Archive for November, 2008

What is the Best Way to Prepare for an Interview? (Part Three)

Your ‘big day’ has arrived. Your interview is now. How are you making the final preparations?
In Part One of this series we looked at how to prepare in advance for an interview, in particularly, how to build confidence that you have the best answers for the ‘tricky’ questions that always get asked. Interviews are [...]

10 Big Reasons Why Freelancers Must Use Elance and Rentacoder (or Other Freelance Marketplaces)

Freelance Marketplaces, like Elance and Rentacoder, have grown very popular with freelancers and their clients because they are a ‘platform solution’ to many freelancer business problems. For a small(ish) fee, freelancers enjoy many benefits. What are they, and why use these platforms?
You might already be familiar with these platforms, and use them regularly. If that isn’t [...]

6 More Powerful Questions To Ask At Your Performance Review

Last week I posed 6 powerful questions to ask at your performance review . I’ve received quite a lot of traffic on this post so I can conclude this is an important and hot topic. Here are six more powerful questions to ask at your review, which delve further into your performance and to inquire [...]

Great Resumes Arrive With Even Greater Cover Letters

You’ve written a great resume. But what about the cover letter?
In my post 9 Highly Effective Habits of Great Technical Resume Writers I shared the approach of the best resume writers in order to create the most effective resume. I also tested automatic ‘resume builders’ to see if they can be used to create [...]

Cancer Research Charity Fundraiser Breaks $1,000 Target!

I am so pleased to announce that the Cancer Research Charity Fundraiser I began last month has reached it’s target of $1,000! In fact the totalizer is:
$1,055.00
Thanks so much to everyone has helped raise this money for these charities. The breakdown of the money raised is:

$60.00 from comments
$88.00 from Diggs and Stumbles
And [...]

Do ‘Resume Builders’ Work for Technical People?

Writing a great resume is a real challenge for most of us, and to get it near perfect we have to learn from the best. In my article ‘ 9 Highly Effective Habits of Great Technical Resume Writers ‘ I shared with you what I consider to be the best traits of the great resume [...]

How To Calculate Rates in a Competitive Market

You may have noticed that SimonStapleton.com has been focusing a lot lately on landing that top job. It’s no surprise these posts have received a lot of feedback, as in this global economy, landing a well paying job is something that is highly desired. But how do you perceive your worth? Do your perceptions on [...]

As A Leader, Your Personality Is Everything (Part Four)

If somebody gives you feedback that surprises you, how should you respond? Defensively?… dismissively?… aggressively? Of course not. Here’s how.
In last week’s installation of this series , I emphasized a key point: Feedback Is A Gift . In order to understand how other people perceive your personality and your behaviors, you need to be told [...]

9 Highly Effective Habits of Great Technical Resume Writers

What makes a great resume – one which you can’t put down? A great resume writer, that’s what. Through my years of IT management and recruiting IT professionals, I’ve seen countless resumes (in the 1,000s), so what makes me keep on reading some and put the rest aside for later reading?
To compliment my recent focus [...]

What is the Best Way to Prepare for an Interview? (Part Two)

In Part One of this series we took a look at interview preparation by considering our confidence and nervousness before the event. This time we’re considering the importance of know what we want to get from an interview and we’ll also be looking at how we might dress for an interview.
It’s fair to say that [...]