Job Calendar | Epic Quest technology job fair

Tech-savvy job seekers are invited to Epic Quest, a job fair from the Washington Technology Industry Association.

Job Calendar | Engineering, Technology & Security Clearance Career Expo

Meet face-to-face with employers hiring for engineering, defense, aerospace, software development, purchasing and many other disciplines at the free Engineering, Technology & Security Clearance Expo. Candidates must have U.S. citizenship and at least two years of engineering, technology or defense

Job Calendar | Boeing informational session

This free lecture covers Boeing's hiring needs and tips for submitting your application to Boeing. Learn more about attendance on the WorkSource website.

Career Center | Developer Shyam Habarakada's cool job

What do you do? I lead software development at Artefact [a Seattle technology product design company] and am a hands-on developer at 10,000ft, a business software product built by Artefact Product Group. This means I'm involved in multiple projects at

Job Calendar | Open training lab for veterans and spouses

WorkSource and Microsoft are distributing vouchers that will enable veterans to obtain, at no cost, select e-learning and certification for Windows 7 Essentials and Microsoft Office 2010.

Career Center | Career makeover: Longtime IT manager must draft new career plan

By Lora Shinn / Special to NWjobs For 17 years, Barry Nichols was the IT manager at the U.S. Census Bureau’s Seattle regional office. But in 2012, the bureau office closed, forcing Nichols to look for a job for the

Career Center | Chief executive artist Kamal Siegel's cool job

What do you do? As chief executive artist, I get to run a studio called Digital Double [in Redmond], which does 2-D and 3-D graphics for the games and advertising industries. I get to manage the affairs of the company

Career Center | Is working for a startup right for you?

By Lora Shinn / Special to NWjobs Molly Epstein loves her job. Since last May, she has been creating computer-aided 3-D models of jewelry for Ritani.com, a high-end diamond and jewelry e-commerce company. Working for a tech startup -- among

Career Center | Women’s coding group aims to bridge tech gender gap

By Monica Chen / Raleigh News and Observer With laptops open and coffee in hand, a dozen women joined a Code & Coffee session in Raleigh, N.C., recently, where they coded Web pages, shared tips on design and chatted about

Career Center | Unplugging: Some employers helping workers disconnect

By Tanya Mohn / New York Times News Service In this age of hyper-connectivity, some companies are adopting policies aimed at weaning employees from their electronic devices. Atos, an international information technology company, plans to phase out all emails among

Job Calendar | Evening with Fremont Women in Technology

An evening of networking and tech talk with women in technology from the Fremont neighborhood. Register at Eventbrite.

Career Center Blog | Scholarships now available for interactive media, gaming

It's been a long-standing, vexing problem for the local interactive media sector: The Puget Sound area has plenty of companies that need game designers and computer engineers, and countless job seekers who'd love to break into this business they've loved

Career Center | Gains from cranes: Modest job growth for Seattle area in 2013

By Randy Woods / Special to NWjobs In spite of the lingering concerns over the slow economic recovery and the 286,000 people still out of work statewide, many forecasters agree that Washington, and especially the Puget Sound region, is poised

Career Center | 9 ways to make yourself more marketable in 2013

By Lora Shinn / Special to NWjobs Those pseudo-Mayan predictions didn’t come true, so you’ll need to prep for a new year. Why not make it one of the best so far, at least career-wise? Here are nine tips for

Job Calendar | Android Application Development certificate program webinar

Learn more about the University of Washington's Professional & Continuing Education certificate program in Android Application Development at this free webinar. RSVP here.

Job Calendar | Seattle Girl Geek Dinners

The Seattle Girl Geek Dinners group meets approximately once a quarter for panel discussions sponsored by local tech companies. This quarter's event is sponsored by Cobalt. Register at Eventbrite.

Career Center | How to ace a virtual job interview

By Lora Shinn / Special to NWjobs Moments before a recent job interview with a tech company, Anna White sat in a small room in the prospective employer’s satellite office in Irvine, Calif., facing a desk. A phone rang, and

Job Calendar | ProductCamp Seattle 2012

ProductCamp Seattle 2012 is a free "unconference" for the product management community hosted by the Product Management Consortium (PMC). Register here.

