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Fri, Jun 27, 2008 16:19 EDT

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Posted by: Mark Cummuta in Best Practices Topic: Personal Management Blog: CIO Job Search: A Real Life Chronicle
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I've had three people in a month comment their concern about my blogging's impact on my job search. Now I'm concerned and looking to CIO Magazine's readers and fellow bloggers for your thoughts.
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Posted by: Mark Cummuta in Best Practices Topic: Personal Management Blog: CIO Job Search: A Real Life Chronicle
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Being in a job search is difficult enough, with its family pressures and financial concerns, not to mention our own negative feelings of disconnect and self-doubt. In Part 1 of this "Who Am I" series of blog entries, I discussed the cycles that I have seen my job search transition through. In Part 2, I discussed how individuals can feel disconnected from their careers while in a job search, and I detailed an unexpected personal barrier that I had to overcome in order to get my job search project plan back on track. In this final post of this series, I discuss how I learned to get past these issues, and how you can apply my lessons to your own job search.
Read more »Mon, Jun 2, 2008 20:05 EDT

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Posted by: Mark Cummuta in Best Practices Topic: Personal Management Blog: CIO Job Search: A Real Life Chronicle
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When in a job search, we frequently feel left out, disconnected from our career, and we even start worrying about our skills getting rusty. Today's post continues the "Who Am I?" discussion I started two weeks ago with an in-depth analysis of what has been holding me back in my job search. It also explains the benefits of applying this same introspective process I used to your own job search situation.
Read more »Tue, May 13, 2008 15:04 EDT

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Posted by: Mark Cummuta in Best Practices Topic: Personal Management Blog: CIO Job Search: A Real Life Chronicle
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During the past several weeks, a confluence of events, interviews and advice has prompted me to reconsider my answers to basic job search questions. Questions like: What do I do? What specific expertise can I offer? What do I want to do? Ultimately, these questions got me thinking about a larger one: Who am I?
Read more »Fri, Apr 11, 2008 16:17 EDT

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Posted by: Mark Cummuta in Best Practices Topic: Personal Management Blog: CIO Job Search: A Real Life Chronicle
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Today's entry is on three quick points - the publication of my recent full-length research article on "10 Secrets for Searching for A Job In A Recession", a quick update on my personal job search, and a note about WITI's (Women In Technology International) Excellence in Corporate IT Leadership Awards.
Read more »Thu, Mar 20, 2008 11:27 EDT

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Posted by: Mark Cummuta in Best Practices Topic: Personal Management Blog: CIO Job Search: A Real Life Chronicle
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As the economy weakens, I've been focusing my efforts on actions and individuals providing effective, immediate and positive movement up Maslow's Heirarchy of Needs. Translation: I've been consulting to pay the bills.
Read more »Mon, Feb 11, 2008 12:56 EST

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Posted by: Mark Cummuta in Best Practices Topic: Personal Management Blog: CIO Job Search: A Real Life Chronicle
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Networking is not what most people think it is. It's not a contest for the largest Rolodex. Effective networking is more akin to friends helping friends make new friends.
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