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		<title>Do &#8216;Resume Builders&#8217; Work for Technical People?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/19/do-resume-builders-work-for-technical-people/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:29:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8216; 9 Highly Effective Habits of Great Technical Resume Writers &#8216; I shared with you what I consider to be the best traits of the great resume [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As A Leader, Your Personality Is Everything (Part Four)</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/17/as-a-leader-your-personality-is-everything-part-four/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/17/as-a-leader-your-personality-is-everything-part-four/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[360 degree feedback]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[learning]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If somebody gives you feedback that surprises you, how should you respond? Defensively?&#8230; dismissively?&#8230; aggressively? Of course not. Here&#8217;s how.
In last week&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is the Best Way to Prepare for an Interview? (Part Two)</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/12/what-is-the-best-way-to-prepare-for-an-interview-part-two/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/12/what-is-the-best-way-to-prepare-for-an-interview-part-two/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Career Development]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[business attire]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=1061</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;re considering the importance of know what we want to get from an interview and we&#8217;ll also be looking at how we might dress for an interview.
It&#8217;s fair to say that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>6 Powerful Questions To Ask In Your Performance Review</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/11/6-powerful-questions-to-ask-in-your-performance-review/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/11/6-powerful-questions-to-ask-in-your-performance-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Career Development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pay &amp; Money]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[performance appraisal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Was your last performance review/appraisal enjoyable? Worthwhile? Inspiring? Constructive? It should be all of these things, if done right. But chances are, it wasn&#8217;t. And you won&#8217;t be the only one. I recently surveyed over 800 IT professionals from over 600 companies and discovered that over 70% felt their performance reviews were ineffective. What&#8217;s happening?
As [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As A Leader, Your Personality Is Everything (Part Three)</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/10/as-a-leader-your-personality-is-everything-part-three/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/10/as-a-leader-your-personality-is-everything-part-three/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[360 degree feedback]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=1039</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the last two weeks we&#8217;ve been looking at your personality, and why it is important as a Leader. In Part One , we considered why consistent behavior according to your personality is crucial so we can practice strong leadership. In Part Two , we then began to consider how our personality can be measured, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As a Freelancer, You&#8217;re At A Disadvantage</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/07/as-a-freelancer-youre-at-a-disadvantage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/07/as-a-freelancer-youre-at-a-disadvantage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Career Development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Developer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Freelancer]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[360 degree feedback]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[feedback]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mult-rater feedback]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[professional freelancer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=1036</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As a freelancer, you are likely to be in a disadvantaged position as far as personal development and feedback goes. Why? Well permanent employees, as a rule, are nurtured by their employers. You don&#8217;t receive the benefit of the development opportunities presented to permies, unless you create them yourself, and out of your own pocket. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is the Best Way to Prepare for an Interview? (Part One)</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/06/what-is-the-best-way-to-prepare-for-an-interview-part-one/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/06/what-is-the-best-way-to-prepare-for-an-interview-part-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[confidence]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[job interview answers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=990</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Flunking an Interview is so disheartening.  Not just because we fail to land the job we&#8217;ve banked on getting, but think about all the time and energy we&#8217;ve put into even getting in front of the interview panel, particularly if you&#8217;ve adopted guerrilla tactics and found a job that didn&#8217;t even exist before you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Review of Mark McClure&#8217;s IT Career Engineer</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/04/a-review-of-mark-mcclures-it-career-engineer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/04/a-review-of-mark-mcclures-it-career-engineer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=982</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What if I told you that you could exchange 3 hours of your time and just over 40 bucks for all the IT career guidance you&#8217;ll need to move from pure techie to IT Leader? You&#8217;d think I was nuts, right? Well I wish I had known about Mark McClure&#8217;s IT Career Engineer 12 years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Special Report: Why ‘Green’ and Other Niche Causes are Great Career Builders</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/03/special-report-why-%e2%80%98green%e2%80%99-and-other-niche-causes-are-great-career-builders/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/03/special-report-why-%e2%80%98green%e2%80%99-and-other-niche-causes-are-great-career-builders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=999</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just released a Special Report on the subject of Why ‘Green’ and Other Niche Causes are Great Career Builders . If you&#8217;re an avid reader of this website you&#8217;ll know that I&#8217;ve discussed the opportunities that supporting niche causes, and being seen to do so, is a powerful means of raising your profile and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Even The Idiots Amongst Us Practice Leadership When&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/21/even-the-idiots-amongst-us-practice-leadership-when/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/21/even-the-idiots-amongst-us-practice-leadership-when/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=876</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re responsible for developing new leaders, or if you&#8217;re an emerging leader yourself, then don&#8217;t forget that what we learn and experience in our &#8216;everyday&#8217; lives act as strong reminders that we&#8217;re all Leaders.
