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There are plenty of economic indicators predicting (inaccurately) how well the economy is doing. The Tooth Fairy Poll doesn't predict changes in hiring, but it does indicate how much economic pain would cause a parent to short-change a toothless six-year-old.

Social-recruiting site TopProspect gathered two years worth of hiring data to find out the hottest spot for social-networking-savvy IT people. The result was Facebook by a ton of Likes.

In many ways CIOs are like nomads: They might set up camp for a short while, but before you know it they’re off in search of other pastures.

Sales of IT products are skyrocketing, but hiring is barely growing.

IT employment job surveys say record numbers of IT workers plan to change jobs when they get the chance; taking a sick day is the next best thing.

The pace of hiring is accelerating slowly but surveys agree 2011 will bring big improvements in jobs and salaries compared to '10 and '09 and '08.

With the cap on H-1B visas reached last week, proponents have renewed calls for raising the cap. But two leading critics of the the program may be getting ready to seek new restrictions on the use of foreign labor.

A tiny increase in hiring and pay thins the gloom in the IT job market, reducing need to hang on to jobs they hate just to keep a paycheck.

The current challenges in today's job market didn't stop Phillip Mahan from bouncing back quickly after a setback. Mahan was laid off from his position as manager of information security and risk management at Unisource Worldwide in February. By April he was working again as the business information security officer with ING. There is a reason why he wasn't on the job hunt for very long: He is fanatical about his resume and his career.

Surveys predict IT hiring will be far higher than other job specialties in 2011, though some employment questions remain. Why can good Santas not find a job?

IT departments may finally have seen the last of job and salary cuts and be back on a growth track, according to new surveys of IT hiring and spending plans.