Career Center | Is independent contracting right for you?

By Allison Ellis / Special to NWjobs David Robison was laid off from his full-time job more than a decade ago. Soon after, the Seattle resident began contracting as a user-experience designer -- and has never looked back. “Starting a

Job Calendar | Tech job fair

Job seekers can meet face-to-face with employers hiring for tech positions and receive job-search advice at the free Tech Job Fair. Registration information for employers can be found here.

Job Calendar | Mobile Monday Seattle happy hour

Mobile Monday Seattle is an informal gathering of Seattle's wireless, high tech and mobile technology community.

Job Calendar | Seattle GiveCamp

Tech and non-tech volunteers are needed for Seattle GiveCamp, a weekend-long event Oct. 19-21 where software developers, website wonks, project managers, designers and other software professionals of all skill levels work with their peers to donate their time to create

Job Calendar | Careers in Science: Beyond the Bench

The Association for Women in Science's Seattle chapter presents a panel discussion featuring Melissa Loomis, Scientific Recruiter at FHCRC; Sharon Gundersen, Ph.D, Consumer Safety Officer at FDA; Lee Schoentrup, Director of Communications at IDRI; Lynne Becker, Ph.D, Senior Enterprise Project

Job Calendar | ESPN digital job event

Visit Touchdown City before the Seahawks' kickoff to learn more about joining ESPN's digital team. Positions for software engineers, mobile engineers and Web developers on Fantasy Games.com and mobile.

Job Calendar | Get a Real Job Startup Job Fair

The Get a Real Job Startup Job Fair is for designers and developers ready to add passion to the work that they do. Join Seattle Startups for drinks, food and social time with some of the city's hottest startups.

Career Center | Q&A: Boss only has eyes for his iPhone

By Liz Reyer / Minneapolis Star Tribune Q: My boss is addicted to his iPhone. He checks emails during meetings and sneaks glances at it when we have one-on-one meetings. I really feel like he's not paying attention to me

Job Calendar | Women in Wireless networking event

For the second year in a row, thousands of professionals throughout the world who connect with the mission of Women in Wireless will unite to meet, mingle and speed network. Seattle joins New York, San Francisco, Singapore, Dallas, Calgary, Los

Job Calendar | Android Application Development certificate-program info session

Learn more about University of Washington's Professional & Continuing Education Android Application Development certificate program during an in-person information meeting.

Career Center Blog | Millennial job seekers have good reason to stay in Seattle

Of all the demographic groups that have been studied for their economic vulnerability, the Millennials arguably have become the poster children of post-Great Recession victimhood. These young workers in the Seattle market, however, may soon become a bellwether for better

Career Center Blog | Vets reinterpret job skills in manufacturing program

Finding the right job is like finding the perfect mate; sometimes a matchmaker can help find hidden similarities between two parties and pair them up. For the resurgent Puget Sound manufacturing sector, one of these matchmakers is Thomas McLaughlin, who

Career Center | What are the best jobs in Seattle? Check out the Top 10

View CareerCast.com's full Best Jobs in Seattle report.

Job Calendar | Seattle Beta

The quarterly startup mixer by Seattle Beta is a get-together for founders, hackers, students, investors, designers, visionaries, media professionals and more. Join us for a stimulating evening of conversation, talks, and startup demos, focused around greater Seattle's early-stage startup and

Career Center | Game tester Jonathan Bettger's cool job

What do you do? I test games at Big Fish Games [in Seattle]. A game tester's job is to discover bugs, or problems, in the game software and then work with developers to get those bugs or problems resolved before

Career Center | Job sound too good to be true? Watch out for scams

By Susan Salisbury / The Palm Beach Post With millions of Americans out of work and looking for a job, the latest scam, which preys on job seekers, is particularly despicable. A West Palm Beach, Fla., woman contacted The Palm

