One more thing not to do

If you have submitted a resume and are expecting someone to call you on the phone, make sure to have a professional sounding message on your answering machine. I just called a candidate that had Timon and Pumba from The Lion King singing as his message. I almost hung up and tossed his resume in [...]

Do not pass go, do not collect $200

For many of us the goal is to continue to advance our careers in an upward path. Along that path there can be many stumbling blocks to trip us up. This article on Seven People of Highly Ineffective Habits focuses on personality behaviours that will keep you from reaching the CIO’s office.

EverNote

I spend a fair bit of time performing research for various projects. In fact I find I spend more time researching and learning about the best products/solutions for a given task at a small company than I did at the larger companies where I’ve worked. This is because the dollars spent here are more important [...]

10 things to help you get hired

In my last post I outlined several things to do to not get an interview/job offer. Well I decided to flip it around and focus on some positive things that may help you along the job path. By the way I have to tip my hat to my wonderful wife who made many of these [...]

10 things to make sure you don’t get a job offer

I’m currently working to backfill a position at my company for a Senior Systems Administrator. Even though I’ve received a couple hundred resumes over the past 3 months, I have yet to fill the position. Yes, I’ve had some people in for interviews but none of them have been quite the person I’m looking for…..well [...]

Greetings and Welcome

Welcome to my Blog. The focus of the Blog for now is on IT management at a smaller companies with limited resources.