Tech job hunt handbook : career management for technical professionals / Kevin W. Grossman ; illustrations by Doug Ross.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grossman, Kevin W.

Contributor:

Ross, Doug.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer science--Vocational guidance.

Computer science.

High technology industries--Vocational guidance.

High technology industries.

Job hunting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2012.

Other Title:

Career management for technical professionals

Technology job hunt handbook

Place of Publication:

[Berkeley] : Apress, c2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; About the Author; Acknowledgments; Of Daddies, Downturns, and World of Work Dogma; Somewhere to Turn; PART 1 What You Know Reconciliation; CHAPTER 1 Career Management Means You 'Cause No One's Going to Do It for You; The Breakfast Club Career Panel; Why I Learned WordPress; Did You Break Stuff at Business Band Camp?; The Tech Job Hunt Handbook Ahead; CHAPTER 2 Finish Your Education 'Cause a Little Book Learnin' Never Hurt Anyone; Today's College Degree Reality; The Other Side of College Degree Reality

And for God's Sake, Don't Lie About ItThink Two-Year, Technical, and Online; Again, with the Book Learnin'; CHAPTER 3 Learn New Specialized Skills To Upgrade and Market Yourself; Like Moore's Law on Meth; So It's All About the Coding, Eh?; Read, and Then Read Some More; Play with Others Online; Play with Yourself; Show Me, Don't Tell Me; Employ "Conspicuous Consummation"; CHAPTER 4 Find and Take the Contract Work Livin' on More Than a Prayer; So Where the Heck Do I Go?; Elance; 1. Building a Profile that Shines; 2. Familiarizing Yourself with Elance; 3. Sending Great Proposals; Guru

FreelancerFreelance.com; oDesk; And Don't Forget About LinkedIn; And What the Heck Do I Do When I Get the Work?; How to Manage the Work and Employer; How to Secure Full-Time Employment; How to Negotiate Pay and Scope; CHAPTER 5 Cross-Training and Volunteering The New Age of Enlightenment; How Cross-Training Burns the Fat; Laterals, Ladders, and Lattices-Oh, My; The Value of Informal Learning; Two Ways to Gain Skills Informally; It Can Really Happen; So Much for the Job Have-Nots; Volunteer; CHAPTER 6 Background Screens and Assessments Know Thyself (and Then Some); You Can't Hide

The Background on Background ChecksThe Social Media Window; Games to Avoid; And Another Thing...; If Only We Could Send Everyone Back to Preschool; Assessing the Assessments; Emotional Intelligence Assessments; Personality Assessments; Cultural Fit and Accountability Assessments; Cognitive Ability Assessments; Job-Knowledge Assessments; Work-Sample Assessments; Skills Inventories and Assessments; CHAPTER 7 Interviewing, Part 1 It's a Brave New Virtual World; Job Interviews of Yore; Everybody's Doing It. Right?; Recorded Video Interviewing; Live Virtual Interviewing; Be Prepared

You're Not That CoolPART II Who You Know Recognition; CHAPTER 8 Building an Online Profile Why the Resume Must Die; What's Wrong with Resumes?; Look to LinkedIn; Just the Facts, Jack. But First, the Story; Your Summary; Your Previous Jobs, Titles, and Descriptions; Your Specialties, Skills, and Expertise (Think Key Words); Your Education (even If It's Incomplete); Your Professional Headline; And, of Course, Your Headshot; Recommendations and Accolades; Oh, Yeah-You've Got to Connect; A Word About Branching Out; Wait, What?

CHAPTER 9 Researching Employers Why the Hell Would You Want to Work There?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781430245490

1430245492

OCLC:

831115978