IQ Workforce Blog

IQ Workforce Becomes Global Sponsor of Web Analytics Wednesday

Corry Prohens — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:15:52 +0000

My team has been attending, sponsoring and speaking at Web Analytics Wednesday events around the country for the past few years. If you are not familiar with Web Analytics Wednesday, these are real-life (in person) social networking events for the Web Analytics communities in cities around the world. The success and growth of these get-togethers [...]

“Fit Factor” Checks via Social Media

Corry Prohens — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:32:41 +0000

I read an article on WebGuild recently that talked about the hiring practices of the town of Bozeman, Montana. The town has been requiring that applicants for town positions provide their passwords to social networking sites and email accounts. Their application reads: “Please list any and all, current personal or business websites, web [...]

Career Prospects Poll Results

Corry Prohens — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:14:49 +0000

Over the past couple of months we have been polling visitors to our site on their near-term “career prospects”. We ask, “How do you feel about your prospect for career growth over the next 12-months?” Given that we are just starting to recover from the MOAR (Mother of All Recessions): near-miss global [...]

Hitting the Road

Corry Prohens — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:36:20 +0000

I got clearance from the wife and a green light from the tower. I am hitting the road this summer to spread the word: things are picking up. Time to think about the next step in your career… Time to think about your resource strategy. It is still a buyers market, [...]

Don’t Call it a Comeback

Corry Prohens — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:17:56 +0000

I am calling a bottom. If you watch CNBC that seemed like the thing to do a while ago. I am actually calling that we passed the bottom about five months ago. I’m not sure if you are allowed to do that, but I don’t see how anyone can stop me. [...]

IQWF Philanthropic Relationships

Corry Prohens — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:10:56 +0000

I was really moved when I read that Avinash Kaushik donates all of the proceeds from Web Analytics an Hour a Day (a long-time, best-selling book on web analytics) to two great charities. I was also a little bit ashamed because I have never really supported any worthy causes (outside my household). Since [...]

NY, New York: the Town so Nice They Named it Twice

Corry Prohens — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:08:41 +0000

It has been quite some time since we had great jobs to work on in the NY market. The web analytics community in NY is pretty large, but there have not been great job opportunities here lately. Since it is our home town, I am pleased to report that there are once [...]

Web Analytics MeetUp NYC - tomorrow night

Corry Prohens — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:36:43 +0000

Dan Wright of Register.com invited me to speak at the Web Analytics MeetUp tomorrow night (Tuesday, April 14th). I have been a Web Analytics Wednesday guy for the longest time, so I was interested to hear about this group. Apparently they have been meeting on a monthly basis for some time - each time in [...]

Part-Timers: a Win-Win

Corry Prohens — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:15:16 +0000

I gave a presentation to the Web Analytics Wednesday group in Austin, TX a few weeks ago. There were about thirty people in attendance — approx half of the group was either unemployed or looking for additional work. My presentation focused on "selling yourself" in this market — as opposed to "building your [...]

The “S” Word

Corry Prohens — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:07:13 +0000

Unemployment is higher than it has been since our grandparents were kids. No matter how hot our industry may be, this can do bad things to your career path. Our team is working on some very interesting positions, but there is no doubt that there are far fewer positions open now than there were a [...]