Leadership isn&#8217;t something we tend to switch on and off. It isn&#8217;t something we do exclusively in the workplace either. For [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Search The Invisible Job Market</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/20/how-to-search-the-invisible-job-market/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/20/how-to-search-the-invisible-job-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[job hunting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=848</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Best jobs aren&#8217;t advertised in the newspaper or on the web. Much like real estate, the best of the bunch are snapped up before they ever hit advertisements. If you scour job ad sites or the back pages of a paper, then you&#8217;re really looking at the jobs the top people don&#8217;t want. You&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Career Checklist During The Global Financial Crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/14/your-career-checklist-during-the-global-financial-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/14/your-career-checklist-during-the-global-financial-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[career plan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[career shift]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=809</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you in need of a confidence boost, or a reassessment of your career path? The Global Financial Crisis is creating turmoil in many industries (e.g. retail, financial services, manufacturing, construction) so we all need to keep our finger on the pulse of employment, the job market and career opportunities.
There are a number of positive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Do Business Analysts Measure Their Value?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/06/how-do-business-analysts-measure-their-value/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/06/how-do-business-analysts-measure-their-value/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business Analysis]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=723</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Business Analysts are the fulcrum that turn an idea, problem or opportunity identified in the business into something that IT can engage with and deliver. So BAs generally deal with work whose inputs are less easily defined and therefore measured. So how do BAs measure their value? 
Take a look at BAs who are working in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Self-Marketing Tips for Information Technology Employees</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/29/five-self-marketing-tips-for-information-technology-employees/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/29/five-self-marketing-tips-for-information-technology-employees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markmcclure</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=690</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I used to be like you - a shy, modest, hard working IT engineer who&#8217;d little  time for what I supposed to be those self-serving sycophants scrambling up  promotion vines in the corporate jungle  
You know the ones. They&#8217;re on  first name terms with most middle and some senior managers (including [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Punch Above Your Weight! Drop Some Business Steroids - Get Your CIO Career Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/26/punch-above-your-weight-get-your-cio-career-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/26/punch-above-your-weight-get-your-cio-career-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=706</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[CIOs don&#8217;t become c-level through luck - so why put your career to chance?
Silicon.com have just run this story to highlight the important of having a career plan. CIOs don&#8217;t let their career become a game of wait-and-see, but they actively plan for it. But many people don&#8217;t do this, but instead meander their way [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Major Gaffes I&#8217;ve Made as an IT Manager</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/08/5-major-gaffes-ive-made-as-an-it-manager/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/08/5-major-gaffes-ive-made-as-an-it-manager/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I can look back on my career now and laugh at some of the things I did, and in some cases I cringe like crazy to the point my toes curl up and I look like I am wearing Turkish slippers. Naivety provides great learning . In this article I am looking back at five [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alternative non-IT Careers for Tech Workers</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/28/alternative-non-it-careers-for-tech-workers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/28/alternative-non-it-careers-for-tech-workers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=394</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just seen an article on CIO.COM which suggests 24 alternative careers for IT professionals. The article is off the back of the belief in the disappearance of tech jobs from the US, but this is true of Canada and Western Europe also. 
The article, written by Meredith Levinson, looks at the skills and experience of common IT vocations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brilliant Basics: When Good People Become Bad Bosses</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/25/brilliant-basics-when-good-people-become-bad-bosses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/25/brilliant-basics-when-good-people-become-bad-bosses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thejendra</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As soon as the word bad boss is mentioned most people start imagining pictures of a wicked person, a crook, a tyrant, a scheming backstabbing individual, a selfish ogre, etc. And typical textbook definitions of a bad boss is one who screams, threatens, intimidates, grabs credit, fires people, throttles people’s necks and so on. While [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Leader, The Followers, and the Situation</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/17/the-leader-the-followers-and-the-situation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/17/the-leader-the-followers-and-the-situation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone knows that Winston Churchill was a brilliant wartime leader, bringing the UK from the depths of despair at the beginning of World War II to being triumphant alongside its allies at the end. He was the undisputed king of wartime leadership at that time. But in peacetime, less people know, he was an average [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update: How To Find a Much Better IT Job, Even in Recession</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/07/update-how-to-find-a-much-better-it-job-even-in-recession/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/07/update-how-to-find-a-much-better-it-job-even-in-recession/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Following my recent article, I&#8217;ve found an excellent article on the HBS Working Knowledge website which discusses the tendencies of women who are finding it easier to move jobs and maintain their star profile.
