protecting the tech career you've built

Protecting What You’ve Built

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How ITtechExec and NoddlePlace moved from just another resume firm into a career progression game changer …

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Successfully Delivering Messaging & Job Search Solutions for CIOs, CTOs, Technology Executives, IT Experts & Business Leaders at Top National & Global Companies, Start-Up & Venture Capital Firms, Government Agencies and Contractors

Silly me. I thought an MBA mixed with hard work was my ticket…

(A Note from Stephen Van Vreede, Co-Founder of ITtechExec/NoddlePlace)


When I first started my career, generally I didn’t know anyone who actually paid to have their resume (or résumé, for the purists among us) written, much less for “career services.”

Let's be real. It used to be pretty cut-and-dry. You put a basic 1-page (or maybe 2-page) resume together, worked a few connections or answered a few "classifieds," and felt pretty certain the right opportunity would come along. Then if you worked hard (got the right certs) and didn't burn too many bridges, you most likely had a pretty secure career path ahead of you perhaps even with the same company.

And at first, throughout most of the early part of my corporate life, that was generally how things went. I moved from internal position to internal position without the need to invest in resume or other career services, eventually landing a director-level role with a large GE Capital, multi-site inbound call center serving the logistics industry.

But then the job market began to change, my priorities shifted, and job security was, well, less secure.


So I decided to go back for my MBA and obtain some other credentials (sound familiar?), which cost me thousands and thousands (and thousands) of dollars (just ask my lovely bride who helped pay for them!). I even clawed my way through the Six Sigma process to become a Black Belt.

It was a great experience, but after two years of working full time and taking night classes, when I graduated, the job market wasn’t much better, competition for internal promotions was greater, and I wasn’t the only one with an MBA, a Black Belt, etc.

That’s when I was introduced to resume design and career services.


I came to recognize that the time and resources I had already spent on my career were worth protecting. The market was too uncertain and changing too rapidly for me to continue to go it alone.

At this point, I had already invested in someone to handle my retirement, another someone to do my taxes, and another someone to find me the right home. It wasn’t such a stretch to think that my career mattered as much, if not more, than these other things. After all, without it, then I couldn’t afford the retirement or the house (and yes even the taxes).

So I asked myself…

Should I Go It Alone?


Return from No Outside Investment/SupportBank Account Without Investment: $Current (no money spent initially)Time Spent on Resume Portfolio: ~12-15 hrs(to create 4 resume portfolio solutions – minus writer expertise)Time Spent on Job Search Launch: ~30 hrs(to conduct all 4 job search solutions – job search agent expertise)If your time is worth $100/hr, that’s a maximum of $4500 in time spent – support from writer expertiseTime Spent by Writer on Resume Portfolio & Job Search: 0 hrs (at $0) (because I am going it alone)Return from No Investment (time and money): –$4500 ($Current – $4500 + $0) [45 hrs spent]Return on Job Search with National AveragesIf each day in job search mode costs you at least 1 hour/day to conduct, that’s $100/day (using above figures for time cost).

Using national average of 240 days, that’s $2400 spent (240 hours)If each day without new job costs you from receiving at least 10% opportunity gain/yr (salary, benefits, work-life balance), that’s $10,000 ($27/day) on a salary of $100K/year.

Using national average of 240 days, that’s $6480 lostReturn from National Average Stats (time and money): –$8880 (–$2400 + –$6480) [240 hrs lost]Average ROI After Total Investment: –$13,380 (–$4500 + –$8880) [285 hrs spent] [In other words, even if you beat the national average, there is still a significant sunk cost to recoup.]

So after looking at it that way…


It means that although you (or I) might save on the initial investment cost, you could pay a higher price ($13,380; see chart on previous page) in lost opportunity/time when you go it alone in your next career move (not to mention the large number of people who simply give up and don’t pursue new opportunities).

Now, in my case, I knew I had already spent much more than that on degrees and certifications that were not going to sell themselves. What type of ROI was I demanding from them?

So what does it mean to go it alone?

