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Profile: Stephen Conley, IT Director, Boston Red Sox

Steve Conley credits his combination of technical and management skills as a marketable combination for an IT Director's job. What he didn't imagine when he first started his career was that he would be heading IT for major league baseball's World Champions!

| Interview | Career | 07/02/08 at 10:35 pm |

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5 Ways to Make Your Company Gen Y-Friendly

Facing a potential onslaught of baby boomer retirements and a smaller pool of Generation X employees to replace them, IT managers who want to create or sustain a Best Place to Work environment will need the additional help of another group of professionals: Generation Y. Also known as Millennials, this group consists of nearly 80 million individuals born roughly between 1979 and 1999. They are the workforce of the future.

| Tip | Business | Career | 06/30/08 at 7:59 pm |

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IT recruitment tainted by 'boring' stigma

A major new study into students' attitudes to careers in IT show a general belief that IT offers well paid work with good prospects, but that it is still not attractive to non-IT graduates.

| Feature | Career | 06/30/08 at 1:49 pm |

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Boston Ranks 4th Nationwide by Tech Employment

A new study "Cybercities 2008" released today reports that the high-tech industry in Boston is the fourth largest total in the nation. The study is an overview of the high technology industry in the nation's top 60 cities. Who made the top 5? New York Metro Area, Washington, DC, San Jose/Silicon Valley, Boston, and Dallas-Fort Worth.

| Research | Career | 06/26/08 at 3:26 pm |

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