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Project managers seeking training funds have new evidence that training improves project success rates, thanks to a survey that links the two.

Boeing and Intel run programs that let IT workers spend time in other business units to learn about operations and perhaps cost cutting ideas.

The $19 billion aimed at digitizing health records masked a potentially more important fund -- money to train 50,000 to 100,000 new IT people for healthcare.

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.

CRM users need to be trained. But they don't particularly like training, and they sure don't remember it. Is there a better way?

In the Career Compass program, the initial exercise focuses on identifying and distilling five key elements that differentiate the participant from others. The purpose is to move beyond standard statements to unearth what really sets each of us apart. It is preparation to successfully respond to a general question of "Why should I hire you?"

After my advice on self-training employees a few days ago, some folks asked me how to pick the right technical books for their situation. Valid question, because popular topics may have a shelf-full of books to choose from. How do you find yours? Try these three tips.

The author of 'The Career Coward's Guide to Career Advancement' discusses how to get your company to provide training, even during the recession.

It's almost a cliché that the first item cut in a slow economy is training. Not for Ben Berry at the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT). The frugal CIO has hired consulting firm Ouellette & Associates Inc. (O&A) to host a workshop this fall for his direct reports and IT staffers throughout the state government. The topic: marketing the value of IT.

Microsoft is offering 30,000 vouchers for free worker training classes in Washington state, at an estimated value of $3 million, the company said on Monday.

Microsoft has launched a new program with the goal of providing technology training to up to 2 million people in the U.S.