I began to see where resume/career services could play an integral part…


in not only helping people to secure jobs but also in building in protections to the careers we’ve all worked so hard to achieve. (Not to mention the obvious time, money, effort saved.)

Eventually, my wife, Sheree, and I began our own firm called “No Stone Unturned” in 2001. Initially, we had a small office where we hosted seminars and workshops, wrote resumes, and served a cross section of professionals and backgrounds.

And although writing resumes and teaching some seminars was fine, we wanted to make sure we were effective, that we were moving from theory into application.

We wanted a better return for our clients than…

What Traditional Resume Firms Offer


Return from Traditional InvestmentBank Account After Initial Investment: –$Investment (money spent on services)Your Time Spent on Resume Portfolio: ~2-2.5 hrs(for 4 resume portfolio solutions IF offered elsewhere)Your Time Spent on Job Search “Launch”: NOT OFFERED ELSEWHERE, SO ~30 HRS BACK ON YOUYour Time Investment: If your time is worth $100/hr, that’s a maximum of $3250 in your time spent Traditional Firm’s Time Spent on Resume Portfolio WITH NO Job Search: ~15 hrs (at $100/hr, that’s $1500)Return from Initial Investment (time and money): –$Investment + –$1750 ($Investment – $3250 + $1500)Return on Job Search with Traditional Firm’s StatsIf each day in job search mode costs you at least 1 hour/day to conduct, that’s $100/day (using above figures for time cost).

With a current average of ? days (do they even track their client’s results?) as opposed to 240 for national average, that’s $? saved. If each day without new job costs you from receiving at least 10% opportunity gain/yr (salary, benefits, work-life balance), that’s $10,000 on a salary of $100K/year.

So at an unknown average of ?days (as opposed to 240 days), that’s $? recovered.Return from Elsewhere’s Stats (time and money): +$? Average ROI After Total Investment: (–$Investment + –$1750) +/– $Unknown [In other words, the sunk costs mount while the return is completely unknown because it is not measured.]

We knew we had to do better…


It means that although you might recover some of the $13,380 lost to you when you invested alone in your next career move, with a traditional firm, you still aren’t given any solid idea of the return on your investment.

In other words, you don’t have anything to back up the investment other than some time saved and the hope that the expertise is solid.

Even if you keep the initial price low, what is the cost of losing everything?

So what does it mean to go with tradition?

That’s why ITtechExec was launched…


Thanks to my background in IT/telecom management for the supply chain/logistics industry and to Sheree’s experience serving as an editor to the scientific/engineering community in the publishing world, we soon realized that we were best suited to serve the technical professionaltrying to maneuver through what by that point (2008) had become a complex and exhausting job market. (Let’s face it…it’s a bit of a zoo out there!)

Not only that, we noticed that other resume writers were avoiding technical clients, unsure of how best to position their specialized skills.

Therefore, it wasn’t long before we began to work exclusively with IT and technical or “STEM” clientele, professionals who have devoted themselves to some of the most innovative and rewarding fields in today’s industries, from engineering to healthcare IT to scientific exploration to big data and cloud services to project/program management.

That’s when ITtechExec was born…

Silly me. I thought we could just write resumes…


Then, before we knew it, unemployment skyrocketed and the tech market began waging its war for sophisticated tech talent.

And on top of all that, social media recruiting burst onto the scene, and the landscape became pretty messy, pretty fast. Soon, hiring folks were claiming they were no longer reading resumes (even though they continued to ask for them), and the job market became such a zoo that candidates found themselves focused on a document that everyone says they won't look at for more than 6 seconds but it better not have any typos in it!

That’s when we realized that we could no longer just write a resume and send our clients on their way. They needed better preparation and lasting protections. They needed strategies and tools that, well, worked.

We knew then that we had to become a full-service career advancement and protection firm, not just another resume-writing firm.

95% of technical leaders obsess over the resume even though they don't believe it has much value.


