Tech Job Hunt Handbook: Career Management for Technical Professionals

ISBN-13: 9781430245483 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 280 str.

Kevin W. Grossman

Opis

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 social applications, and big data in a highly competitive global economy is critical. The world is churning out hungry programmers and developers in record numbers, making the global labor market highly competitive. It is now essential to plan a campaign to get a better job as well as your overall career. Retooling your skills and re-branding yourself is mandatory whether you re seeking a new job or intent on retaining current employment. Readers of the Tech Job Hunt Handbook will find tools, practical guidance, and recommendations on how to find the best new tech jobs, how to get noticed, how to ace interviews and get hired, and how to keep those new jobs until it s time for a better one. As you will learn, learning how to assess and then invest in career management skills leads to long-term competitive advantage and a happier working life. Tech Job Hunt Handbook for recent graduates, risk-taking innovators, and tech veterans alike shows how to build a comprehensive online professional profile, identify the companies you re interested in and who you know at those companies, approach interviews with confidence, uncover opportunities in your current company, and understand the new emerging technology markets that could lead to a career rebirth. This book will help you:

• Find a new or better tech job.
• Stay relevant and employable despite constant new developments.
• Manage your tech career for long-term success.

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Spis treści

1. Career Management Means You
2. Finish Your Education
3. Learn New Specialized Skills
4. Find and Take the Contract Work
5. Cross-training and Volunteering
6. Background Screens and Assessments
7. Interviewing, Part 1
8. Building an Online Profile
9. Researching Employers
10. Leverage Your Network, and Their Networks
11. Mentors and Professional Associations
12. Zero in on the Company
13. Cool Tools for Getting a Job
14. From Best Practice to Business Case
15. Interviewing, Part 2
16. The Onboarding Battle and Beyond
17. Internal Mobility
18. Careers in Cloud Computing and Mobile Technology
19. Careers in Big Data and Social Analytics
20. Traditional Careers IT Today
21. Appendix: Resources

O autorze

For the past 25 years, Kevin W. Grossman has held multiple leadership positions in the human resource and recruiting marketplace, B2B and consumer technology marketplace, and higher education. He's a marketing strategist, HR industry evangelist, online community developer, entrepreneur, analyst, advisor, manager, philanthropist, and writer. Currently, Kevin is the Director of Content Development at Peoplefluent, the leading provider of talent management solutions designed to support the entire workforce. He co-founded the TalentCulture "World of Work" community that includes the highly popular weekly #TChat Twitter chat and radio show. He's authored multiple articles on marketing, business development, HR, recruiting, and leadership. His first business book, Tech Job Hunt Handbook, was released in December 2012 from Apress. Kevin's domain expertise and familiarity with the HR and recruitment marketplace for the past 14 years includes working for and with job search, talent sourcing and acquisition, video interviewing, assessment, background screening, training and development, and talent management firms, helping them to grow and excel.