Before Josh Weiss founded TeliApp, a company that develops smart phone apps, he was a programmer. In several job interviews early on in his career, he was asked to recite specific codes, a question he thought was ridiculous because programmers can simply look up code.
What are the hot jobs most in demand for 2014
According to a recent survey of 18,000 employers by human resources management firm Manpower Group, 17 percent of U.S. employers — nearly one out of five — plan to add staff in the first quarter of the year. Most employers, 73 percent of those surveyed, plan to maintain their current staffing levels. According to Manpower, this is the strongest first quarter outlook since 2008. So I asked several human resources professionals and employment experts where they thought job growth was likely to be strongest in 2014.
Career Advice for Would Be Innovators
In 1985, at the age of 30, Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple computer, who had built the company from a startup in his garage into a billion dollar, Fortune 500 company, was forced out of the company he built. We all know that he was brought back as CEO to lead the then-struggling company to success as an innovation leader, creating the iPod, the iPhone and a host of other ground breaking products. Truly creative and innovative individuals can struggle at work. Regularly their talent isn’t recognized. Often they are not able to get others in the organization to see what they see.
Perfect holiday career gifts for the ladder climbers in your life
The holiday shopping season is upon us. Once again, it is time to start thinking about gifts for the people who are important to us. What could be better than something that helps them move their career forward?
With that in mind, I asked for suggestions as to what the “must-have” career gifts are this season. Here are some of the best ideas I received: