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“Nobody will ever need more than 640k RAM!” – Bill Gates, 1981 Technology is defined as “the practical application of knowledge especially in a particular area” according to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary. So state of the art technology in the early 1970′s were floppy disks, LCDs, VCRs and Pong all while we were watching Star Trek (yes, the original) [...] For those of you who have followed by blog from “the early days”, you will know that I work for a Wall Street firm. Two years ago, the answer to my blog title would have been “no one”. But today, there are more jobs on Wall Street than they can fill (“not true” you say?). Some [...] “Baseball is 90% mental. The other half is physical.” –Yogi Berra I don’t know about you, but when I hear the word “industry”, the first thing I think of is smokestacks (hence the picture). I’m sure that has something to do with my age . Job search is much the same as today’s quote (90% [...] “A sale is not something you pursue, it’s what happens to you while you are immersed in serving your customer.” – Anonymous You know the old saying, a good salesperson can sell anything. I’m sure there is some truth to it, but to be a successful salesperson takes a certain personality and skill-set that (in my opinion) [...] “Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.” – Rich Cook The vast majority of companies have some form of technology, but not may companies are drive technology. There are the usual suspects [...] “Sometimes it takes an expert to point out the obvious.” – Scott Allen Consulting is “The act of providing information, analysis, and recommendations” and is a career choice that is very different than most. To be a successful consultant, you need to have great interpersonal skills, a high level of confidence, good communications skills and a particular [...] “Some people dream of success… while others wake up and work hard at it.” – Unknown The posts over the next few days are about focusing on the source of jobs – companies. Yes, headhunters, job search sites and networking are all great ways to get a job, but let’s face it – all of the [...] “Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” – Steve Jobs Technically speaking (no pun intended), not all of the companies and institutions on this list are Technology specific (in fact, most are not). The point of this list, provided by Computer World, is to point out the best [...] Smart Money “The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.” – Ben Stein Whatever you do for a living (or whatever you want to do for a living) requires focus if you want to be successful. The “shotgun” approach to job search does not really work [...] “The expert in battle seeks his victory from strategic advantage and does not demand it from his men.” – Sun Tzu Sun Tzu, the Art of War, Target Job Market, it kind of all fits together. But the key is strategic advantage and the only way to gain that is to target your job market and focus [...] |
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