So we asked ourselves, if you know the market is a zoo, that resumes aren't likely to be read, and that obstacles like age or experience are more pronounced than ever, why would you (a) keep approaching it from the same angle over and over or (b) sit back and do nothing? Why wouldn't you instead focus on where the real value lies?

With tech professionals changing jobs every 3 to 4 years, consulting/contracting on the rise, and fierce competition for promotions, it's time to try something that is based on how the market is actually working now, not 10, 15, even 5 years ago.

It's why we've made a radical shift to a more portfolio-driven approach instead of just a resume-based one.

“I finally had the luxury of choosing from 3 separate offers.” (Dan G., General Manager, Los Angeles)

Our Resume Portfolio Solutions

• Resume

• LinkedIn Profile

• Cover Letter

• Marketing Brief

• Bio

• Thank-You Template

• Infographic Resume

• Problems-Solutions-Results (PSR) Page

• Innovation Page

• Testimonials Page

• Project Highlights Page


Once you complete our initial survey, we will prepare a Customized Solution Proposal that will put together a portfolio solution suited for you and your goals in the market. For more on why we advocate for a portfolio approach, check out our

presentation, “Move Over Resume, Hello Portfolio.” But all boils down to one thing: We’re interested in doing what works, not just in selling resumes.

http://www.slideshare.net/StephenVanVreede/what-is-a-technical-resume-portfolioand-why-you-need-one

Yes, the resume is part of it, but let’s get more from your investment.


You still need a solid chronological resume (no matter what you may hear) geared toward a very specific audience, but when done properly, having addenda to go along with the resume can be much more effective (and much more likely to be read!), not to mention the significance of the LinkedIn profile, which will continue to grow over the next few years.

Portfolios can help build in flexibility and prepare you to face different hiring scenarios. But you need to know which tools are best for your situation. Although there is a lot out there you can do (or buy), you don't need to do everything (that's the good news!).

So whether you are an external job seeker looking for a new full-time role, a consultant going for the next contract, or an internal leader seeking promotion or just retention (such as during an acquisition), because we are following the tech job market closely, the real investment is in knowing which tools are right for you and how to properly use them. (To learn more about why we recommend a portfolio-driven approach, check out our presentations: http://ow.ly/viT6C and http://ow.ly/vM9UH.)

No one can predict for certain what the market will do, but we can make sure that you are prepared for whatever comes.

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Building the messaging AND the strategic vision for your job search that lead to solutions.


The portfolio is great, the branding is wonderful, but now what are you going to do with it? Is it going to give you experience you don't have, turn you into something you're not, take away the gray in your hair? Of course not. But when done right, it can do something that the 95% of technical professionals keep missing: It can speak to the needs of your target audience ONCE you get it into their hands.

And that is ultimately why we do what we do. We equip you to face obstacles in the market, and we position you for the best chances of success.

We began developing this approach in late 2011 when we started to realize that our client “members” needed more than just a resume and basic messaging; they needed a strategic vision.

Our Concierge Job Search “Launch” Solutions

• Job Search “Prep” Sessions (pre-job search and resume prep sessions designed to strategically position you for the technical job market)

• What’s Next? Solutions(pre-job search and resume solutions designed to help narrow in and focus your goals, particularly when you are having a hard time deciding which path is next for you)

• Strategic Visioning Intro Session

• Technical Recruiter Matching

• LinkedIn Network Building

• Employer Profiling


All solutions are conducted as part of our NoNonsense Job Search Agent concierge services. They are meant to launch you into your next career move by strategically position you in the marketplace (and getting you out of the “job board rut” most candidates are stuck in. These solutions are not sold separately from our resume portfolio solutions. We believe you must

have strong, targeted messaging in place first before you launch a strategically planned search.

http://stephenvanvreede.com/2014/10/07/what-is-a-job-search-agent-anyway/

That’s how NoddlePlace came to be…


To best provide this strategic visioning, we needed to differentiate our solutions even further! This meant tailoring some to meet the needs of the more experienced tech pro, the leaders with 15+ years of experience who were now wondering how to face this market that seemed to penalize them often for things they can’t control, like age, experience, and high salaries. For them, it isn’t so much about climbing ladders as it is about protecting what they’ve built so far and staying relevant to the marketplace.