Job Calendar | StartUpCity presents: Women in Tech

Whether you are an entrepreneur or an Amazon coder, get involved to learn, meet or help other aspiring women. This inaugural event will be a great opportunity for socializing and establishing a comfortable atmosphere for women in tech to learn

Career Center Blog | Overcoming the age-old 'maturity' problem

First impressions play an enormous role in how a candidate will be evaluated. Sometimes, however, these impressions are completely out of our control. Take the case of one job seeker I recently spoke with, who met a hiring manager about

Job Calendar | Tech, Engineering & Security-Clearance Career Fair

Dice Career Fairs is hosting a career event in Seattle. Technology, engineering and security-cleared talent will be able to speak with recruiting representatives from technology and health-care companies, as well as government agencies. Pre-registration is recommended.

Career Center | One more resume thing to think about: QR codes

By Diane Stafford / The Kansas City Star Just when you think you have your resume looking pretty good, James Alexander suggests a Botox injection. Actually, he’s just using Botox as a metaphor for an infusion of youth. How so?

Job Calendar | Technology Management MBA information session

Learn more about the University of Washington's 18-month MBA program for technology professionals. Click here to register.

Career Center | FBI forensics leader Kera O'Reilly's cool job

What do you do? I am a special agent in the FBI Seattle Division and serve as the senior team leader of our Evidence Response Team (ERT). The ERT gathers evidence in an expert, competent and systematic manner so that

Career Center | Pinterest resumes: Should you get on board?

By Benny Evangelista / San Francisco Chronicle Pinterest is known as a popular online pin board for photos of fashion, food recipes, and arts and crafts projects, but it has also become a place to find creative job resumes. Not

Job Calendar | Open House: UW Computing and IT Certificate Programs

Explore more than 50 computing and IT certificates, degrees and other tech-related programs. Learn about opportunities to gain the skills and experience you need to enhance your career. Two panel discussions will address technology trends and career opportunities. No registration

Job Calendar | Modern-Day Tech Leaders Reception

This Linked:Seattle event is a chance to network with more than 30 VIPs and subject matter experts at companies including Corbis, Microsoft, Amazon, T-Mobile and more. Linked:Seattle is a LinkedIn group. Standard admission includes round-table discussions to share your expertise,

Career Center Blog | Start me up: 5 tips for budding entrepreneurs

For those with an entrepreneurial spirit who are nevertheless stuck in the job-search loop for extended periods, the urge to strike out on their own has been stoked in recent weeks by anecdotal reports of a resurgent venture capital market.

Career Center Blog | Jobs Accelerator scholarships offered in interactive media

A healthy employment picture, like a robust economy, needs to have a balance between supply (qualified workers) and demand (living-wage jobs). While most job seekers lament the lack of demand and the glut of supply during the Great Recession, many

Job Calendar | Women in STEM networking event

This special networking event will bring together women from the fields of science, technology, engineering and math, ranging from undergraduates through accomplished professionals. Make new connections, find or be a mentor and explore educational pathways and career options with representatives

Job Calendar | Women Who Tech Seattle Happy Hour

Women Who Tech is hosting a happy hour to celebrate women who rock tech. Come out and meet some fellow techies. Register at Eventbrite.

Career Center | Does your job allow you to keep up with technology?

Does your job allow you to keep up with technology?

Job Calendar | Inside Microsoft IT

Microsoft IT will be hosting a free evening networking event to make contact with business professionals who are interested in career opportunities in the information technology space. This event will give attendees a glimpse into Microsoft's recruiting process. Space is

Job Calendar | Bellingham TechNight career fair

Looking for a new job in technology? At this career fair, meet hiring managers from local technology companies and learn about jobs for programmers, network administrators, systems analysts, database administrators, technical support/help desk specialists, technical sales professionals, project managers and

Career Center | No sitting down on the job for Valerie O'Shea

NAME: Valerie O'Shea JOB: Executive assistant to the president, LeMay — America's Car Museum, Tacoma CUBICLE RAVE: I have a GeekDesk adjustable-height desk and treadmill that goes from 1/2 to 4 miles an hour (my average speed is 1.5). This

Job Calendar | 'Hot in Tech' networking

Mingle with others in high tech in Salad Labs' first Hot in Tech event, featuring a panel of experts in high tech and a jalapeno-eating contest. To register, visit Salad Labs.

