From the Geek Mail: 2011 Top Tech Jobs
Received from: Daily Edge at IT Business Edge
CyberCoders, a worldwide recruiting firm, has analyzed hiring statistics from a pool of more than 12,000 CyberCoders job listings to determine the top 10 tech jobs for 2011 — focusing on which job types offer the most open positions, career growth and compensation. CyberCoders finds that technical candidates often make more, are in higher demand, and have a better chance for career growth versus candidates who apply for marketing or health care positions.
Matt Miller, Chief Technology Officer of CyberCoders, says, “There is a resurgence of companies hiring tech candidates caused in part by industries which need to automate their business systems.” Miller says, “Automating business systems often results in an increased need for software engineers and technical specialty positions, especially among start-ups.” At the beginning of 2011, CyberCoders had more than 1,400 available positions in technology, up 196 percent from the previous year. Read more
Simple Math: Maybe the Difference in your Cert Exam Pass/Fail Chances
Picture this. You locked yourself up in a room for two months or so with no social interaction. You’ve excommunicated your family for that time period. You even missed the Super Bowl and the birth of your first child (okay maybe a little too dramatic, I know you would not dare miss the Super Bowl). In any case, you did all this because you have a goal. You wanted to be certified. You studied and studied. You read the book cover-to-cover. You paid top money for a class. You joined study groups. You took countless of practice exams and even bought several brain dump resources for good measure. You studied ’til the cows came home.
On the day of the exam you were as confident as a porcupine with extended twills (imagine that 
…). You know in your heart you’ve done what you could. You are anxious. You are ready. Then here comes the first question. You think to yourself, “WTF is this? I don’t remember reading about this.” Then the next question was so vague you wondered if it was actually written in English. The third question, seemed like there are two answers instead of one. The fourth was no easier. By the fifth question, all that confidence went down the toilet and by the sixth you are in a near panic. Read more
Simple Principles for Effective IT Management
50-30-20 Principle
- IT is about 50% people, 30% process and 20% product (technology)
- Success of any IT department depends upon the people within the department and the people it supports. There has to be buy-in to IT initiatives and that the department offers value to its customer base
- Processes (Procedures, Guidelines, Standards and Policies) should be aligned with overall business objectives to ensure that IT is not simply a cost center for the organization but also a value-add and integral part of overall revenue stream of the company. A key factor to ensure that there is alignment between IT and Business and that these processes support the objectives is buy-in from all the stakeholders within the organization Read more
PMP Review Notes (Chapter 2) – Project Integration Management Knowledge Areas
The Project Integration Management Knowledge Area
- Comprise of six processes
- Concerned with coordinating all aspects of the project plan and is highly interactive
- Involves identifying and defining the work of the project and combining, unifying and integrating the appropriate processes
- Also takes into account satisfactorily meeting the requirements of the customer and stakeholder and managing their expectations Read more
Yeah Boy! I passed the PMP Exam… (Part 2)
Continued from Yeah Boy! I passed the PMP Exam… (Part 1)
Another area that concerned me the most is the fact that I can’t seem memorize the various formulas presented in the study material. I eventually developed a way to remember these formulas by trying to read them like words (sounding like a Klingon). I will explain this in another post if I get around to it. There were also the different theories in motivation and leadership. Again on top of everything else that I have been trying to jam into my noggin’ this was another bang-my-head-on-the-desk item. For this, I also developed a simple system to allow me to remember them better. Read more
Yeah Boy! I passed the PMP Exam… (Part 1)
Four months of being a near-recluse, self-studying and sometimes overly stressing finally paid off. I passed the Project Management Professional (PMP) exam yesterday. For folks who are not familiar with the certification, Project Management Professional (PMP) is a credential offered by the Project Management Institute (PMI). Click here to learn more about the PMI and its credentialing programs. As of 30 June 2009 (2009 -06-30), there were 359,973 PMP certified individuals distributed globally. Read more
A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge: (Pmbok Guide) (Paperback)
The PMBOK9(r) Guide – Fourth Edition continues the tradition of excellence in project management with a standard that is even easier to understand and implement, with improved consistency and greater clarification. Standard language has been incorporated throughout the document to aid reader understanding. New data flow diagrams clarify inputs and outputs for each process. Greater attention has been placed on how Knowledge Areas integrate in the context of Initiating, Pla (more…)
2010 PMP Exam Simulation Software: 6,000 Questions Based on PMBOK 4th Edition. Pass the Project Management Professional PMP Exam. Windows PC’s Only. (CD-ROM)
6,000 Total Unique Questions. Various Difficulty Levels (easy to super-hard) Questions. The largest unique database of PMP questions in one program. Questions show in a random order each time you start the program, You’ll never see the same questions in the same order. “Wordy”, Graph Intensive , situational and real world PMP exam questions and answers. Track Overall exam time and per question time to manage your time usage. Explanations of the rational behind the correct answer (more…)
PMP Project Management Professional Study Guide, Third Edition (Certification Press) (Paperback)
The best fully integrated study system available for the PMP examUpdated for the latest release of the Project Professional exam from PMI, PMP Project Management Professional Study Guide, Third Edition covers what you need to know–and shows you how to prepare–for this challenging exam. 100% complete coverage of all objectives for the PMP exam Exam Readiness checklist–you’re ready for the exam when all objectives on the list are checked offInside the Exam sections highlight ke (more…)
PMP Project Management Knowledge Areas & Processes (based on the PMBOK 4th Edition) (Board book)
Developed by an award-winning author and PMP, this excellent reference tool will help you manage your projects or study for the PMP exam. Every PMBOK Knowledge Area, Process, Input, Output, and Tool & Technique is listed. Based on the PMBOK Fourth Edition.
Format: Two-sided, laminated reference card that conveniently fits in a notebook or folder. Format: 8.5 x 11
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