So we customized ITtechExec to meet the needs of this type of client.

Then we introduced NoddlePlace in 2013. Here we focus on the “emerging” technical professional with 5 to 15 years of experience who knows another 25 years or more in the tech job market means 8+ more career moves, statistically speaking, and wants to keep advancing in the market but now has a lot of other demands on his or her time.

In either case, though, they are both looking for a solid investment…

ITtechExecProtecting the Technical Career You’ve

Built So FarITtechExec members are senior managers, directors, executives, and C-level tech leaders (15+y ears of experience) who specialize in the following fields:

• CIO & CTO• IT Operations • Project/Program Management• Enterprise Architecture• Telecommunications• Engineering (Mechanical, Aerospace, Electrical…)• Manufacturing• Call Center Operations• Technical Sales Leadership• Medical Device• And all things technical related…

These members have worked hard to get where they are today, and they are committed to investing in protecting and maintaining these careers. They come to us as guides through the technical job market “zoo” to help them invest their valuable time and resources wisely on solutions that produce effective results.

NoddlePlaceYour Technical Career Advancement.

SIMPLIFIED.NoddlePlace members are the up-and-coming versions of our ITtechExec members. With about 5 to 15 years of technical career experience under their belts, they are dedicated to investing in steady career advancement.

They understand that they are likely to make 8 to 10 career moves over the next 25+ years of their career, and they are looking not just at getting a resume but at building in a strategic approach that positions them for this next move and beyond.

As with ITtechExec, we provide a concierge-type service, where we combine the resume portfolio side with the job search “launch” side.

Our goal is to produce measurable ROI and to reduce the stress that comes with job search and career management for both our NoddlePlace and ITtechExec members.

At NoddlePlace, we make technical career advancement simple in a job market that’s gone insane.


ITtechExec Approach

At ITtechExec, we lean heavily on building our resume portfolio, which is designed to take the diverse background and skill sets you’ve earned across your 15+ years and create a complete, unified branding portfolio that gives proper due to the varied projects and results you’ve achieved.

We then combine our portfolios with our job search solutions, placing heavy emphasis on the importance of strategic introductions.

We’ve put together a large network of connections that we will leverage, along with your own, to vet and introduce you to contacts who can help lead you to potential opportunities.

Our Job Search Agent walks you through how to build on informational interviews with your new contacts to create more momentum and potential in your search.

It’s the #1 most effective way to conduct a job search, ESPECIALLY for senior-level candidates, and yet less than 5% of candidates use it! So we’ve created a way to take some of the burden and help you through it.

NoddlePlace Approach

At NoddlePlace, our main focus is on positioning you well with this move while keeping the next one in mind. With 8 to 10 more career moves likely, our members need to be thinking ahead.

To do that, we’ve created 4 membership status levels:

• Achiever• High Achiever• Over-Achiever• Exclusive Achiever

Each membership status starts out with some form of our resume portfolio approach and provides some level of our concierge job search solutions.

As you progress through the membership status levels, we continue to work toward building “pipelines” you can leverage and engage throughout your career, not just in answering job postings and hoping for the best.


BECAUSE protecting careers protects families.

Too many times we think of our careers in terms of climbing the ladder of ambition and in having it all “figured out.”

And although there’s nothing wrong with having ambition, there’s much more to our livelihoods than that. There are people depending on us, and no matter where we stand on the corporate ladder, we all have

something to protect.

And that protection requires preparation. (If you want to toss in ambition, great!) It doesn’t necessarily mean you have your whole life mapped out or that the obstacles you face aren’t real. It does mean,

though, that you aren’t going to keep letting corporate whims and job market trends toss you around with no regard for you and your family.


As we’ve already seen, there’s a high price for going it alone and unknown ROI from traditional firms.