This article shares the results of research that shows that females are generally more apt at switching jobs and preserving their &#8217;shine&#8217;, when compared [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Two Most Powerful People in an Organization</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/05/the-two-most-powerful-people-in-an-organization/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/05/the-two-most-powerful-people-in-an-organization/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:21:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=223</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are two very powerful people in your organization - the person who runs the show, and the PA to the person who runs the show. Savvy professionals who manage upwards effectively know this.
It doesn&#8217;t matter really if you consider &#8216;your organization&#8217; as your department, your project or your whole company. It&#8217;s the same whatever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Find a Much Better IT Job, Even in Recession</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/04/how-to-fin-a-much-better-it-job-even-in-recession/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/04/how-to-fin-a-much-better-it-job-even-in-recession/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=208</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It wasn&#8217;t long ago that I advised you to feel confident in moving jobs, if you&#8217;re a master at your subject . I thought it would be interesting to think about more than moving IT jobs, but getting a better IT job. How could you do that?
I&#8217;m going to caveat this by saying the following [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why IT People Don&#8217;t Move Jobs</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/25/why-it-people-dont-move-jobs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/25/why-it-people-dont-move-jobs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=144</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The average tenure of an IT professional in an organization is still around two years on average, but there are exceptions where workers stay around what seems forever. Why?
I know of several dedicated, experienced IT professionals in the US, UK and South Africa that are in a &#8216;trap&#8217; - i.e. they feel stuck in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Do You Network?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/18/how-do-you-network/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/18/how-do-you-network/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:59:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=133</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Networking is an important part of professional life - it&#8217;s how you build useful relationships, extend your influence, and gain information outside of your line. So how do you do it?
I want to ask this question to find out if there is a &#8216;best&#8217; way of networking, irrespective of personality type. I must admit I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Soft Skills Training and Development do Freelancers need?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/08/what-soft-skills-training-and-development-do-freelancers-need/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/08/what-soft-skills-training-and-development-do-freelancers-need/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The big benefits of being freelance is that you generally decide what work you take on, and when you take it on, and there are considerable financial benefits in the short term. IT freelancing is lucrative, compared with permanent positions: income can be three times or more!
The trouble with freelancing though is that reaping the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>URGENT: Now Is The Time To Move Jobs If You Think You Are S**t Hot!</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/06/30/urgent-now-is-the-time-to-move-jobs-if-you-think-you-are-st-hot/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/06/30/urgent-now-is-the-time-to-move-jobs-if-you-think-you-are-st-hot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:46:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=114</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re in recession - it&#8217;s a golden opportunity! If you are master in your craft industry then don&#8217;t wait for the recession to end, now is the time to move. This advice might seem counter-intuitive because in hard times it&#8217;s natural to want to feel secure in your organization, and certainly take advantage of any severance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 More Tips for Aspiring Execs&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/06/26/10-more-tips-for-aspiring-execs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/06/26/10-more-tips-for-aspiring-execs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=110</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re an aspiring CIO or CTO then you have to keep on your game CONSTANTLY . But it isn&#8217;t always about being clever. It&#8217;s about doing a number of simple things well, and continuously.
I post a number of articles about career progression from the shop floor to the board room table, and below is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prepare for the Future of IT Organization, or Be Left Behind</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/06/17/prepare-for-the-future-of-it-organization/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/06/17/prepare-for-the-future-of-it-organization/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/06/17/prepare-for-the-future-of-it-organization/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve just come from the Forrester IT Forum in Lisbon, Portugal, and discovered a number of insights that crystallized some thoughts I’d been having for a while. One of these insights that resonated especially was the future of IT Leadership and the potential fork in the road of the IT career path.
