An iPad to Bring Them All Together
May 20, 2010 – 9:34 pm | No Comment

The world has been buzzing since the release of Apple’s latest creation, the iPad. I scoffed and pitied them all for fueling Apple’s marketing machine. That is, until I started to take a closer look …

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Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for Small Information Technology Departments
November 19, 2009 – 7:27 pm | One Comment
Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for Small Information Technology Departments

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Individuals, departments, and companies must track their performance in order to have a baseline and comparator for improvement over time. KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) are the baseline of understanding needed to determine performance metrics and will keep …

Whose commitment comes first, the company or employee?
September 11, 2009 – 6:15 pm | One Comment
Whose commitment comes first, the company or employee?

Who needs to show commitment first, the company to a new employee or the new employee to the company? By new employee, I mean any person who is newly working for a company as an …

KPI’s – The Truth Is in the Numbers, Ignore Them at Your Own Peril
September 5, 2009 – 3:02 pm | One Comment
KPI’s – The Truth Is in the Numbers, Ignore Them at Your Own Peril

KPIs stands for “Key Performance Indicators” and are a mechanism by which individuals, departments and companies track their performance. If you do not have a good baseline and understanding of basic performance metrics, you will …

We are all consultants, and everyone is a client
August 28, 2009 – 8:51 pm | 3 Comments
We are all consultants, and everyone is a client

It does not matter what position we occupy in our career, we are all consultants. The sooner we realize this the better off our careers will be. I do not care if you are in …

Employers to Job Seekers: We Snoop, Deal With It
August 21, 2009 – 10:29 am | One Comment
Employers to Job Seekers: We Snoop, Deal With It

Reality is reality and there is no way around it.  Since the social-networking boom, research into the online lives of potential candidates happens with ever increasing frequency.  The trend of researching candidates’ social-networking profiles will become standard practice for nearly every …

The importance of self-promotion in your career
August 13, 2009 – 7:25 pm | 2 Comments
The importance of self-promotion in your career

The concept of self-promotion took me many years to realize the absolute pivotal nature it plays in career advancement. I am not talking about flamboyant, over-the-top, self-promotion that damages your career but the carefully planned …