Could This Be What Your Co-Workers Are Thinking?

A friend of mine knows how much I love office humor. After spending so many hours a day helping multiple professionals at a time maneuver through what I call corporate "goo", from hiring to promotion to salary negotiation and performance review, the state of today's internal corporate culture can be a bit, shall we say, over the top.

So if I don't find a way to laugh, I just might, well, cry. Knowing that, my friend forwarded to me the above cartoon. I use a lot of Randy's humor in developing our presentations, and I like the way he gets to the heart of things.

Perhaps you can relate...could this be what it's like in your office? Could this be what your co-workers are going around thinking? Could it be what you're thinking? 

Since one of my co-workers is my wife, I have no doubt this is running through her mind. :-) Anyway, hopefully, it gives you something to chuckle at today. Feel free to share!    --About Stephen----

Stephen Van Vreede is not your average IT/technical résumé writer. He provides career strategy and concierge job search solutions for senior (15+ years) (ITtechExec) and up-and-coming (NoddlePlace) (5-15 years) tech and technical operations leaders. Stephen and his team focus on building simplified, targeted, and certain career move campaigns, be it an external search or an internal promotion. He is co-author of UNcommon with career development leader Brian Tracy (out June 11, 2015). Contact Stephen directly at Stephen@ittechexec.com or send him an invite at https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenvanvreede. To see whether Stephen and his team are a good fit for you, take their free (and anonymous) 1-minute compatibility quiz, Is the ITtechExec Approach a Good Match for You? Also, feel free to take his complimentary resume self-assessment quiz, How Certain Can You Be About Your Technical Resume? You might be surprised by what you find out!

Why Do Most Technology Projects Fail?

For the past few years now, I have been running an annual poll on Polldaddy asking this question of my connections in tech:

Year after year, the number #1 response is "Poor requirements gathering and analysis." 

Currently, it is running away with 32% of the vote (more than twice as much as the other responses).

What say you? Do you agree with the 32%, or do you think there are other more pressing reasons?

Love to have you contribute!



--About Stephen----

Stephen Van Vreede is not your average IT/technical résumé writer. He provides career strategy and concierge job search solutions for senior (15+ years) (ITtechExec) and up-and-coming (NoddlePlace) (5-15 years) tech and technical operations leaders. Stephen and his team focus on building simplified, targeted, and certain career move campaigns, be it an external search or an internal promotion. He is co-author of UNcommon with career development leader Brian Tracy (out June 11, 2015). Contact Stephen directly at Stephen@ittechexec.com or send him an invite at https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenvanvreede. To see whether Stephen and his team are a good fit for you, take their free (and anonymous) 1-minute compatibility quiz, Is the ITtechExec Approach a Good Match for You? Also, feel free to take his complimentary resume self-assessment quiz, How Certain Can You Be About Your Technical Resume? You might be surprised by what you find out!

The Tech Startup Phenomenon: Where Do You Stand?

My team and I produce a lot of online content for both of our sites (ITtechExec and NoddlePlace), from blog posts to podcasts to webinars, and we engage in many group discussions on LinkedIn and in Twitter chats.

Time and again one of the most popular topics among today's technical leaders has to do with startups.

It seems everyone has some opinion about the general internal culture at startups and whether they are the better work environment.

So to get a better sense of where my network lies on this issue, we published the following blog post earlier this year, and I am looking for your comments.

What say you? Would you like to work for one? Have you worked for one, and if so, was it a good or bad experience? What are some key things to consider in choosing one?

We had a lively discussion on our ITtechExec Facebook page when the article first posted, much of which resulted in the majority of respondents stating that startups were "great, but be prepared to wear many, many hats." Do you concur?

Add your comments here or at the link below. Any insight you can share would be great!

The Real Skinny: What It's Really Like to Work at a Startup





--About Stephen----

Stephen Van Vreede is not your average IT/technical résumé writer. He provides career strategy and concierge job search solutions for senior (15+ years) (ITtechExec) and up-and-coming (NoddlePlace) (5-15 years) tech and technical operations leaders. Stephen and his team focus on building simplified, targeted, and certain career move campaigns, be it an external search or an internal promotion. He is co-author of UNcommon with career development leader Brian Tracy (out June 11, 2015). Contact Stephen directly at Stephen@ittechexec.com or send him an invite at https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenvanvreede. To see whether Stephen and his team are a good fit for you, take their free (and anonymous) 1-minute compatibility quiz, Is the ITtechExec Approach a Good Match for You? Also, feel free to take his complimentary resume self-assessment quiz, How Certain Can You Be About Your Technical Resume? You might be surprised by what you find out!