Career Center | Your idea of business casual may not match mine

By Rex Huppke / The Chicago Tribune Good news for facial-hair enthusiasts earlier this year. After six decades of flagrant beardscrimination, Walt Disney Co. lifted its ban on employee goatees and other face fuzz. The loosening of dress-code rules at

Job Calendar | Women in Tech International -- Seattle kickoff

Come be a part of the creation of the Greater Seattle WITI Network. This is your opportunity to find or be a mentor, network with other IT women professionals and generally have a great time. Pre-registration required.

Job Calendar | Mobile Mixers kickoff

Mobile Mixers is a new community for the mobile minded, open to anyone working in mobile business. Mix it up with digital marketers, mobile agencies, mobile providers and mobile technologists. Bring your ideas for what you want this community to

Career Center Blog | Social media boot camp: Help for your digital self

Last week I wrote about the necessity of face-to-face networking, and about how there's a methodical way to go about making connections that could land you a job without being annoying or pushy. We can sing the praises of in-person

Career Center | Manufacturers struggle to find skilled workers

By Alejandra Cancino / Chicago Tribune Doug Parsons needs to hire more than two dozen skilled workers at his manufacturing plant in Pekin, Ill., but he can't find them. Parsons' problem was heightened last year when company sales grew 60

Career Center | Tech jobs abound, but women still outnumbered in the field

By Katie Ormsby / Special to NWjobs Technology-related career opportunities are thriving in and around Seattle. Many industry leaders, including Microsoft, Amazon.com, Expedia and Boeing, as well as local start-ups are perpetually looking to hire. But despite the region’s wealth

Career Center Blog | Credit scores are one thing ... but 'career scores'?

First, they came for the movies. Then they came for the restaurants. Then they came for the attorneys, professors and doctors. What are you going to do when they come for you? Are you ready to have a number slapped

Career Center Blog | Seattle's 'app economy' rank bodes well for engineering jobs

If it seems like every engineering student who manages to find a job in Seattle is developing smartphone apps, you're not alone in your observation. For the first time, we now have a better idea of how the Puget Sound

Career Center | Multi-distracted: Juggling tasks causes more harm than good

By Anita Bruzzese / Gannett While you may know that studies have found that multitasking hurts productivity, the truth is you really haven’t stopped trying to do more than one thing at a time, have you? After all, while

Career Center | What's your dream job in technology?

What’s your dream job in technology?

Job Calendar | Ignite Seattle 17

Imagine a festive hall full of inventors, techies and entrepreneurs all drinking beer, networking and competing to build the best popsicle stick bridge -- that's Ignite Seattle and it happens monthly. Over 21 only; $5 admission at the door.

Job Calendar | Film + Music + Interactive happy hour

Seattle Film + Music + Interactive hosts a monthly happy hour that's a meet-up for leaders in the film, music and interactive industries to share, learn and make meaningful business connections.

Career Center | Convincing your boss to let you work from home

By Laura Laemmle Frongillo / Salary.com In the past, some bosses considered “working from home” a euphemism for “doing errands” and only allowed it in the event of major plumbing or medical emergencies. Fortunately, progress in technology has made

Career Center | Software contractor struggling with full-timer's attitude

By Marie G. McIntyre / McClatchy-Tribune News Service Q: Six months ago, I started a contract job with a small software group. The lead developer is a control freak who has taken over some of the tasks listed in my

Job Calendar | Association for Women in Computing event

If you are a woman in computing who wants to direct the course of your career, come to this Association for Women in Computing event. Consultant Sherri Edwards will discuss how to develop an action plan to take your career

Career Center Blog | Seattle earns high score in gamer job opportunities

Bungie. PopCap. Valve. Big Fish. Double Down. No, these are not nicknames for mob informants. They are all companies that could represent lucrative job opportunities for many video game developers, engineers, designers and animators looking for work in Seattle's booming