That’s where ITtechExec and NoddlePlace makes up the difference in…

What We Offer


Return from Investment in UsBank Account After Initial Investment: –$Investment (money spent upfront)Your Time Spent on Resume Portfolio: ~2-2.5 hrs(for 4 resume portfolio solutions)Your Time Spent on Job Search Launch: ~5-6 hrs(for all 4 job search solutions)Your Time Investment: If your time is worth $100/hr, that’s a maximum of $850 in your time spent Our Time Spent on Resume Portfolio & Job Search: ~50 hrs (at $100/hr, that’s $5000)Return from Initial Investment (time and money): +$4150 recovered from –$Investment (–$850 + $5000)Return on Job Search with ITtechExec Stats (see next page)If each day in job search mode costs you at least 1 hour/day to conduct, that’s $100/day (using above figures for time cost).

With a current average of 71 days as opposed to 240 for national average, that’s $1690 saved. If each day without new job costs you from receiving at least 10% opportunity gain/yr (salary, benefits, work-life balance), that’s $10,000 on a salary of $100K/year.

So at our average of 71 days (as opposed to 240 days), that’s $4563 recovered.Return from ITtechExec Stats (time and money): +$6253 ($1690 + $4563) [169 hrs recovered]Average ROI After Total Investment: +$10,403 ($4150 + $6253) – $Investment [In other words, even if your search takes longer than our averages, you still have a lot of room to recoup your investment as this shows a 120% return from our current maximum solution bundle.]

Our Current ROI.Time: A typical job search worldwide is currently taking 1 month/$10-20K in salary based on a 40-hour/week job search. That’s 5-10 months for every $100,000. You can double that number (20 months!) for “passive” seekers who might only spend 20 hours/week on their search. What about those who spend even less time? (Of course, these averages don’t account for geographic location, where it can be higher in some areas, or age, where it is often longer the older you are.)

Given these numbers, we usually take 240 days (~8 months) as the national average job search average.

As of December 2014, our job seekers [both full-time (30–40 hrs/wk) and part-time (less than 20 hrs/wk) COMBINED] are averaging 71 days or 2.4 months (that’s up to a 77% reduction in job search time; 65% overall) flat regardless of salary, location, or age to the first job offer.

NOTE: Now, at this point, we are not physically conducting the job search, only preparing the messaging and providing some job search “launch” options like our recruiter/employer matching campaigns (more on these to come). So we cannot take all the credit (our clients are good!), but we are proud of the results our clients are seeing AND the role we play in that. That is why we are committed to doing whatever we can do and why we work hard to build a portfolio instead of just a resume.

It just doesn’t make sense for us to not care about the results of our work.




Our Current ROI, Continued…Response/Resume: The typical rate of response in the current market is 1 call per 50 resumes sent out. The number is hard to assess because it does not take into account different variables, such as whether the resume was posted to a job board, sent to a recruiter, given to a network contact, etc. It also does not take into account the effectiveness of the LI profile, which is how some recruiters might find you, nor the general slowness of the hiring market to respond (especially during certain times of the year). Nevertheless, 1 call per 50 resumes is the standard.

As of December 2014, our clients have been receiving 1 call per 18 resumes (that’s a 64% faster response time).

NOTE: So, overall, our clients are currently experiencing ~65% reduction in job search time. Also, 90% take jobs with higher pay or better benefits (double the average rate), 85% get jobs in their prime geographic location, and 70% receive multiple viable offers.

And 100% of our clients know we will keep them ready for the next career move when, statistically speaking, it comes in 3 to 4 years.




Our Current ROI, Continued…Value: Of course, averages are, well, averages, and as we mentioned, we are not physically conducting the entire job search (although we continue to play a bigger part).

But our stats are telling, and if you break the time saved alone down into a percentage of your salary, think of how much salary is recouped to you with our stats if you’re a full-time seeker? How much would you recoup if your job search was 2.4 months less or even just 1 month?

Or what it would it mean to get out of your current situation that much sooner if you’re a part-time seeker?


