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You have made a decision to put your dream computer together let me show what skill sets are needed to do this (gone are the days that only hardcore nerds will be able to do this) If you follow my advice your journey to geekdom will be complete.

First Thing

1. Pray
2. Unplug PC
3. Backup
4. Ground yourself (ESD strap or Touch the Metal Chassis)
5. Pray once more to the PC Gods in giving you the strength needed to complete this task

Tool Kits are needed for installing and configuring a computer

A Closer Look of a typical tool kit:

You will need the following to tools to assemble a computer:

• Flat Blade Screwdriver
• Phillips Screwdriver
• Torx Screwdriver
• Needle-Nose Pliers
• Flashlight
• Compressed Air
• Wire...

Networking has been and always will be the tool and technique used by project managers in regards to building and securing their project teams.  Networking also works well when integrated into the career of project managers to help them find and secure their next project management opportunity.

Why Network?

No longer can a project manager sit in an office and manipulate software to get work done -- work is done through people.  It takes communication: up to 90% as evidenced on the PMP exam to accomplish successful projects.  If not assigned to you, you are networking and negotiating to find your dream team (and I don't mean the dream team that gives you...

Sure, the company wants the position filled. But the wrong hire can cost a company anywhere from $5,000 to $15,000. So here is my take from someone who conducts interviews and makes hiring decisions weekly.

Top 5 things business owners and hiring managers want to hear in a job interview:

1. We want to hear how you can add value to the company, that you have the skills and the moxy to get the job done. We want to know how are you going to save the company money or add revenue. Be ready to talk to specific examples.

2. We want  hear that you are interviewing us as well as us interviewing you. Ask good questions about the...

I've recently gone through a long-term job search, and I can tell you that if you are not on LinkedIn you are missing out.

As a job hunter, it let me have room to post all my skills and experiences, even things that wouldn't fit on a two-page resume. I could connect with people in my industry, people in the city I wanted to move to, and get leads on who i should try and contact. I was able to met people (friends of friends, people who went to the same school as I did, people who were headhunters in Chicago, etc) that I normally wouldn't have been able to meet.

I was also able to use LinkedIn to learn more about my prospective employers before the interview. It was very useful to...

SharePoint has too many files that an implementer of it needs to be aware of. To top this, there are too many parts as well that can be customized to totally brand the site for your company. Therefore, as a SharePoint Architect, Designer, Developer, Analyst, whatever your title is, one has to know the differences of each plus when to decide you have to go for it.

1. What is the master page all about?

2. How about the site template?

3. What is an aspx page and how do I create that?

4. How about a workspace? Site? Subsite?

5. How important is Web parts and components?

With this numerous terminologies and parts of a SharePoint site, I agree with everyone saying it’s confusing to setup a...