Posts by Jennifer McGarvey
Advice on Negotiating Salary
The first step in compensation negotiations should always be to research your value. The best place to start is with the free salary calculator from Job Search Intelligence. This tool performs a salary data search for the occupation and region in which you are seeking employment, and factors in your experience and education to provide…
Read MoreKeyjacking – What is it might you ask?
Keyjacking. What is it might you ask? Well let me give you a clue: “R” you a human? Any guesses? Go ahead, I’ll wait…. But don’t cheat and ask Google. . .. … …. ….. …… ……. …….. ……… ………. Give yourself a big pat on the back if you guessed the correct…
Read MoreMegaTrends and the World of 2020 Presentation
Charlie Bess, HP Fellow, Application Business Services Americas Chief Technologist presented in January at the MPICT Winter ICT Educator’s conference. From the presentation: We live in a rapidly changing world which can seem disruptive. Many of these changes are actually predictable and based on activities happening today. This presentation takes an example-based approach to examining…
Read MoreStackable certs = WIN-WIN
Many state legislatures, including Texas, are moving to a college funding scale that is, at least partially, based on the number of students who successfully complete a degree or certificate. This provides an opportunity for stackable certificates to maximize resources for both community colleges and their students. Creating multiple certificates that can be obtained with…
Read MorePHOTOS: North Texas Community College Technology Forum
How to build a lab on $5 a day
At our summer CCN meeting, Bill Saichek of Orange Coast College, shared some of his secrets on how he was able to get a lot of equipment for his lab, without spending a lot of money. Some of his main strategies include: Acquiring the college’s older hardware Repurposing hardware to do things the manufacturers say…
Read MoreIs Teaching Wireless Networking in Your Future?
Bill Saichek and Karl Dietrich, both Co-PIs on our grant, recently presented a session at the 2013 HI-TEC conference “Is Teaching Wireless Networking in Your Future?” This session covered the basics of wireless networking, the latest WiFi technology; 802.11n, the future 802.11ac (Gigabit WiFi), teaching tips/tricks/hints for wireless, hands-on exercises and CWNA certification, and the Achilles…
Read MorePHOTOS: ATE PI Conference 2013
This year the ATE program celebrated its 20th anniversary, and the ATE PI Conference provided the perfect setting to celebrate all that this program has achieved over the past twenty years and to plan ahead for the future. There were excellent workshops, sessions, roundtables, showcase exhibits and plenary speakers at the conference this year. The…
Read MorePHOTOS: Summer Working Connections South
Enjoy these photos of the wonderful attendees who were at Working Connections South in Jacksonville, Florida. It looks like everyone had a great week!
Read MorePHOTOS: HI-TEC 2013 Conference
It’s been a busy few weeks for the National CTC staff and partners, with the Working Connections Texas and South events, and attending the HI-TEC 2013 conference last week in Austin, Texas. We all had a great time at the HI-TEC conference, attended a lot of great presentations and even got a private tour of…
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