Tips, Tricks and Secrets for your Technology & IT Career

A Test for Digital Ad Salespeople

The IAB introduced its "Digital Media Sales Certification" exam for salespeople with two to five years experience in the online media industry.

You're Not Zuckerberg, So Leave the Hoodie at Home

Most young people fresh to the workforce still must observe some basic rules of etiquette. Steve Jobs may have gotten away with not bathing and screaming at employees during his youth (and later on), but most people can't behave this way and survive.

How NASA Led Tech to the Cloud

An unusual mentoring relationship at NASA is behind the open source version of cloud computing, an effort that could upend Amazon as king of a Web services industry expected to grow to $20 billion in three years.

GE Eyes Hiring More Veterans

General Electric aims to hire 1,000 veterans a year, with a goal of 5,000 former soldiers working in its four main divisions in the next five years. Dave Ferguson, GE's manager of military staffing and recruiting, talks to FINS about how veterans can get a foot in the door and make the transition to civilian work.

Like Apple's Jobs, Former IBM CEO Had FBI File

FBI files obtained through a Freedom of Information request throw a spotlight onto a time when fears about airplane hijackings led to IBM executive John R. Opel being questioned by the FBI

Deepak Chopra's Best Career Advice

Author and spiritualist Deepak Chopra talks with FINS about how to use "divine discontent" to inspire your career, the importance of asking reflective questions, and why there are more opportunities contained within crises than we realize.

'Pink Noise' Grows as Offices Go Open Plan

While more companies are adopting open, collaborative spaces with few individual offices, it's driven as much by cost-cutting as the desire to create a non-hierarchical corporate culture. Most workers just don't like the noise and loss of privacy when barriers between desks are eliminated.