How to Get a Java Job?
Java is one of the hottest skills in IT industry. More and more developers are needed to develop enterprise applications in variety of industries from financial services to pharmaceuticals and biotech. IT professionals with focus on Java technology enjoy long term growth potentials and good compensation. Programmers with basic Java skills make $65,000 per year on average. Experienced Java programmers with advanced J2EE and EJB skills make $85,000 or higher. Getting a Java job is the right move in your career path. Here are some tips to help you land a Java job and keep your skills fresh in Java field. Read more
The Three Most Effective Ways to Find a Position
Tactic 1
Find the industry and then pinpoint the company you’d most like to work for. Research every angle of the company and the industry. Use your contacts and talk to the person who’s most likely to be able to make the decision to hire you. Read more
Discovering the Power of Career Network
In an age of economic slowdown and corporate downsizing today, there is absolutely no job security. If you think you’ll stay in the same line of work and be able to get away with little or no career network of industry contacts, think again. A lot of IT professionals are face career challenges - layoffs, switching jobs, changing industry, relocation, etc. Either you are looking for new jobs, protecting the current one, or planning to move up in the same organization, you can use your career network as a powerful tool to help you reach the goal. Read more
Powerful Ways to Research Companies
How important is researching a company you want to work for? Some say pretty important. We think it’s absolutely vital.
The more you can do to convince a potential employer that you understand the problems they’re facing in their industry, the more THEY’LL be convinced that you’re THERE TO HELP… not just there for the JOB, like everyone else. Read more
How To Get More Than A Beginner’s Salary
The other day, I received this question on our Expert forum.
“I am in a situation where I have studied communication, got a distinction for my final year … its been 3 yrs and I have landed in so many unrelated jobs that I beginning to think that I will never work in communications … how can I get there and not be paid a beginners salary??” Read more
The Trick To Reading ‘Situations Vacant’ Ads That Makes It Easier To Write Applications That Lead To Interviews
Job Hunting Strategies
There is a trick to reading ’situations vacant’ ads that make it much easier to write applications that get you an interview and the job.
You must secure an interview to get a job. Read more
Which Of These Five Common Mistakes Are You Making Right Now?
This is the first in my series on the most common and absolute “dumbest mistakes” you’re probably making when applying for job after job. Read more
How to Make Your Application 150 Times
I want you to read this article 150 times!
I’m serious. I want you to do this because I want you to experience what an employer goes through when reading applications for any vacancies. Read more
Think in Pictures
They say a picture paints a thousand words… but it takes words to say that. Nonetheless, this metaphor can be applied to your application to paint a picture in the mind of an employer to make you stand out from the crowd. Rather than waffle on about this, let me get to the point. An IT person could describe their networking skills as: Read more
How to Get an IT Job without
You don’t have a computer degree (Computer Science, MIS, etc), your college major is something like, let’s say, Political Science; You don’t have actual IT working experience at all (of course, but how to get some?). Can you get a real IT job (by real means paid, full time, permanent with all common benefits)? Read more
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