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Know when and how to fire someone

Avoid litigation and troubled staffs by following these firing best practices.

Tech & Work

Five rules for posting your resume online

Sometimes when you apply for a job online you can feel like you're sending your resume into a black hole. Our career specialist offers tips for finding the right sites and getting results.

Tech & Work

Choose your words carefully when crafting a resume

A resume is only as valuable as the attention it grabs, and if you've jammed it with action verbs and lots of glittery adjectives, it may not get the response you want. Find out what words to use and avoid.

Tech & Work

How to go back to your old job when the new one doesn’t fit

You've taken a new role that isn't a good fit, and while you're making more money, you'd still like to go back to your old employer. Career expert Molly Joss explains how best to approach that effort.

Tech & Work

Don’t waste time waiting for the perfect job

An IT manager turned down a new job because it wasn't a perfect fit. But as career expert Molly Joss points out, this isn't an economy that lets IT leaders be choosy. She outlines good approaches for quickly finding that next job.

Tech & Work

Getting ready to hire? Make sure you do your prep work

If your company seems primed to lift its hiring freeze, now is the perfect time to polish your hiring plans. Here are some key steps in planning out your hiring process so that you avoid the bad hires that usually accompany a hiring rush.

Tech & Work

A workaround for nonexistent references

A unique--and unpleasant--resignation experience left one tech director without a direct reference for his previous job. Career expert Molly Joss outlines how to handle this issue when it comes to interviewing.

Tech & Work

Fighting for raise parity requires research

What should you do when another manager receives a larger raise after you've been told that the entire IT organization would get the same amount? Career expert Molly Joss outlines the steps to take if you decide to fight for compensation parity.

CXO

Avoid getting into a career rut by challenging yourself regularly

The best way to avoid a career rut is to ensure that your workday presents new challenges and hones new skills. Here are some solid tips to make sure your career doesn't get stale any time soon.

Tech & Work

How to find out the scoop on the manager you’re replacing

When interviewing for a job, it's important to know why the previous manager left, but some companies don't like to share that type of information. Here's how to make sure you aren't walking into a big mess left by the former manager.

Determining how and when to renew support contracts can be tedious and time-consuming. Our vendor contract renewal planner will help you schedule support renewals and budget the related costs. From the planner: Some companies schedule their support contract renewals to take effect all at once, such as on January 1. This provides a convenient renewal ...

Without appropriate access management controls, businesses are at significant risk from the loss or theft of both physical and digital assets. Access management controls establish who is allowed the appropriate level of access in order to do their jobs, while reducing the potential for damage or harm to the company. The purpose of this policy ...

IT pros typically have access to company servers, network devices and data so they can perform their jobs. However, that access entails risk, including exposure of confidential information and interruption in essential business services. This policy from TechRepublic Premium offers guidelines for governing access to critical systems and confidential data. From the policy: SUMMARY IT ...

mollyjoss

Know when and how to fire someone

Five rules for posting your resume online

Choose your words carefully when crafting a resume

How to go back to your old job when the new one doesn’t fit

Don’t waste time waiting for the perfect job

Getting ready to hire? Make sure you do your prep work

A workaround for nonexistent references

Fighting for raise parity requires research

Avoid getting into a career rut by challenging yourself regularly

How to find out the scoop on the manager you’re replacing

Vendor contract renewal planner

Access management policy

IT staff systems and data access policy

Windows administrator’s PowerShell script kit