Articles by Leslie Stevens-Huffman
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When to Quit a Technology Job You Just Started
According to a recent study, 43 percent of employees say that their day-to-day role isn’t what they had been led to believe it would be during the hiring process. Having doubts about an employer’… -
4 Stealth Ways to Influence a Hiring Manager
Persuasion isn’t just for salespeople: It’s an important skill for many professionals. Why? Because it’s the key to getting support for your ideas or the resources to complete project tasks; or,… -
Toxic Employees: How Hiring Managers Identify Them
Toxic work environments have become a big problem in the technology industry, leading to low morale, decreased productivity and turnover. According to our recent survey, as well as a separate sur… -
Busted! New Ways Your Boss Knows You’re About to Quit
Are you conveying a more subdued emotional tone in your emails to your boss? Have you increased the distance between yourself and your colleagues when chatting around the coffee machine? Today, c… -
CIO Top Priorities for 2020: Use Them to Boost Your Career
Did you know that helping the CIO achieve their goals not only benefits the entire team and the organization, it can also help buoy the careers of individual contributors, team leads and line man… -
6 Trends Shaking Up the Tech Workplace in 2020
The one constant in today's tech workplace: change. With so many dramatic changes on tap for 2020, technologists risk being left behind unless they recognize these disruptions and seize the resul… -
Recruiters: Here's Why Your Candidates Get Rejected
In today’s demanding market for technical talent, professionals might think it’s easy to land any job they want, provided they meet most of the requirements in the job description. That’s not tru… -
5 Tips for Surviving Your First Year in Tech
Whether you're a recent computer-science graduate or a brave career-changer just out of a coding bootcamp, navigating your first year in tech can be challenging. “There was so much to learn durin… -
Your 2020 Candidate Sourcing Guide: Everything You Need
With the tech unemployment rate at 1.3 percent in May, it’s no wonder that finding great job candidates is the biggest challenge for tech recruiters. However, pursuing passive candidates requires… -
5 Big Mistakes Made by Developers-Turned-Managers (and Solving Them)
It’s a sad fact of life: Some developers struggle when they get promoted into a management position. Despite their best intentions, these management newbies stick with what they know and end up e…