Computer Science Resumes And Job-finding Guide

This brand-new book is must-read material for job-hunting computer software engineers, applications and systems programmers, database developers and administrators, systems analysts, security engineers, network engineers, test engineers, and many other specialists in the IT (information technology) profession. An opening chapter gives an overview of today's IT job market with projections through the year 2010, current top job opportunities, and a discussion of new and evolving IT employment opportunities. A following chapter discusses the job-winning process, with advice on résumé writing and distribution, getting interviews, and landing a position. The remaining chapters describe the needed IT skill requirements, advise on developing a job-finding strategy, explain how to assess one's own skills, discuss employment strategies and career planning, and cover virtually every other aspect of IT job hunting. The book concludes with 30 sample résumés for today's leading information technology job opportunities.

Phil Bartlett has reviewed more than 50,000 job candidate résumés, and has been personally involved in hiring more than 500 employees, three of whom rose to top corporate senior management ranks of Fortune 500 and equivalent service companies. Since retiring as CEO of a highly successful start-up company, he now spends his time writing and in providing services as a management consultant and management recruiter.