Year: 2011

Message to Women: Apply for More Tech Jobs

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Facebook’s COO Sheryl Sandberg: “These Jobs Pay More, There is More Job Security!”

Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s COO & one of Forbes top five most powerful women, says, “The economic trends are super clear. The technical roles are in demand. Even in what is currently a very difficult situation for our country in unemployment. There’s a huge shortage of engineers who can build products like Facebook. And women need to have their fair share of those seats.” High tech jobs pay more and provide more security.

Courtesy of MentorNet and CBS News.

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Job Outlook: The Candidate Skills/Qualities Employers Want

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Spotlight for Career Services Professionals, October 26, 2011 

When it comes to the importance of candidate skills/qualities, employers are looking for team players and candidates who have strong verbal communication skills, according to respondents to NACE’s Job Outlook 2012 survey.

Survey participants rated “ability to work in a team structure” and “ability to verbally communicate with persons inside and outside the organization” as the two most important candidate skills/qualities. These are followed by candidates’ “ability to make decisions and solve problems,” “ability to obtain and process information,” and “ability to plan, organize, and prioritize work.”

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Many Advantages of Being a Woman in Tech

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Cisco’s Female CTO Shares How Women in Tech Can Handle Power 

Cisco System’s CTO, Padmasree Warrior, is responsible for around two-thirds of Cisco’s revenues, which makes her one of the most powerful women in Silicon Valley. However, the tech industry was not her first choice and she was turned off by how male-oriented the field was. This all changed when she took a job with Motorola and worked her way up to become the CTO in 2003.

Warrior said in Women In Tech that she only had a handful of female colleagues at Motorola and she used to feel overwhelmed. However, she used that skewed ratio to her advantage. “I always tell women that the fact that you’re different and that you’re noticed, because there are few of us in the tech industry, is something you can leverage as an advantage,” she said.

Click here to read the rest of Warrior’s take on how the tech industry has changed for women and how women in tech can handle power.

Credit of MentorNet