IDG Contributor Network: IT career checkup part 4: Face-to-face interviews -- the 'eyes' have it, then the ears
The most critical phase of any search for a higher rank or new, better job is dynamic, face-to-face interviews with the people who'll likely supervise you or be part of your team if you land the new position you want.
But IT is rife with communication challenges, and an interview is the last place you want to experience one. So before you press the flesh and interact in real time, take note of another IT communication challenge first: its acceptance of terse, brief, even blunt speaking habits and its corollary, the easy-going look that's an IT uniform.
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