Category Archives: Career

What are your strengths? Ask a colleague

We all hate the canned interview question, “What are your strengths.” One way to get around the awkwardness is to ask your colleagues to answer it for you.
By Toni Bowers

Some tech pros would sacrifice pay to telecommute

A new Dice poll shows that some IT pros value their work surroundings more than the amount of money they make.
By Toni Bowers

Hot U.S. programming jobs: Week of April 4, 2011

A list of some new programming jobs open in the U.S.
By Toni Bowers

Job search expenses that are tax deductible

There may be a ray of sunshine in job search drudgery: tax deductible expenses.
By Toni Bowers

Do formalized company awards programs really work?

Do formalized company awards programs work for anyone outside of sales? Here are some of the issues Toni Bowers has with these types of programs.
By Toni Bowers