Decoding Dress Codes

Breaking down office dress codes (business formal to casual) & deciding how to dress for your next interview. The IT & high-tech industries have made a hot mess of dress codes. Thanks to folks like Steve Jobs, jeans and a T have become standard attire for many development shops; swap that T for a button

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Re-Entering the Workforce

Need help getting back into the workforce after you’ve taken some time off? Or just looking to follow a passion in a new role within the IT field, but don’t quite have the experience yet to land a job in that realm? There are a few ways to work yourself into that new role: VOLUNTEER

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The Compelling Resume

Clean pressed clothing, polished shoes, and a fresh haircut. None of those efforts matter if you can’t get an interview. And your best tool to secure that interview? Your resume. But creating a resume that really works for you, there’s the problem. Here are a few hints to help place you in front of the people

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The Video-Interview

It seems in an instant, video-calls have became a way of life. Daily stand-up meetings via Skype, business calls via Google Hangouts, and internal office happy hours via Zoom are all new-normals for us at MACRO.CCS. But even before the pandemic we were widely using video calls for our interviews – enabling us to work

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Phone Interview Tips

Have a phone interview coming up? Don’t just wing it – phone interviews are often your first attempt to learn more about a job and make a great impression. Here are some good ways to prepare for and ace your next phone interview: If using a cell phone, camp out in a spot with the

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First Impressions Count

As you know, first impressions count. The interview determines whether you have a chance to make a second impression. To aide you in preparing for your interview, we developed this guide. Your goal should be to positively impress the interviewer(s). Even if you ultimately decide you are not interested in the work or the company,

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