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Jason Broughton is the Workforce Development Trainer at the South Carolina State Library.
Creating a 30 second pitch
Some networking encounters are very brief. Thus, you must always be prepared to tell a contact the most important information that she/he should know about you in a few short sentences. This conversation is also known as your 30-second pitch or the answer to the question “Tell me about yourself.”
The Job Seeker’s 7 Deadly Sins: How to turn job search vices into virtues
The 7 Deadly Sins, is a classification of objectionable vices that have been used since early times to educate and instruct followers concerning fallen humanity's tendency to sin. --Wikipedia
If you want to do something that helps out the tech world, could save money, commerce and possibly lives, then consider the job of a ethical hackers or what others call white-hat hackers, make the electronic world a safer place for all of us.
The work that you would do uses the same methods as destructive hackers, but they do it not to wreak havoc or steal identities but rather to help companies find the flaws in their own cyber security systems.
Seasonal Employment oppurtunities within South Carolina 0ct 2011
Having a security clearance lifestyle allows individuals to pursue jobs that allow access to classified information, state secrets, and be allowed to enter into restricted areas. There is a growing need to fill positions across our state and nation for individuals to be able to handle and perform these functions within the federal government, defense contractors, and the intelligence community. There are a variety of jobs that need security clearances, below are a list: