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The Hour of Code 2013. Be Prepared: Can You Answer These Common Job Interview Questions? In any job interview, recruiters will measure you against other applicants based on both what you say, and how you answer questions.

Be Prepared: Can You Answer These Common Job Interview Questions?

You’ll likely be a bit nervous during the interview, yet will have to confidently present answers articulately and without hesitation. How can you give yourself an advantage to do this better than the candidates you’re competing against? Begin today by preparing answers to interview questions. I found the questions below to be some of the most basic and best ones. They cover the full range of everything you will need to be able to talk about. Be prepared to form your answer using STAR stories. TechRepublic - A Resource for IT Professionals. The Big Five Personality Test. Directions: The following statements concern your perception about yourself in a variety of situations.

The Big Five Personality Test

Your task is to indicate the strength of your agreement with each statement, utilizing a scale in which 1 denotes strong disagreement, 5 denotes strong agreement, and 2, 3, and 4 represent intermediate judgments. In the boxes after each statement, click a number from 1 to 5 from the following scale: Strongly disagreeDisagreeNeither disagree nor agreeAgreeStrongly agree. Career Test Center - Discover your ideal career. Multiple Intelligences. Brain food for the thinking teacher. How to Design an Infographic for Maximum Success. Ahead of the Pack: 11 Amazing Career Tips for Young Pros. After our college career has ended, we enter a new chapter in our lives… we begin a career.

Ahead of the Pack: 11 Amazing Career Tips for Young Pros

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Welcome to XtLearn. Help for Safari Can't see the bookmarks bar?

Welcome to XtLearn

Just click the View menu, and choose View Bookmarks Bar. Drag and drop the button onto the bookmarks bar You'll then be asked to name it - choose anything you like, such as "Add to XtLearn" or simply "XtAdd". Help for Internet Explorer 17 Make sure you can see your Links bar: click the View menu, then Toolbars and make sure Links is ticked. Help for Internet Explorer 9. Are You Ready to Start Your Career in Social Media? - AfterCollege. So, you spend all your free time on Instagram, Pinterest, and Twitter?

Are You Ready to Start Your Career in Social Media? - AfterCollege

Wondering how you can parlay that into an actual paid position? The good news: It is possible. Read on to find out if you’ve got what it takes to make it as a social media manager. There is a slight difference between obsessively updating your Pinterest board with the world’s most mind-blowing cup ramen recipes and maintaining a company’s social media profile. Here it is: The Top 100 Tools for Learning 2013. Dress to Impress: Do’s and Don’ts for Job Interviews [Infographic]

You put several hours into making your resume just right for the position.

Dress to Impress: Do’s and Don’ts for Job Interviews [Infographic]

Your phone and email correspondence with the recruiter has been impeccable. You were charismatic and thorough during the Skype interview. Yes, you’ve impressed them at every turn… and beat the odds to get an interview. Then you show up at the recruiter’s office in jeans and a hoodie. (Why not? Similar stories play out every day across the country. YouTube. What%20is%20cloud%20computing.pptx. What Is An Infographic? A Graphic to Define Infographics.

What is an Infographic? [infographic] Ever wonder what exactly goes into making an infographic?

What is an Infographic? [infographic]

Now is your chance to learn and what better way to learn, then with an infographic! There are many reasons why infographics are so popular. Maybe it's because they are visually appealing and you don't have to read too much, but they also provide a lot of great information, like pie charts and other graphs. But why do inbound marketers use them?

Well for starters, people love them. Getting started building your infographic, you can choose one of the two types. Once you have chosen the format, all you have to do is create the infographic in the 7 easy steps detailed below. Home - The National Skills Academy for IT. Information Technology Management for Business (ITMB) degree. Comparing qualifications levels. To find out how one regulated qualification compares to another you need to look at the level, size and content of the qualifications.

Comparing qualifications levels

Qualifications show others what you have learned and can do. They are best understood by their size, content and level of difficulty. Comparing levels of qualifications Each regulated qualification has a level between entry level and level 8. Qualifications at the same level are a similar level of demand or difficulty. Comparing the size of qualifications. How to Become a Hacker.

By Ryan Fontaine | July 11, 2013 Fueled only by misguided hate and an endless supply of neon energy drinks, it seems that hackers can empty our bank accounts and swipe our corporate secrets with only a few simple keystrokes.

How to Become a Hacker

Well, that's what we're led to believe anyway. Hackers tend to get a bad rap thanks to the media. By definition, a hacker can simply be a talented computer programmer. But as PC Magazine points out, in the '90s, the word somehow became synonymous with the term "cracker," someone who illegally cracks into a computer network to perform a malicious act. If all hackers aren't the code-slinging criminal masterminds they're made out to be, is hacking a skill someone can turn into a legitimate career? "The word 'hacker' has an unfairly negative connotation from being portrayed in the media as people who break into computers.

Careers Advice- jobs.ac.uk career blog. In today’s competitive market, getting a job can be a stressful experience.

Careers Advice- jobs.ac.uk career blog

After a while, desperation can kick in and the temptation to hedge your bets can become overwhelming. Often job seekers succumb to using the shotgun approach by applying for every job in sight! Out of sheer panic you fire off a barrage of CV’s/applications in the hope that at least one will hit the target. In the past when the job market was healthy, you could get away with this strategy. I remember doing this myself, idly sat behind a computer sending off the same CV to any jobs that took my fancy. 6 Mobile Apps Tailor-made for Millennial Job Seekers. Millennial job seekers are on the go and don’t have time to sit at a desktop computer filling out job applications. Besides, applying for jobs from your mobile device just seems more natural, right? Well, now all of your job search needs can be met directly through your smartphone or tablet.

If you’re looking for some ways to improve your job search, here are six mobile apps designed for the Millennial job seeker: So You Want to Be an App Developer? Here's How [INFOGRAPHIC] Apps are in. There's no denying it. Seems everyone these days has a great idea for a mobile app: apps to find food, apps to find rides, apps to find more apps. The list goes on. But just how do you become an app developer anyway? As with so many paths to success, there's no one rote way. A degree in computer science or software engineering is a very strong foundation.

To do that, you'll need a well-rounded skillset, including UI design, familiarity with a range of programming languages, backend computing knowledge and — this one's very important — some savvy business knowledge. The online education portal Schools.com recently surveyed the app landscape, and pulled information from a variety of sources around the web to put together the infographic below, which serves as a primer for aspiring developers.

Schools.com - Online Schools & Accredited Universities. National Careers Week. Careersbox careers film and video on the web. Real people doing real jobs in the world of work. Stem Careers. Become A Game Designer. If you have ever dreamt of working in the UK Video Games industry then this course may be right for you. A games designer is responsible for creating the background to the story, the game mechanics, and the whole look and feel of the game, as well as all game levels design, characters and setting the game difficulty. This course will help you develop your own portfolio of different game designs, in addition to your industry recognized qualification, this will be one of the most important tools for getting the attention of the industry and your foot in the door of games studios. Computer Games Careers. Computer games companies require fluent Java and C++ programmers, 3D and digital graphic designers, sound and credits screen designers, technical writers, translators and customer support staff. 90% of those recruited are graduates.

Computer Games.