Articles by Leslie Stevens-Huffman
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How Recruiters Secretly Evaluate Tech Pros
If you expect an employer to only use phone screens and interviews to evaluate your qualifications, you may be in for a surprise. Recruiters are increasingly using outside-the-box strategies, too… -
Match Your Teammates’ Communication Styles
Do you inundate your colleagues with facts and statistics when expressing a point of view? Or do you use gut feelings and hunches to justify your solutions to technical problems? Whatever your pe… -
6 Warning Signs Your Job is in Danger
Although tech employment remains strong, big firms such as Nokia, Microsoft, IBM and Twitter have recently slashed jobs; tech startups face financial headwinds that will only intensify if the eco… -
Calculating the Cost of Vacant Tech Positions
There’s a common misconception that open tech positions save on payroll and benefits. However, taking too long to hire can negatively impact the top and bottom lines in ways that tech hiring mana… -
Tech Recruiting Guide 2016: Modern Fundamentals
Whether you’ve been recruiting tech talent for a week or a decade, applying new tools and approaches to traditional, proven techniques will make you more successful in today’s highly competitive… -
Free Online Courses to Boost Your Tech Career
The growth of free online college courses and training programs has made it possible to enhance your résumé or acquire foundational knowledge at a pace that suits your needs. Completing a few of… -
6 Metrics for Measuring Social Recruiting Wins
Although measuring rising followers and engagement scores is a first step when getting into social recruiting, a recent survey by Gallup found that these soft metrics can prove misleading. As you… -
Preventing A.I. From Stealing Your Job
Even if your career survived offshoring and the Great Recession, now’s not the time to get complacent: a report from the World Economic Forum predicts that automation and artificial intelligence… -
Get Your (Job) Game On with PlayStation’s SMS
If getting paid to produce video games in an office located just a mile from the Southern California coastline sounds too good to pass up, you’re in luck: PlayStation’s Santa Monica Studio (SMS)… -
Showcasing Side Projects on Your Résumé
Many tech pros treat side projects as a vital element of their résumés, for good reason: building websites and apps, or committing code during your free time, demonstrates range, passion, and the…