Articles by Leslie Stevens-Huffman
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How Facebook’s IPO Could Impact Your Career
Facebook's IPO and your career may be linked in a social network kind of way. Consider these points: First, Groupon’s stock price stumbled, followed by Zynga's hitting the skids, and if Facebook’… -
How to Fix a Dysfunctional Workplace Team
You don’t have to be a project manager or team lead to repair a dysfunctional team, since every member is responsible for ensuring the group’s success. Plus, being linked to an under-performing t… -
How to Market Yourself as a 'Specialized Generalist'
While developer communities debate the pros and cons of specialists and generalists, companies like IBM are hiring "specialized generalists, "T-shaped people" who possess one or two technical spe… -
Tips for a Great 'Hire Me' Campaign
With half of new graduates jobless or underemployed, many job seekers aren’t sitting around waiting for employers to call. Instead, they’re making a statement by launching a “Hire Me” campaign. W… -
How to Use QR Codes In Your Job Search
QR codes can increase their visibility with recruiters and potential employers. Here’s what career expert and strategist Mary Jane Vincent says: I recommend that my clients create a personal QR c… -
Tech Support: Career Opportunity or Trap?
Is tech support the perfect place to launch your IT career? Or is it a dead-end department where neophytes toil in obscurity while their technical skills grow stale? The answer depends on the com… -
How to Deal With a Micromanager
Daily work diaries and stealth screen monitoring are just some of the micro-managing tactics that can drive down morale. As columnist Jerry Osteryoung recently wrote: Micro-managing damages moral… -
Why An MBA Can Make You Popular With Employers
DBAs, Web developers and computer systems analysts top the list of most promising opportunities for MBA grads according to U.S. News. Would you consider getting an MBA? Tell us in the comments be…