One way I’ve decided to help is give a better explanation of what certain IT roles are so it helps you understand it more as you move into around in IT jobs. One of them I’ve heard is about a TAM. The Technical Account Manager (TAM) is a person hired by a product vendor (For …
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Good day everyone, What a busy week! A few things today that I’m excited to share: First – I had 2 very nice reach outs this week. I’ll share one of them below as the other is too personal for me to share publicly. Thank you, Varesh for taking the time to write and give …
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The biggest complaint I have is the labelling of the certification programs. You get a driver’s license, you can drive. You get an Amazon Solutions Architect Certification, and you can’t be a solutions architect??? What gives? There’s so much confusion about the role of being a solutions architect that I will be doing a video …
My friend Jeff Davey, Senior Manager at VMware talks about IT Careers, where to develop skills and evolving trends. Follow Jeff on Twitter @vJeffD VMware is deployed in over 80% of organizations and has been a pioneer in virtualization and cloud automation for the hybrid cloud. For those getting into the field, knowing this technology …
So many of you have reached out for help on Interviews that I had to rush through this article! Firstly, I’m glad the resume suggestions have been so effective! If you put some time and effort, you’ll get that interview in no time! Secondly, yes – this might be your first interview or it might …
Hi Folks, What a great week! It was good news after good news. Two of the people I’ve been mentoring is getting a promotion and the other is moving on to senior role! I wish them all the best in their new positions! Also, several people from my forums, my blog, and my other online …
Folks – please be warned – there are some scams going around with people pretending to offer jobs. They get your resume, then set you up on an interview claiming they are headhunters. After the interview, they ask you for a lot of your personal information and then do identity theft/etc. Please be careful. I …
Everyone is getting meeting fatigue in their IT roles. The following tool will help you add life back to an overdone meeting. It’s called Microsoft Whiteboard, and it can be downloaded here for free: https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/microsoft-365/microsoft-whiteboard/digital-whiteboard-app Microsoft Whiteboard is easy to use, and there are cool tricks to make you a pro at using it even …
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Based on the questions I’ve received, I am doing one more video to clarify and simplify some of the content. A lot of questions wanted to see how I actually build a skeleton, identify skills required, etc. So I’m answering the 3 most common questions I’ve been hearing. Question 1 – How to get Skills? …
I’ve written the first 2 blogs and posted videos of the Broken IT Resume, but I’ve seen some questions come up about how to actually do it. What I’m going to do is post a video specifically showing how I would edit a resume. Hopefully, seeing the edit in person can help you understand how …
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