ClearCom is a major player in the world of headsets/beltpacks for communication among technicians and production staff for events, concerts, theatre, and more. However, ClearCom products are extremely expensive, leading many to compromise heavily on the functionality they need vs what they can afford. As a result, ClearCom maintains several…

The purpose of a resume when applying for jobs is to describe a candidate quickly, succinctly and to convey their most important/valuable/relevant qualifications to the prospective employer. One common resume mistake that candidates make is including a list of skills, technologies, and/or tools that the candidates feels describe themselves. Skills lists should never, ever be used on resumes. No exceptions. Full stop.

This is: a list — in no particular order — of recurring resume writing errors I find formed from my personal perspective after reading easily tens of thousands of resumes over the last 15 years as a hiring manager, interviewer, recruiter, and mentor specifically tailored for candidates in the information…

Serial consoles sound like an obsolete technology at first blush — after all, when was the last time you saw an RS-232 port on a computer, much less anyone actually using it for something? However, serial consoles remain the gold standard for out-of-band management of many enterprise-grade network devices. The…

Faced with a 4-hour layover today at JetBlue’s Terminal 5 in New York’s John F. Kennedy airport, I planned to catch up on email, work on my to-do list, and generally make the most of the afternoon. JetBlue proudly advertises its free WiFi services on large signs thoroughout T5, and…

We live in an age of information technology where the annual revolutions are marked by product releases and where consumers and producers alike debate the merits of individual devices. …