“Your resume, LinkedIn profile, and cover letter landed me several interviews and two simultaneous offers. I was able to choose the position that was an exact match in a city that my family and I are excited to move to.” (Greg S., Certified Project Manager, Portland Area)



So what does it mean to go with us?


It means we’ve developed our solutions, not to be so much an investment in a “resume” with an unknown return as an investment in proper positioning and solutions to the market that offer SOLID ROI (~$10,403 recovered).

Call it holistic. Call it different. We call it a measurable investment.

But the story doesn’t end there…or at least it shouldn’t…

Maybe you can relate….

A lot of times we know what we “should” do, but either we don’t do it or we just wait until we have to because:• We no longer have the ambition we once did• We have kids to raise and focus on• We believe the obstacles we will face in the

market are too overwhelming or exhausting to face

• Work no longer matters much• We’re too busy• We always figure something out when we need

to• We’re not really sure what we want to do next• We have external concerns that weigh on us• We have other unfulfilled goals and dreams


No More Messing Around. Let’s Do What Works.


The Best Way to Get to Know Us

As we are now a membership-based firm for dedicated technical professionals, all prospective members receive our “Your Way Out of the Resume Jungle" prospectus (that provides a detailed overview on us, our approach, and our success rate) as well as details on our “free” Upcoming Career Move Prep Session.

This 30-minute session with Co-Founder and Career Strategist, Stephen Van Vreede (featured in CIO.com, TechRepublic, and Dice), is a great way to get up to speed on where the market is today, how well you are positioned for the market you are targeting, and the steps we can take to get you better prepared for making that next move.

Building a Career Move Strategy That Works

During the session, Stephen will develop a strategy for you that we can then tailor our solutions to execute. This way from Stephen to your writer to your job search agent, everyone will be working off that same strategy

so you receive the best results. (Be sure to ask about our special Offer of Support just for Stephen's LI connections.)

Individual solutions range from $195 to $2495 (rarely sold separately). Solutions are bundled into Membership levels (Foundation, Foundation + Reinforcements, & Complete): Begin at ~$1495 (prices vary depending on how solutions are customized for each member) If our Prep Session determines that our What’s Next? Solutions are a better fit for you before beginning the resume portfolio process, we will put together a separate proposal for those solutions. Begin at ~$995.

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Latest Membership Privileges


All of our members now choose from one of the following complimentary bonus solutions:

• What's Next? Career Strategy Session for your Significant Other.

• Job Search Retainer Session with Stephen during the course of your job search.

• Donation to Wounded Warrior Project by us in your honor to support employment issues for wounded vets.

All members are also eligible for our Client Referral Rewards Program that offers subscriptions to our Career Maintenance & Protection Solutions (providing FREE LinkedIn profile updates, yearly career strategy consults, and even potentially an annual resume update) when a friend or family member purchases solutions.

Set up your complimentary Upcoming Career Move Prep Session with Technical Resume Writer & Career Strategist,

Stephen Van Vreede, today.

We've made it easy to schedule your consult with Stephen. Simply click on the calendar image below to schedule your appointment. (If you can arrange to have Internet access during the call, then he can share his desktop

presentation with you.) You will receive 1 confirmation email and 1 follow-up note from Stephen sent through our Appointment Core admin (Links make life so simple when they're working, but sometimes they take on a life of their

own. If for some reason the link doesn't work properly here, please email Sheree directly at [email protected]!):

**Please look for the "admin" email from Stephen that has information regarding the call. It usually arrives within an hour of booking the appointment.**




http://www.scheduleyou.in/u5Lxen2Q4A?Id=~Contact.Id~


Coming in Summer 2015: The latest release by Brian Tracy featuring Stephen Van Vreede. Click here to receive an advanced chapter release:

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Some Resources

On the next few pages, we have developed some articles, assessments, and other

resources for you to check out, not just about us but about the tech job market as well.




How does your LinkedIn profile rate?

