Category: Career Development

Last week I saw a post on lifehacker on a new site called RezScore.com.  First of all, if you’re questioning your resume in any way, definitely plug in your resume and you can get an automated grade.  You can also opt-in to get assistance on your rewrite if you’d like. I submitted mine last week,…

It’s 2005 and I just started with GCS.  I was just getting to know my team-mates when one of them told me “you really should check your spelling before you publish a page on your website.” I didn’t know how to respond.  I asked my soon to be friend to explain what they were talking…

Starting the end of 2008 I started noticing a change in my job search  I noticed I was getting a lot of emails informing me “I found your resume online, and I believe you would be a great candidate for this position.”  At first I didn’t really think a lot about it, since I had…

Over the course of my career, I’ve been asked to build something that has already been built. I always point out that the task being assigned has already been built, and point to the solution that already exists. There are several reasons why I don’t like building something that someone else has already built.  Those…

In my last career article, I talked about balancing the truth and salesmanship.  I wanted to try to explain how you can be honest, and at the same time make the case that you should be the one a hiring manager chooses to hire.  Today, I’d like to go back a bit further in the…

Well I did it!  As of this morning I’ve submitted my session “The Career Your Career Could Smell Like.”  I’ve been working on this one for a while now.  Usually I would just take time one on one to help fix a resume, or to give some advice on interviewing.  But I’ve decided it’s time…

I’m generally seen as someone who has somewhat mastered the whole process of getting a job.  I have seem to found a good method for constructing a resume, and then conducting myself fairly well during the interview process.  The biggest key to this: realize there’s always ways to improve yourself in this process. When others…

One of the things I’ve tried to do during the past few years of my career is keep up with the recruiters who work in Charlotte, NC.  The way I figure it, I’ll need them sooner or later, so why not do what I can to help them out, even when I don’t need something…

I’ve been keeping up with the PASS developments from Twitter (check out #sqlPASS), and from the many bloggers I follow regularly.  I have to say this week has been most exciting!  There’s a lot of awesome stuff coming soon available now, with the release of SQL Server 2010 (Denali).  I’ve already downloaded my copy, and…

To help me prepare for my upcoming 70-433, I’m opening up my evenings to study sessions.  I’m thinking we can descend on a local coffee house and discuss questions we’re missing on the practice exams. I’m willing to share my insight on the questions I’m getting right, my scores, etc.  I’m putting this forth to…