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Triangle Tech Connect, launched in November 2015, is a monthly review of entrepreneurial technology sales jobs and marketing jobs in the Raleigh, NC area. Goodbye, heat and humidity, goodbye Hurricanes Florence and Michael and hello Fall! Transitioning to a new season is a great time to transition to a new opportunity. See which Triangle companies […]

Cary, N.C. – Lucas Select Inc. is pleased to announce a new Career Coaching Services offering. The 10-year old recruiting firm specializes in the placement of executives and technology sales and marketing professionals for startups and small to mid-size organizations and will now offer Career Coaching effective immediately. Lucas Select’s Co-founder Tricia Lucas states “it’s not […]

Applying online feels like entering a resume black hole. I have sent out endless resumes but I never hear back. Recruiters call and ask for my resume and I never hear from them again. Recruiters won’t return my calls. Recruiters won’t tell me the name of the company. I never get feedback from my interviews. […]

If you haven’t lost at least friend online or offline this election season then you are definitely in the minority. This past election has been costly in a variety of ways. Emotions were off the charts on both ends of the political spectrum during the recent Presidential campaign and voters were quick to exercise their […]

We have all experienced that dreaded job search and most of you aren’t eager to repeat the process. Unfortunately, we aren’t always in control and being downsized in today’s market is almost a certainty. The hiring landscape has changed dramatically and in this do-or-die landscape where only the most relevant employees survive, there is no […]

Photo credit: Ricardo Barandiaran Triangle Tech Connect is a monthly review of local entrepreneurial Technology Sales and Marketing career opportunities. If you weren’t fortunate enough to be among the 200 plus attendees at last week’s sold out Triangle AMA Luncheon then you missed a real treat. The first CMO “She Suite” panel moderated by Karen […]

By: Heidi Scott Giusto, Career Path Writing Solutions Some people love grammar, some people hate grammar. Some people love serving dutifully as the “grammar police,” while others enjoy ridiculing grammar fanatics. I’m going to let you in on a little secret most people don’t know: grammar can be arbitrary. Really. In English, some of our […]

By Mir Garvy Haynes Most jobseekers don’t realize that almost half of all employers expect to negotiate salaries. But if you are interviewing for a job and you don’t initiate or pursue salary negotiations, you could be throwing away thousands of dollars. Think of it this way: a higher starting salary pays you now and […]

There is no such thing as a “permanent” job anymore. On 12/7, the Triangle American Marketing Association’s Transitions SIG Speaker’s Series will host Joe Novara, a professional speaker and author of the book “Intentional Networking”. During his seminars and workshops, Joe takes the WORK out of NETWORKING by teaching simple techniques, tips and systems, helping job […]

Internet Technology, Networking, and Factory Farming. One of these things is not like the other. As I expected it was a packed two days when the Internet Summit 2015 came to town this week in Raleigh, NC and the self-described event did indeed “fill your brain and professional toolkit with thought leadership and practical solutions […]

We’ve all been there… trying to answer how to stay employed in today’s market. The seemingly endless and dreaded job search. Most of us aren’t eager to repeat that process anytime soon. Unfortunately, we are not always in control and in today’s market, being downsized is much more common. So how do we make unemployment […]

The marketing landscape has changed dramatically in the past 10 years and brands need to evolve their strategies to meet the demands of the emerging digital world. To accommodate market changes savvy marketers are constantly getting better at what they do as their audiences become more discerning. The result is a do-or-die marketing landscape where […]

In my line of work I see volumes of resumes daily and like most talent management professionals, I struggle to manage them all. The battle is a daily one. How to quickly read and identify the most qualified prospect from a 1-2 page document in front of me. With only a single document how do […]

Unfortunately, technology has all but destroyed the recruiting process. Although it varies, ERE’s Dr. John Sullivan reports on average 250 resumes are received for each corporate job opening so your resume faces a lot of competition. I have even read numbers as high as 1,000 resumes per posting. If you post your resume online on […]