Your IT Career

by Eric Bloom

Eric P. Bloom, a former CIO, is president of Manager Mechanics LLC, a company specializing in information technology (IT) leadership development and the governing organization for the Information Technology Management and Leadership Professional (ITMLP©) and Information Technology Management and Leadership Executive (ITMLE©) certifications.

He is also a keynote speaker, nationally syndicated columnist, National Speakers Association member, and author of various books including the following:

- The CIO’s Guide to Staff Needs, Growth, and Productivity
- Your IT Career: Get Noticed, Get Promoted, and Build Your Professional Brand
- Manager Mechanics: Tips and Advice for First-Time Managers.

Prior to founding Manager Mechanics, Eric led technology at Independence Investments and The Boston Company Asset Management. Eric was also a SVP of Business Systems at Monster Worldwide and a VP of Software Development at Fidelity Investments.

Eric began his career as a software developer (programmer) and moved through the ranks to CIO. He understands IT management from the bottom up. As they say, "He walks the walk."

Additional information on Eric can be found at www.ericpbloom.com and www.ManagerMechanics.com. He can be contacted at eric@ManagerMechanics.com.

3 Steps to get the best projects to work on

Posted Aug 27, 2012 - 10:39 am

I never seem to get the great projects. I feel like I’m always assigned boring tasks that no one else wants to do. What can I do to help my chances of working on the good stuff?
Career, IT career advice, IT career development
5 steps to revitalize your IT skill set

Posted Aug 13, 2012 - 06:32 am

I read your column saying that a techie’s technology skill set has a two year marketability half-life and cried. I left the workforce three years ago, can’t find a job, and your column told me why. You’re right, at least for me. How do I retool my IT skills to improve my marketability and find a job?
Career, IT career advice, it career tips
When job searching, time is not your friend

Posted Aug 06, 2012 - 10:48 am

I had a great job interview two weeks ago for a position I think I’m really qualified to perform. I sent the interviewer a thank you email and left a phone message with the Human Resources person that set up the interview. What should I do next or have I already lost the job?
Career, IT career advice, IT job search
10 ways to maintain your professional connections

Posted Jul 25, 2012 - 12:57 pm

I have been contract programming for about five years and have made some great business connections. My hope is to use these people as professional references, job referrals, and potentially to rehire me for additional contract work. How can I keep in touch with these people without being annoying or looking only self-serving?
Career, IT career advice, IT careers
How Entrepreneurship can help your job search – A real life example

Posted Jul 16, 2012 - 09:21 pm

In September of last year I wrote a column “Entrepreneurship can help you find a job”. Here is a real life example of this concept in action.
Career, entrepreneurship, IT Career advive
15 ways to maximize your home office productivity (Part 2)

Posted Jul 09, 2012 - 04:25 pm

Here, in part two, are not only additional tips regarding office related items, but some tips about you also.
Career, home office, home office productivity
15 tips to maximize your home office productivity

Posted Jul 03, 2012 - 07:59 am

From a productivity perspective, working at home can be your best friend or your worst nightmare based on a number of factors, including your personal discipline, home work environment, level of needed interaction with your coworkers, the ability of your boss to manage virtual teams, and a number of other related factors.
Career, home office, home office prductivity
12 Tips when writing emails and business communication

Posted Jun 26, 2012 - 10:39 pm

I received an email this week from a reader containing one sentence and an attached resume. The sentence read “Please tell me the next step I should take in my career.” I sent him a brief answer, but would like to give him, and those like him, a longer answer to his question.
Career, business writting, IT career advice
Having a prestigious company on your resume has value

Posted Jun 19, 2012 - 01:21 pm

Working for a prestigious, respected, and well known company can help you professionally. This is how and why.
Career, IT career, IT career advice
2 Very Hard, But Doable, Steps to Becoming a Technical Thought Leader

Posted Jun 13, 2012 - 06:30 am

One of the best ways to move ahead professionally is to be viewed by those at your company and those generally within your industry as a thought leader.
Career, IT career, IT career advice

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