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Tech Job Hunt Handbook

Career Management for Technical Professionals

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  • Tech Job Hunt Handbook: Career Management for Technical Professionals gives practical guidance and recommendations on how to get and keep great tech jobs throughout your career.

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. What You Know

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Career Management Means You

      • Kevin W. Grossman
      Pages 3-14
    3. Finish Your Education

      • Kevin W. Grossman
      Pages 15-26
    4. Learn New Specialized Skills

      • Kevin W. Grossman
      Pages 27-38
    5. Find and Take the Contract Work

      • Kevin W. Grossman
      Pages 39-52
    6. Cross-Training and Volunteering

      • Kevin W. Grossman
      Pages 53-67
    7. Background Screens and Assessments

      • Kevin W. Grossman
      Pages 69-82
    8. Interviewing, Part 1

      • Kevin W. Grossman
      Pages 83-92
  3. Who You Know

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
    2. Building an Online Profile

      • Kevin W. Grossman
      Pages 95-106
    3. Researching Employers

      • Kevin W. Grossman
      Pages 107-117
    4. Leverage Your Network, and Their Networks

      • Kevin W. Grossman
      Pages 119-131
    5. Mentors and Professional Associations

      • Kevin W. Grossman
      Pages 133-142
    6. Zero In on the Company

      • Kevin W. Grossman
      Pages 143-152
  4. Where to Go and What to Do

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153
    2. Cool Tools for Getting a Job

      • Kevin W. Grossman
      Pages 155-168
    3. From Best Practice to Business Case

      • Kevin W. Grossman
      Pages 169-178
    4. Interviewing, Part 2

      • Kevin W. Grossman
      Pages 179-191
    5. The Onboarding Battle and Beyond

      • Kevin W. Grossman
      Pages 193-203

About this book

Tech Job Hunt Handbook is a career management book—just for technology professionals—that reflects today’s new economic realities. The world of work is constantly changing, and staying professionally relevant while competing for more specialized tech jobs in areas like cloud computing, mobile and social applications, and big data in a highly competitive global economy is critical. The world is churning out hungry programmers and developers in record numbers, making the global labor market highly competitive. It is now essential to plan a campaign to get a better job as well as your overall career. Retooling your skills and re-branding yourself is mandatory whether you’re seeking a new job or intent on retaining current employment.

Readers of the Tech Job Hunt Handbook will find tools, practical guidance, and recommendations on how to find the best new tech jobs, how to get noticed, how to ace interviews and get hired, and how to keep those new jobs—until it’s time for a better one. As you will learn, learning how to assess and then invest in career management skills leads to long-term competitive advantage and a happier working life.

Tech Job Hunt Handbook—for recent graduates, risk-taking innovators, and tech veterans alike—shows how to build a comprehensive online professional profile, identify the companies you’re interested in and who you know at those companies, approach interviews with confidence, uncover opportunities in your current company, and understand the new emerging technology markets that could lead to a career rebirth. This book will help you:

  • Find a new or better tech job.
  • Stay relevant and employable despite constant new developments.
  • Manage your tech career for long-term success.

About the author

For the past 25 years, Kevin W. Grossman has held multiple leadership positions in the human resource and recruiting marketplace, B2B and consumer technology marketplace, and higher education. He's a marketing strategist, HR industry evangelist, online community developer, entrepreneur, analyst, advisor, manager, philanthropist, and writer. Currently, Kevin is the Director of Content Development at Peoplefluent, the leading provider of talent management solutions designed to support the entire workforce. He co-founded the TalentCulture "World of Work" community that includes the highly popular weekly #TChat Twitter chat and radio show. He's authored multiple articles on marketing, business development, HR, recruiting, and leadership. His first business book, Tech Job Hunt Handbook, was released in December 2012 from Apress. Kevin's domain expertise and familiarity with the HR and recruitment marketplace for the past 14 years includes working for and with job search, talent sourcing and acquisition, video interviewing, assessment, background screening, training and development, and talent management firms, helping them to grow and excel.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Tech Job Hunt Handbook

  • Book Subtitle: Career Management for Technical Professionals

  • Authors: Kevin W. Grossman

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-4549-0

  • Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA

  • eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Business and Management (R0), Apress Access Books

  • Copyright Information: Kevin Grossman 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4302-4548-3Published: 30 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4302-4549-0Published: 01 February 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 280

  • Topics: Business and Management, general

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 19.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 29.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

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