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Freelancing: Is it a Good Idea While Working Full Time?

Freelancing – working on the side for clients you find on your own while continuing to work full-time for your employer – can have its benefits: Extra income to go ... Read more
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Is Unconscious Bias Affecting Your Hiring Decisions?

Reviewing job candidates’ applications and resumes without any unconscious bias is particularly hard to accomplish. After all, it’s …unconscious: you don’t know you’re doing it/have it. So how can we ... Read more
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Dexian Announces Jeff Buss as New CIO

MCLEAN, Va. – August 2, 2023 – Dexian, a leading provider of staffing, IT, and workforce solutions, today announced the appointment of Jeff Buss as the company's new Chief Information ... Read more
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After the Interview: The Road to Job Offers and the Factors That Influence It

How often have you heard during a job interview “We plan to make a decision within the week and I’ll be letting you know as soon as we decide,” and ... Read more
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Dexian Promotes Executives, Adds Expertise

MCLEAN, Va. – July 20, 2023 – Dexian, a leading provider of staffing, IT, and workforce solutions, today announced the promotion and appointment of several key executives on the company’s ... Read more
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Is AI Coming for Your Job?

You may have read that generative artificial intelligence – as in ChatGPT -- has “already” directly resulted in job loss for a few people. Let the panic begin? After all, ... Read more
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Overcoming Ageism in the Job Market: Strategies for Millennials

Yes, unfortunately, it’s starting to happen: the oldest millennials have now reached their early 40s and the millions of members of this generational cohort are aging right along behind them. ... Read more
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Upskilling/Reskilling Yourself for Career Success

You’ve undoubtedly heard of the “upskilling” trend in which employers retrain/reskill employees they feel are lacking the skills the company needs to succeed in a high-tech future. The employer wins ... Read more
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Dexian Promotes Maruf Ahmed to CEO

Ahmed’s successful run as Dexian president and COO sets the stage for continued growth MCLEAN, Va. – July 6, 2023 – Dexian, a leading provider of staffing, IT, and workforce ... Read more
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Let Your Socials Work for You

Did you know that 70% of employers use social media to screen candidates? Use these tips to manage your digital footprint and stay ahead of the game. Spring Clean. Start ... Read more
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One of the Top Undervalued Strengths in a Company: Kindness

The job market is – possibly – slowing. (Although some economists describe the current. U.S. labor market is “still chugging along,’ as it added 253,000 jobs in April.) While we’re ... Read more
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Skill or Degree: Rethinking the Future of Work

Whether the job market is cooling – or it isn’t –those with tech skills still will be greatly in demand. As in: Skills will be at a premium and interest ... Read more
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Importance of a True Brand

It is really an exciting time right now, for me personally and for our company. There is a tremendous amount energy and enthusiasm around the launch of the Dexian brand ... Read more
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Job Searching: How to Stay Positive

Let’s say you looked for a new position in the last two years. Did you apply for a position and hear back immediately from a hiring manager or recruiter? Did ... Read more
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Maruf’s Take: Navigating IT Staffing Strategy

While recent news of layoffs at high profile tech giants may be grabbing headlines and triggering unease for the IT industry, there is much more to the story that is ... Read more
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If You Were Laid Off in Tech This (Might Be) Why

Thousands of IT pros working for large national/international companies have received pinks slips in recent months: in January, CNBC reported that Google, Meta, Amazon and others had laid off 104,000 ... Read more
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What the Silicon Valley Bank Collapse Could Mean for the Tech Industry

Unless you’ve been living the Van Winkle life, you’ve no doubt heard about the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on March 10. The news roiled Wall Street, of course. ... Read more
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Maruf’s Take: Business Performance & Kindness

It has been a long time since I’ve picked up a book to read that has so acutely aligned with not only my approach to leadership and business, but also ... Read more
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Thousands of Tech Sector Layoffs: Myth Busted!

You know the headlines: tens of thousands of IT professionals have lost their jobs across the country in recent months. How many is “tens of thousands?” Several thousand in 2022 ... Read more
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5 Awesome Benefits of Being a Contract Employee

​Many people are nervous about transitioning from a 9-5 job with one employer to a contract position with many employers. And that’s understandable—after all, if you’re not in the know, ... Read more
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