Author: Adam Kovitz

Are you just looking for a job?

Are you just looking? No one needs to reiterate that today’s is a difficult job market that is unprecedented in recent times or that regrettably, many people are looking for jobs for extended amounts of time—sometimes for years! As a

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Interviewing is Emotional and Logical

Interviewing is a combination of art and science thus it has a part which is emotional yet another part which is logical. It very much reminds me a game of Chess. While the interview is typically amicable the “players” are

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Being Fired Is Like a Divorce . . .

Just fired so what now? . . . And based on today’s statistics, that doesn’t sound good. So many articles cover the fact that 50% of all marriages in America end in divorce. Interestingly enough, other articles say 50% of

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In a PSO, should PMs be vocal regarding the projects they receive?

As project managers (PMs), we strive to be the best PMs we can be. In that vein, we also have projects or clients that we would like to avoid for various reasons. The project does not have the correct resources.The

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What Cloud “…aaS” Could Mean to You

Are you confused about what technology is in “The Cloud”? If so, you might also be confused by “aaS”. Simply, “aaS” is the acronym for “as a Service”. Delivering information technology “as a service” is a licensing model where the

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Debrief at the End of Each Project

Making mistakes during a project, although sometimes painful, can be valuable as long as we learn from them. The same can be said for the project successes. More than a casual conversation about what did and didn’t work, a debriefing

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Bring Your Own Device

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is an increasing trend toward employee-owned devices within the workplace. Smartphones are the most common example. However, employees may also take their own tablets, laptops and USB drives for use in the workplace. BYOD encourages

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Bad Interview—Everybody Loses

During a recent presentation to a job search networking group, I told the audience that 5 out of 10 interviewers do a bad job; 3 do an acceptable job; and the remaining 2 do a very good job. The audience

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How does a PM get resources for the project?

I know a certain Project Manager (PM) who we’ll refer to as “Bob.” Bob meets with his manager and is told that he has a big new project that has to be staffed. When it comes to staffing a project,

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Proper Netiquette for Business

“Netiquette” is network etiquette: The do’s and don’ts of online communication. While Netiquette covers both formal (professional) and the informal rules for communicating on line, we’ll focus on the formal communication rules in this post. Writing can be divided into

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