Top 5 Networking Tips for 2020
Networking is about finding mutually beneficial relationships. Whether you are looking for a new job, investors, customers, mentors or new colleagues and peers with the same interest as you; you have to get out there and meet new people. Here are my top 5 networking...
Employees Quit Their Boss — Not Their Job
On the surface, a company can have all the shiny bells and whistles that make it attractive to a prospective employee. Great health benefits, fun perks, exciting growth opportunities, state-of-the-art facilities, and comprehensive training programs are all desirable...
How To Supercharge Your Value In Your Organization
According to Jeff Bezos, being able to admit that you were wrong is the number one sign of high intelligence. Bezos surrounds himself with smart people so that he can achieve his objectives. How does he filter for smart people? He looks for people who can admit they...
Why Do Information Technology Projects Fail?
IT is driving the 21st-century economy, but not all IT projects are meant to be. According to a 2017 report by the Project Management Institute (PMI), 14 percent of all IT projects fail. Almost a third of successful projects did not meet their initial goals. More than...
How to Overcome The Task Switching Problem
Before entering into the subject of task switching, we need to talk about multitasking. Multitasking is performing different tasks simultaneously. Many professionals believe they are multitasking when, in fact, they are task switching. Neither is great for...
How to Stand Out as an Electrical Wire Technician
We live in the Internet age, technology is omnipresent and nothing seems to be beyond our reach. Progress is the word of the day when describing our technological leap forward. All of this novelty stands on an infrastructure serviced by one of the first electrical...
Work in IT? Here are Top 10 Ways to Prevent Eyestrain for Programmers
Whether it’s tweaking settings to boost business performance or using tech wizardry to save an organization from potential ruin, IT specialists like programmers are on the front line. While their skills and objectives vary massively, they always have one thing in...
What Does an Electrical Controls Engineer Do?
Ensuring efficiency and increased productivity is something that will come up in every engineer’s job description, but none more so than a Controls Engineer or CE. Controls Engineers have the responsibility of ensuring that factories and plants assemble, create and...
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Do you think of yourself as creative? You need to.
According to a LinkedIn study, creativity is the most in-demand soft skill for this year, but it’s not about being artistic. Continue reading to find out what it really refers to. Can you guess the top hard skill? Anything related to cloud computing, which is probably...
Becoming a Network Engineer — Reality versus Expectation
Network engineers have the hefty responsibility of setting up an organization’s IT network, ensuring that it is as efficient and as secure as possible — but their role doesn’t stop there. They also need to maintain and develop the network on an ongoing basis, while...
Concero Chosen as One of St. Louis’ Best Places to Work
Each year the St. Louis Business Journal holds the esteemed Best Places to Work Award. For 2019, Concero was selected as the winner in the small business category of this esteemed and competitive designation. “We’re appreciative of this recognition,” says Jay...
Recognizing When You’re Unhappy With Your Job
As the old saying goes, do what you love and you will never work a day in your life. It’s a nice sentiment, but it is something that is harder to accomplish in real life than it is on paper. Lots of people are dissatisfied with their jobs. Recognizing when you are...
What Does it Take to be a System Administrator
System administrators play a very important role in IT departments and within organizations as a whole. That’s because system administrators are in charge of developing and operating the entire computer network or system for the company, from local area networks to...
Top 10 Reasons Why Concero Makes Interviewing Fun
After experiencing consecutive years of growth, Concero, a recruiting firm leader in St. Louis, expanded to a new location. After months of planning, the company relocated to a more spacious office to create a dynamic and inviting environment for both its team and...
What Does it take to be a Business Analyst?
Running a successful business takes a great deal of organization, technological know-how, and, of course, the right service and product. Any successful organization needs to fulfill the axiom “the whole is greater than the sum of all parts.” You need the best team you...
How To Quit Your Job
For many people, a new job means that you’re leaving your current company. Keep in mind, however, that your “exit strategy” should make sure that people remember you for the right reasons. There are many tangible benefits to ending things on a good note. Leaving a...
What it Takes to be a Quality Assurance Lead
Have you ever considered the development process of your favorite app or software program? Of course the programmers and coders are the ones who brought the idea to life, but figuring out the “bugs” and making sure that users have a good experience is just as...