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Category: Career Development

A category focused on helping readers grow professionally by improving skills, strengthening personal branding, optimizing LinkedIn and resumes/CV, and using social media and other tools to advance their careers.

SAP Crystal Reports Resume Tips
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SAP Crystal Reports Resume Tips

Dallas MarksOctober 22, 2025October 22, 2025

Crystal Reports was first released in 1984 by a company named Crystal Services. Wikipedia has a great history of Crystal…

Improving Your LinkedIn Company Profile
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Improving Your LinkedIn Company Profile

Dallas MarksAugust 8, 2025October 22, 2025

In my last article, Improving Your LinkedIn Profile, I encouraged you to spend a little bit of time updating your…

Improving Your LinkedIn Profile
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Improving Your LinkedIn Profile

Dallas MarksJuly 15, 2025April 22, 2026

My suggestions for your LinkedIn profile.

Hey Jude, or Advice to a Lonely BusinessObjects Professional
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Hey Jude, or Advice to a Lonely BusinessObjects Professional

Dallas MarksOctober 25, 2024February 22, 2026

Taking a sad career story and making it better.

Book Review: LinkedIn Profile Optimization for Dummies
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Book Review: LinkedIn Profile Optimization for Dummies

Dallas MarksOctober 11, 2022April 18, 2026

LinkedIn Profile Optimization for Dummies [ISDN 978-1119651420] by Donna Serdula is a helpful guide for transforming a dull profile into…

Writing for EV Technologies
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Writing for EV Technologies

Dallas MarksJune 12, 2021March 23, 2026

I was employed by EV Technologies from June 2012 to June 2021. In 2020, the company rebranded and refocused as…

Resources for Microsoft Azure AZ-900 Certification
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Resources for Microsoft Azure AZ-900 Certification

Dallas MarksMay 29, 2021March 5, 2026

The Microsoft Azure AZ-900 certification is for “Azure Fundamentals”. Like the similar AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner that I earned recently,…

Old dogs, new tricks
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Old dogs, new tricks

Dallas MarksOctober 29, 2018July 17, 2021

My fellow SAP analytics professionals and I are reacting to an altered career landscape.

Twitter Purge, Part Two
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Twitter Purge, Part Two

Dallas MarksAugust 22, 2018July 17, 2021

Looks like I spoke too soon about being unaffected by Twitter’s purge.

Thankful for real Twitter followers
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Thankful for real Twitter followers

Dallas MarksJuly 20, 2018February 25, 2026

How I fared during this month’s Twitter purge.

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About Dallas Marks

Dallas Marks

Dallas Marks

As a cloud and analytics practitioner, author, instructional designer, and trainer, I help organizations harness the power of analytics in the cloud, on-premise, or hybrid. I prefer piano keyboards over computer keyboards when not blogging or tweeting about analytics.

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