Articles by Leslie Stevens-Huffman
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Job Hunting Tips for Mid-Year CS Grads
If you’re a mid-year Computer Science graduate, you’ve probably taken your last final exam and enjoyed some well-deserved time off with family and friends. Now that the holidays are over, it’s ti… -
Negotiating a Flexible Work Schedule
Full-time tech pros work an average of 52 hours per week, according to a recent survey by SpiceWorks, with 18 percent saying they log 60 or more hours. While most professionals are willing to wor… -
Accelerating Your Company’s Hiring Process
A protracted hiring process may not only cause you to lose talented tech professionals, it can damage your employment brand. Surveys show that candidates are put off by a lengthy hiring process t… -
Getting Along With Your Project Manager
Thanks to shifting budgets, deadlines and priorities, the potential for conflict between project managers (PMs) and their teams is usually high. To make matters worse, project teams are almost al… -
A Guide to Social Media Monitoring Tools
Social Recruiting In Tech - 2015 Survey from Dice Recruiters are spending more time than ever on social media, according to the results of a recent Dice survey. That being said, social media enth… -
Mastering the Panel Interview
Establishing a rapport with a single interviewer is hard enough. What happens when you need to face a panel of three or four? Worst of all, the employer might not tell you that you’ll be meeting… -
6 Tips for Engaging Tech Pros via Twitter
Are your tweets falling on deaf ears? You’re not alone. According to a recent study by the iCIMS Hire Expectations Institute, 51 percent of all jobs on social media are posted to Twitter, yet onl… -
Tips for Engaging Tech Pros via Meetup
With an estimated 25 million global users and as many as 20,000 events per day, it’s easy to see why tech recruiters are combing the membership rosters of local Meetup groups to find candidates f… -
Scoring a Job at MLB Advanced Media
Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM) is fast becoming an interactive media giant and the premier vendor for companies looking to stream television online. The firm not only provides Web a… -
5 Tips for Pitching a Groundbreaking Idea
Once you come up with a revolutionary, tech-based solution for attracting new customers, improving processes or growing revenues, you’ll need buy-in from your boss, line managers and possibly out…