Office 2010 New career advice forum for IT profess

Posted by: Meridith Levinson in News
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There are a lot of online community forums geared toward IT professionals,Office 2010, and surely,Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010, plenty of websites dispense career advice (like CIO.com). But I was not conscious of a standalone on-line forum specially geared toward IT professionals' careers right up until I identified out about Ivy Tango.  
Ivy Tango is an online neighborhood where IT experts can give and receive occupation suggestions. It released mid-April 2009 and functions as a fundamental discussion forum in which registered end users can submit career-related concerns and answers. To register, you will need only provide an e-mail tackle and think of a password. As of June one, Ivy Tango had 187 members and 157 posts. (I am now a member, having registered as "Meridith.")
Topics for discussion include résumés, job offers, compensation, benefits, dealing with recruiters, consulting and contracting,Microsoft Office 2010 Key, job boards,Microsoft Office 2007 Professional, networking, social networking, relocation, immigration, and on the job issues (such as dealing with cranky co-workers).
Among the more spirited discussions, members are debating whether to take a job that's being offered or to wait for a better offer; how to ask for a raise in a recession (a theme I've addressed); and whether to report an obnoxious HR person to a hiring manager. 
Ivy Tango was created by Project One, an IT consulting and staffing firm. For now, Ivy Tango is simply a PR vehicle for Project One; the company is not trying to make money off the forum, says Gary Zander, Project One's president. 
"Our intent is not to use this [forum] being a means to generate direct dollars," says Zander. "We're doing this as kind of the public service. We're constantly bombarded with queries from candidates who call us. We thought there was an opportunity to give back to candidates,Microsoft Office 2010 Key, to create an environment wherever they can pose questions and give suggestions to one another." 
If Ivy Tango takes off and its membership grows, Zander says Project One might use it to get marketing and sales leads, but currently that's not the company's or the forum's focus.
Give Ivy Tango a look. I've found members' responses to concerns to be helpful, practical and good-natured. Members seem genuinely interested in sharing their two cents and helping others--always a good sign in a forum. As Zander says, "This is the kind of thing in which the larger it grows, the better it is for everybody." 
I plan to publish my numerous opinions on Ivy Tango. I hope I'll find yours there, too.