Job Calendar | Introduction to LinkedIn webinar

Despite a flood of imitators, no one has invented a more powerful website for facilitating career and business networking success than LinkedIn.com. And yet, many people still haven't heard of this revolutionary tool -- or may have joined the site

Career Center | Experts optimistic about Seattle's job market in 2012

By Katie Ormsby / Special to NWjobs Will 2012 be the year Seattle’s job market recovers from the recession? Arun Raha, chief economist for Washington state and the executive director of the Economic and Revenue Forecast Council, believes the Emerald

Career Center Blog | Sometimes a job is just a job (and other career lessons learned)

This will be my last post on NWjobs. In the three-and-a-half years I've been blogging on this site, I've learned countless lessons from the workers and career experts I've interviewed, as well as the many readers who've taken the time

Career Center Blog | The one-word key to rapid career change

It should come as no secret that many Americans are actively thinking about changing careers -- either because they've fallen out of love with their current career path after many years, or for the more practical reason of trying

Job Calendar | Technology Management MBA information session

Learn more about the University of Washington's 18-month MBA program for technology professionals. Click here to RSVP.

Career Center Blog | Secretly videotaping your co-workers with your smartphone

There's sure to be lots of talk of scary supervisors and creepy co-workers this week. But you know what's really scary? The person at work who secretly uses their smartphone to record unflattering, embarrassing, or compromising videos of their

Career Center | Tips for project-management techies

Q: I just moved from Beijing to Seattle with my husband. I am currently seeking project-management or vendor-management positions in the Internet/travel industries. Any suggestions for networking opportunities or job-seeking strategies? — T.V., Seattle Kristen says: Seattle is one of

Career Center Blog | Tide still rising for Seattle tech jobs

If there ever was a time for Seattle-area job seekers to add high-tech skills to their resumes, it would be right now. In just the last week alone, several developments in the gaming, software engineering and IT fields have pointed

Career Center | Hot job: Nuclear medicine technologists

The job: Nuclear medicine technologists (NMTs) administer radiopharmaceuticals to patients and then monitor the tissues and organs in which the drugs localize. They operate cameras to detect and map the radioactive drug in the patient’s body to create diagnostic images.

Career Center | Networking out of town: Is it worth a trip?

Q: I would like to relocate to Portland. I’ve read things to the effect that while online job-hunting is all well and good, there’s no substitute for face-to-face networking. While I can take a vacation day and go to Portland

Career Center | Cool Job: Social media manager Evonne Benedict @king5seattle

What do you do? I am the social media manager for KING 5 TV and KING5.com. Part of my job is to post news to Twitter and Facebook, but even more important is using social media to build our community

Career Center | Where to find opportunities in the PR field

Q: I recently moved to Seattle from Washington, D.C. My background is in journalism and public relations, with a concentration on media relations and social media. Any suggestions on identifying networking and job opportunities? -- K.B., Seattle Kristen says: Seattle

Career Center Blog | Why applying online first is a waste of time

I recently gave a presentation called Career Search Optimization to professionals in transition, emphasizing the need to become more strategic if they want to find their ideal job. Many, if not all, job seekers are so focused on advertised openings

Career Center | Wide gap in skills leaves many unemployed, many open jobs

By Drew DeSilverSeattle Times business reporter At age 46, with three grown kids and nearly three decades in sales behind him, Chris Mugler of Auburn is two places he thought he'd never be: unemployed and back in school. Four days

Career Center Blog | The biggest email mistakes workers make

A fun Forbes article on 10 of the most common email gaffes in the workplace has been making the internet rounds. [Flickr photo by paul_irish] Three email abusers mentioned in the article rank high on my own email peeve

Career Center | Five hot jobs: Digital age, aging population reshape employment projections

By Dave Carpenter The Associated Press If you’ve been fantasizing about becoming a farmer, it’s time to pick another daydream. No other occupation category has seen a bigger decline, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Twitter strategist or