During the last few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Phenomenal Power of Enablement: Implications for Corporates and Individuals</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/06/06/the-phenomenal-power-of-enablement-implications-for-corporates-and-individuals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/06/06/the-phenomenal-power-of-enablement-implications-for-corporates-and-individuals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:16:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[You might think that Web 2.0 was set to totally disrupt and displace the big players in the IT industry. New players have risen in the last 15 years; Google, Amazon, eBay, Facebook, Myspace, to name but a few. All these new guy’s propositions are based on amassing large volumes of data on individuals and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding niche causes to raise your profile</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/04/25/finding-niche-causes-to-raise-your-profile/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/04/25/finding-niche-causes-to-raise-your-profile/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/04/25/finding-niche-causes-to-raise-your-profile/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Career development isn’t just about doing a great job (although mastering your craft is a solid way to build a career to the greatest of heights), it’s also about building, maintaining and developing your profile inside and external to an organization.
You can build your profile as I’ve just mentioned, by doing a great job and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Knowing your craft, inside out</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/03/24/knowing-your-craft-inside-out/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/03/24/knowing-your-craft-inside-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[What have Michael Dell (of Dell Computers), Jack Welch (of General Electric) and Bill Gates (of Microsoft) got in common? They reached the pinnacle of their domain and organization by knowing their companies industry and products, inside out. These guys are true captains of their industries (whether you like their products or not). All three [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking your first step as a manager or supervisor in technical teams</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/02/25/taking-your-first-step-as-a-manager-of-supervisor-in-technical-teams/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/02/25/taking-your-first-step-as-a-manager-of-supervisor-in-technical-teams/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://simonstapleton.com/wordpress/?p=44</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the most difficult moves on a technical career path is moving from technician and knowledge worker (i.e. a &#8216;doer&#8217;) from a manager of supervisor. I found this tough, as do many technical professionals who have this responsibility thrust upon them. Supervisors and managers of the 21st century will have broader responsibilities, taking charge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Perfectionism vs Pragmastism: Career Implications</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/01/09/perfectionism-vs-pragmastism-career-implications/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/01/09/perfectionism-vs-pragmastism-career-implications/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://simonstapleton.com/wordpress/?p=37</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a debate I often see in technical circles, mostly between technicians and their less technical managers or stakeholders. It’s a debate that often leads to conflict or a reduction in morale or motivation in each party. It has career implications too; as technical leaders aiming to build a career, its something we need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To MBA, or not MBA&#8230; that is the question?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/01/03/to-mba-or-not-mba-that-is-the-question/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/01/03/to-mba-or-not-mba-that-is-the-question/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Question: Does completing an MBA give you a ticket to success as a business leader?
Answer: No, it doesn&#8217;t.
The virtues of an MBA are often hyped and rarely understated. So why is it such a big deal? Well the average MBA will cost a student 25K UKP/50K USD, so the universities have a good reason to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gaining ground in your organization&#8217;s business as a technical professional: Two Essential Tips</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2007/11/29/gaining-ground-in-your-organizations-business-as-a-technical-professional-two-essential-tips/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2007/11/29/gaining-ground-in-your-organizations-business-as-a-technical-professional-two-essential-tips/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below are two tips that I think will give you opportunities to become more commercially aware of your organization&#8217;s business. Try them out.
1) See yourself as the managing director of your personal business, even if you&#8217;re an employee. Ask yourself if your customers (mostly colleagues) would buy your services and trust your company and brand? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting noticed in your company or organization</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2007/09/04/getting-noticed-in-your-company-or-organization/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Getting yourself noticed by senior management or executives maybe easier than you think. These people, like all people, are human beings. I&#8217;ve found that if you treat them that way, you have the best chance of getting to know them, and hopefully raising your profile.
The most effective way I have found is to take an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Giving up control: losing the detail</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2007/05/14/giving-up-control-losing-the-detail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2007 16:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A number of people have said that one of their biggest issues when moving up the career ladder is knowing how to give up control of the &#8216;detail&#8217;, i.e. influence and decision making of technical matters. To some people, its losing their edge - their very basis of power and expertise. I think this can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are you at a career impasse?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2007/05/11/are-you-at-a-career-impasse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2007 15:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Then take a look at this great article on the Harvard Business School website:

http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5548.html

It gives a great insight into the psychological side of feeling stuck in a professional rut, and some valuable ideas on how to deal with it.

I&#8217;d love to hear your thoughts on this article. Email me!
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