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Mama, don’t let your babies grow up to be computer service technicians

Posted April 24, 2013 - 11:47 am

According to a new ranking of careers, programming jobs are desirable, but computer support roles not so much
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Advocating for computer science education

Posted December 19, 2012 - 11:54 am

Computer Science Education Week and the Computer Science Education Act aim to make computer science a core subject in American schools
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Career watch: nww grads are happy in IT

Posted July 16, 2012 - 9:43 am

U.K. study was small but showed overwhelming contentment with IT careers.
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Tech hiring: Best house in a bad neighborhood?

Posted June 11, 2012 - 1:29 pm

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data and a recent survey by career site Dice underscore the impact of the shaky economic recovery on tech hiring.
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Quick tips For easier business trips

Posted May 5, 2012 - 7:30 am

Travelling for business can be a headache. Our coach suggests three ways to minimize the stress.
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Only 50 percent of college graduates get decent jobs

Posted April 23, 2012 - 11:02 am

Graduates in technology, science, and health fields do well, but a college degree now means only a 1 in 2 chance of avoiding unemployment or underemployment.
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Drop in Tooth Fairy payments shows economic pain among temp-jobbed IT, US workers

Posted February 24, 2012 - 12:42 pm

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.
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If you want to hate your job, IT may be the field for you!

Posted December 5, 2011 - 9:21 pm

The most-hated job in the world is director of information technology, according to an analysis of employee-generated reviews.
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Where is the IT talent going? Facebook, mainly

Posted June 14, 2011 - 12:30 pm

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.
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How can you tell when the recession's over for IT? When they're hiring in Detroit

Posted May 24, 2011 - 5:00 pm

It's not clear how real the recovery is, especially in IT. According to the job ads companies are willing to pay for, though, the recovery is moving much faster in IT than elsewhere.
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CIOs: The eternal nomads

Posted March 30, 2011 - 2:06 pm

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.
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CIOs keep their jobs longer than you think

Posted March 21, 2011 - 2:09 pm

The urban legend says CIOs get fired about every 18 months. Or two years, or three. Actually CIO tenure is stable, but the challenges for any individual CIO keep getting harder.
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IT hiring slow compared to IT spending

Posted March 7, 2011 - 8:42 pm

Sales of IT products are skyrocketing, but hiring is barely growing.
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7 Things CEOs want in a CIO

Posted February 23, 2011 - 2:02 pm

CEOs know IT can be a rocket boosting a good business, or a rock holding it down. They know what they want in a CIO, but you probably don't.
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How to decide whether to go to work

Posted February 9, 2011 - 1:15 pm

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.
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Tech job outlook good, better for freelancers

Posted February 7, 2011 - 3:49 pm

A couple IT industry surveys indicate that the business is booming for the tech industry. Opportunities are up for both full-time tech positions and for freelance IT jobs, but some of the news may make IT workers want to abandon the "security" of a salaried position and go solo.
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2011 looks like a good year to work in IT

Posted February 4, 2011 - 11:36 am

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.
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Is it getting more stressful to work in IT?

Posted February 2, 2011 - 7:45 pm

Studies show IT is one of the most stressful corporate jobs; and that jobs without stress tend to be the ones we don't want anyway.
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Senate's H-1B foes begin new attack

Posted February 1, 2011 - 10:50 am

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.
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CIOs, CFOs agree on one thing: neither wants to pay for technology

Posted January 25, 2011 - 5:31 pm

Surveys of CIOs and CFOs make clear that, despite the end of the recession, most costly IT will continue to move out of the data center.
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In IT, balance of pain shifts slightly from worker to employer

Posted January 20, 2011 - 12:18 pm

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.
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Tech jobs increase, just barely, in the first month of 2011

Posted January 17, 2011 - 5:40 pm

The IT job market has been more resilient than most during the past two years, losing fewer than other functional job sectors, but showing a slower recovery as well, according to new surveys.
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CSO resumes: 5 tips to make yours shine

Posted December 22, 2010 - 2:49 pm

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.
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Your new IT job: Twittering in the cloud?

Posted December 20, 2010 - 2:10 pm

The IT job of tomorrow will likely focus on social networking, cloud computing and strategic use of smartphones and tablets.
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IT hiring may be back on track, but Santa is out of luck

Posted December 20, 2010 - 11:46 am

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?
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