http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Alesia+Benedict%2C+CPRW%2C+JCTC Marketing Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=23894&ca=Marketing Job search seems to have many hurdles to overcome – resume, interview technique, appearance, and networking are challenges that job seekers face. These hurdles are surmountable with a strong job search plan and dedicated execution. Job seekers need to apply traditional advertising and marketing meth... Career Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=23895&ca=Career After working with engineers and IT professionals for over ten years, I have noticed a consistent pattern in career paths of these types of professionals. The career paths are generally similar in that the first three years are spent breaking into their career fields, learning skills, gaining additi... Business Management Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=23897&ca=Business+Management Employment is on the rise and with it, the return to attractive compensation packages and salary levels. After several down years in the employment market that was the result of the normalization of an inflated stock market and the beginning of the War on Terror, employers are constructing compensat... Jobs Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=23900&ca=Jobs So you want to look around for your next career step but you are concerned that your current employer will find out and give you an early exit? Confidentiality in your job search is a reasonable concern and makes the way you approach finding your next position all the more important. Confidentiality... Jobs Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=23901&ca=Jobs If you have called a company’s customer service call center or a computer manufacturer’s tech support department lately, you probably have had the “joy” of experiencing outsourcing for yourself. The inefficiency of non-native English speakers as tech support personnel is astounding; however, corpora... Career Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=23681&ca=Career What do employers look for in potential employees? That was the question that was posted recently on a career discussion forum online. Naturally, for each different position, the particular answers to that question would be different. However, there are some common skills that employers look for in... Career Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=23682&ca=Career If you are like most job seekers, you have registered your resume on the major online job boards such as Career Builder, Monster, TheLadders.com, Headhunter, etc. But are you aware of the plethora of good information and job search tools that are available on these sites in addition to job listings?... Career Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=23683&ca=Career One of the most key elements of success in a job search is the resume and the engineering resume can often be one of the more difficult documents to develop. The engineering resume is the engineering job seeker’s primary marketing document that sells the product – the skills and experience of the en... Jobs Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=23684&ca=Jobs The cheap labor costs of Southeast Asia are like a siren call to more and more US employers seeking to lower support costs and improve profits. The increasingly common trend toward outsourcing labor to countries such as India, Malaysia, and Pakistan means jobs are leaking to a part of the world wher... Career Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=23685&ca=Career The hurdles facing today’s new technology graduates are the same as with other industries. One of the largest hurdles for new grads in preparing a first IT resume is the “no-experience” fence. A hi-tech grad may not have any formal experience working with technology in a real-world situation. While...