Career Center Blog | How being a clutter bug can hurt you at work

Is your desk buried under papers, file folders, and other clutter? If so, you could be jeopardizing your next promotion. [Flickr photo by aliwest44] According to a new CareerBuilder survey, more than a quarter of employers (28 percent) say

Career Center Blog | Understand contractor compensation before accepting the role

Congratulations! You've received an offer from a Microsoft vendor. Before you accept, consider two important decisions. First, be careful before signing a non-compete agreement, and second, don't take the first compensation offer. In my last column, I described the basic

Career Center Blog | What you need to know about contracting at Microsoft

If you're a newbie to contracting at companies such as Microsoft, the world of contract positions can be a foreign one. At Microsoft in particular, it helps to know the language before you immerse yourself. The software giant offers plenty

Career Center | MBA programs: Is online as good as on-site?

Q: I am a single mother and have been accepted to the Carnegie Mellon MBA program in Pittsburgh. My family isn’t thrilled about me taking my son to Pennsylvania and is trying to argue that an online MBA is just

Career Center Blog | Gen Y to employers: Your on-the-job training programs stink!

Much has been written about how Generation Y -- the under-30 crowd in the workforce -- has had to adjust their attitude in today's crippled job market. As Associated Press reporter Cindy Krischer Goodman (no relation) wrote last fall,

Career Center | Talking code: Demand for programmers, software engineers outstrips supply

While the economy has made expansion difficult for many industries, Seattle-based technology companies have experienced expansion difficulty for a different reason: Namely, the pool of qualified candidates isn’t keeping up with demand. A quick search on NWjobs.com’s technology section routinely

Career Center | Networking can be difficult when your connections don’t share

Q: I’m facing a problem that is becoming more and more recurrent. A lot of recruiters who work for agencies will not share their LinkedIn connections, but they don’t hesitate to tap into mine. LinkedIn is truly a networking and

Career Center Blog | Local company gaining DataSphere of influence

When I host my monthly career mixers in partnership with NWjobs.com, I ask attendees during the registration to list employers they would like to see at the event. One of the names I've been hearing recently is DataSphere Technologies. DataSphere,

Career Center Blog | Develop your value proposition and set yourself apart

In my career-transition program at ProLango, I tell my students to target a set number of companies. That makes them more focused and strategic, versus spending too much time on job boards that display only advertised openings. Once they have

Career Center | NWjobs Career Makeover: IT manager gets advice to reboot job search

By Cody Ellerd Bay Special to NWjobs George Williams thought that 20 years of experience on his résumé was surely a good thing. Despite an MBA and a long employment history that includes Microsoft, the 49-year-old Renton father of two

Career Center | Working remotely: How to stay in the loop when you’re based off-site

By Anita Bruzzese The Associated Press While some employees might consider it the greatest of fortunes not to see their boss or colleagues every day at work, remote workers who have that experience might disagree. Remote workers — who may

Career Center | $90K to start: Tech talent war heats up salaries, ushers in cool perks

By Claire Cain Miller and Jenna Wortham New York Times News Service Eric Firestone began a new job at a Web startup in March, and he’s already thinking about what he might do next. But that’s just fine with his

Career Center | Property manager needs tips on finding a job in Seattle before moving here

Q: I have a very strong background in property management. I am looking to relocate to Seattle from Wisconsin. I have already contacted most of the major commercial property management companies in Seattle. My timeframe is flexible, but I wondered

Career Center | Hot job: environmental science technician

The job: Environmental science technicians perform lab and field tests to monitor environmental resources and determine the contaminants and sources of pollution. A Seattleite at work: Aquatic scientist Jonathan Berg says he likes working in an innovative field and enjoys

Career Center Blog | Can meeting strangers on Twitter land you a job?

I regularly meet people skeptical of social media tools such as Twitter or LinkedIn. But it's important to remember that the tools themselves don't provide the solutions, it's all about the access they can give you to other people. In

Career Center | Is 15 years at the same company a plus or a minus in a job search?

By Kristen Fife NWjobs Q: I work in the tech industry as a software engineer, and have been with the same company for over fifteen years. I have been considering looking for a new job, as I recently discovered that