challenges of trying to understand why some people are happy and successful in a technology career, while others just...
