Q TIPS:
Quick and Quintessential Career & Job Tips
Job-hunting tips from the June 26, 2000 issue of QuintZine.
It's no longer totally a man's world in information
technology. "It is a label that people in information
technology (IT) can't seem to shake: the nerd stereotype,"
writes Sherri Pfeil in Employment Review.
"And unfortunately, many girls are still taught early in
life that women are supposed to learn how to cook and
play with their dolls while boys play with computers.
Even little girls' favorite doll, Barbie, displayed a
lack of knowledge in technology when she proclaimed,
'Math is hard.' Although men still dominate the IT
industry, more women are joining the ranks and climbing
up the corporate ladder today."
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Network "above your station." Ever hear the old wisdom
about how you should dress not like other people at your
own level dress, but like those at the level you aspire
to? The same applies to networking - at least to some degree.
You will often learn the most and make the best connections,
not with your peers, but with those at higher levels.
Certainly you should not ignore the members of your own
cohort, but be sure to include in your network a healthy
number of folks who are in the kind of job you hope to
achieve someday.
Headhunters, or as they are more properly known,
executive recruiters, work for client employers,
so we don't think of them as being especially
approachable by jobhunters. Yet, you can build
relationships with headhunters by serving as a
source for them, especially if your own career
is at the executive level. Executive recruiters
are always on the lookout for talented people to
fill positions at client companies. If you can steer
good people toward your favorite headhunter, you
may be favorably remembered when it's time for
your own job search. Similarly, helping a headhunter
find clients or serving as a client yourself will
stand you in good stead with the recruiter, who
will doubtless eagerly repay the favor when
you need help with your job search.
It's no longer totally a man's world in information
technology. "It is a label that people in information
technology (IT) can't seem to shake: the nerd stereotype,"
writes Sherri Pfeil in Employment Review.
"And unfortunately, many girls are still taught early in
life that women are supposed to learn how to cook and
play with their dolls while boys play with computers.
Even little girls' favorite doll, Barbie, displayed a
lack of knowledge in technology when she proclaimed,
'Math is hard.' Although men still dominate the IT
industry, more women are joining the ranks and climbing
up the corporate ladder today."
Read more at this 