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By Michelle Knight Your pickiness for specific technical skills vs. types of collaboration and team-building will determine how frequently your technical hires work remotely or onsite. A COVID-19 era has moved 71% of onsite employees to a remote set-up, as the Pew Research Center found in October 2020. In July 2021, increasing vaccinations promised more safety in numbers and a

By Michelle Knight Partnering with a technical recruiter gives you confidence that you will hire the best IT expert available that you need. As Jim Collins says, “the right people are your most important asset.” But hiring the long-term person you need can be difficult when you have critical technical and soft skill requirements. Just talk to one of the

By Michelle Knight The Portland, Oregon area offers vibrant careers in emerging technologies for you to grow and collaborate. The Portland, Oregon area outshines other regions with various emerging technologies and a small collaborative community. Job opportunities range from cloud computing to implementing cyber-product security, applying mechanical and electronic troubleshooting skills to semiconductors, and managing healthcare data. Portland metro hosts

Thinking of hiring freelance help for your business? If so, you may be thinking about hiring someone to help out with administrative projects. Having a virtual assistant checking your calendar or a bookkeeper balancing your books can certainly free up your time for more pressing matters, but there are so many other powerful ways that freelancers can help your business

Technology has made us more connected than ever, which means businesses have the power to allow employees to work from home. However, many managers are unsure of how to best handle this transition. Fears about communication difficulties, poor productivity, and employee success at home lead many managers to prefer their employees to stay in the office. This approach, unfortunately, benefits

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Come join GDG PDX and watch the live stream of Flutter Interact! This is Google’s premier annual Flutter event! Tune in on December 11 to interact, innovate and collaborate with the global community for a day dedicated to creating delightful interactive experiences with Flutter. You can stream the event live from anywhere in the world or attend a viewing party.

Business trips are nothing new, but true vacations, on the other hand, are becoming a thing of the past. Few workers use the entirety of their annual paid leave, which is usually a scant two weeks anyway.

Fridays are notoriously unproductive, but with a little focus and prioritizing, you can start your weekend stress-free and be ready for the week ahead.
Here’s how these six go-getters end the work week:

What can a review of your most recent job interview (call it a “post-mortem” or a “retrospective”) teach you about the job-hunting process? As it turns out, quite a lot, including what went well—and what could have gone better. We recently contacted several software engineers who conducted a post-mortem review of their last job search. After analyzing the data and

If you have a job you’re satisfied with, updating your résumé might seem like a waste of time. But job loss can arrive unexpectedly; new management might lay off your division, for example, or decide that your project isn’t a priority. In light of that, it can pay to keep your résumé as updated as possible at all times. Spending

We’ve all been there: you apply for a job, and never hear back. It shakes your confidence, and makes you wonder why you wasted time crafting a snappy cover letter and resume.

You just graduated school! Congrats. Fortunately, you’re heading into the workforce at a particularly opportune time: Industry unemployment is low, and companies in all industries are happy to interview coders, data analysts, and other tech professionals for well-playing jobs.

By Nick Kolakowski It’s a brand new year, and even if you have zero urge to jump to a new job, it’s still worth updating your résumé: You never know when you might need it on short notice. (For example, if you’re a federal employee furloughed by the recent shutdown, you might have made a quick decision to pursue a