To help you get a better feel for where you currently stand with your LinkedIn profile, we’ve developed a simple self-assessment survey you can take that is quick to do, free, and helps you compare your profile against

those that are having more success on LI in building a recruiter “pipeline”:

LI Profile Optimization Self-Assessment




http://ittechexec.polldaddy.com/s/linkedin-profile-optimization-self-assessment

Recent stats:Don’t be caught with your tech career pants

down: Jobs are plentiful, but length of job search is holding steady.

Despite the plethora of job openings out there, the length of time out in the tech job market is holding steady:

1 month/$20K in salary

That’s 5 months for a salary of $100,000.


With the 5% who are building technical resume portfolios, however, we are seeing the average search drop by as much as 77%!



Dare to be different: Don’t get sucked into the job board black hole.

We get it. They are alluring. They advertise hope. They make it seem easy. Sometimes they actually work.

In reality, they are extending the job search process with 100-150 candidates submitting resumes for every 1 job posting.

Jobs boards continue to be the least effective job search method; yet they remain the one most used.


Job searching isn’t about 1 method; it’s about a diversified

approach. Why not create as many pipelines as you can?



Are you prepared today for tomorrow’s career move?

To help you get a better feel for where you currently stand in preparing for tomorrow’s career move, I’ve developed a simple self-assessment survey you can take that is quick to do, free, and helps get you thinking about where you

are and where you need to be:

Career Move Preparation Self-Assessment




http://ittechexec.polldaddy.com/s/career-move-self-assessment?p=1&r=AF76B318DBAB251E97CE85780CBB59BD&pb=1

Don’t wait for your credentials to do the talking.

Although certain certifications, degrees, and other credentials have a lot of value in today’s market, they still don’t “sell” themselves (or you) the way most tech pros think they will.

You still need to know how to position them in the market.

When it comes to specific skills, we have written extensively on the latest skills in demand by today’s companies.

You can visit Co-Founder Stephen Van Vreede’s blog. Here are just a few of the latest articles he has posted there as a sample:

• Most In-Demand Programming Languages for 2014• There’s Value in That Security Clearance• Do You Have a Top-Paying IT Certification?


How much have you invested in the Technical

Career you've built so far?

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http://stephenvanvreede.com/2014/02/28/most-in-demand-programming-languages-for-2014/

http://stephenvanvreede.com/2014/02/12/how-much-is-that-security-clearance-worth/

http://stephenvanvreede.com/2014/01/28/do-you-have-a-top-paying-it-certification/

Know location, location, location and industry, industry, industry.

It’s important not to confuse your location or your industry as indicative of the entire state of the tech job market. Find out where opportunity lies.

Here are some differentiators:

• The U.S. Manufacturing Job Turnaround?• The Engineering Job Market: 2014 and Beyond• What to Expect When You’re Expecting Healthcare IT




http://stephenvanvreede.com/2014/01/02/the-u-s-manufacturing-job-market-turnaround/

http://stephenvanvreede.com/2013/12/20/the-engineering-job-market-2014-and-beyond/

http://stephenvanvreede.com/2013/12/23/what-to-expect-when-youre-expecting-healthcare-it/

So like it or not, if you plan to be in the tech job market for the next 5, 10, 15+ years, what is your answer to this market going to be?

Getting your resume ready is a start, but unfortunately it's no longer enough.

At the same time, though, you don’t need to do everything (or buy everything!).

You can waste a lot of resources doing that.


This should be a no-brainer, BUT

It’s not. Very few pros are

willing to adapt.

Set up your complimentary Upcoming Career Move Prep Session with Technical Resume Writer & Career Strategist,

Stephen Van Vreede, today.

We've made it easy to schedule your consult with Stephen. Simply click on the calendar image below to schedule your appointment. (If you can arrange to have Internet access during the call, then he can share his desktop

presentation with you.) You will receive 1 confirmation email and 1 follow-up note from Stephen sent through our Appointment Core admin (Links make life so simple when they're working, but sometimes they take on a life of their

own. If for some reason the link doesn't work properly here, please email Sheree directly at [email protected]!):

**Please look for the "admin" email from Stephen that has information regarding the call. It usually arrives within an hour of booking the appointment.**






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