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<item><title>10 Salary-Boosting IT Certifications </title>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:23:42 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[IT professionals looking for a little love (read: more money) may want to look at stocking up on technical certifications. But not just any certifications. Dice Learning, a search engine that helps connect technology workers with the training and certifications they need, has gathered input from 17,000 IT workers on which of those certifications deliver the biggest boosts in pay. (Of course, the cynical IT staffer would answer that question  none -luckily, it appears the cynics weren't polled.)

What follows is a look at the top 10 certifications that IT workers say help them command higher salaries-regardless of experience levels.<br/>   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>20 IT Skills on the Rise</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:42:22 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[Even though many IT professionals have seen flat to declining pay rates, there are some bright spots in the IT job arena. According to Foote Partners, publishers of the esteemed quarterly IT Skills and Certification Pay Index, there has been a definite demand for SAP and enterprise applications skills over the last six months. Here are the top 20 distinct skills by market value growth over the last six months, according to the most recent index.<br/>   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>5 Books for Understanding the Millennial Generation </title>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:18:02 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[The 80-million strong Millennial generation is going to change the IT landscape in countless ways, whether CIOs like it or not. 

Dealing with this unique generation can be difficult given their work habits, interests and deep grounding in technology as a way of life. Luckily, there are a handful of insightful books that help businesses and bosses understand and manage the Millennials.<br/>   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>IT Pros: Economy, Job Market Strengthening</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:27:43 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[IT employee confidence rose to its highest level in the fourth quarter of 2009 in almost two years, according to the latest survey by IT staffing firm Technisource. 

IT workers also expressed much higher confidence in the economy in job availability than in the same period in 2008. Click through to see the full results.<br/>   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>8 Principles to Moving Ahead in Your Career</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:56:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[Mike Hawkins coaches executives-from CEOs to CIOs-to help them develop their leadership and strategic capabilities. The president of Alpine Link Corporation and author of the new book, Activating Your Ambition: A Guide to Coaching the Best Out of Yourself and Others (www.activatingyourambition.com), lays out eight tenets for harnessing your ability to lead change and achieve your career ambition.<br/>   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>12 References You Don't Want to See</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:32:13 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[Despite laws banning former employers from bad-mouthing past workers, some references are surprisingly blunt in their assessment of job performance and individual traits. Allison   Taylor, a reference-checking and employment verification firm based in Detroit, released a list of some real-life bad references encountered over the course of 2009.<br/>   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>Finding Talent Via Social Networks</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:07:57 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[A recent report from Challenger, Gray and Christmas says social networking services such as LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook are the hottest tool in the job seeker's arsenal. Here are the recruiting firm's top tips for making the most out of social networks, along with some relevant statistics on social net usage.<br/>   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>Troublemakers on Staff</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:36:48 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[Jean-Paul Sartre said  Hell is other people,  and although he said it in French and was not known as an expert on the IT workplace, I think you know what he was talking about. Not all people, of course - I'm sure nobody on your team has any of the characteristics of the folks on this list. Right?<br/>   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>Hiring Ahead for IT</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:15:41 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[CIOs are growing more bullish about future hiring. According to Robert Half Technology's quarterly IT Hiring Index and Skills Report, the IT hiring surplus-the percentage of CIOs expecting to add staff minus the percentage expecting to reduce staff-is on the rise, which should provide a glimmer of hope to the legions of out-of-work IT professionals.

Staffing firm Robert Half Technology has been churning out its quarterly IT hiring report since 1995, and the latest edition, for which more than 1,400 CIOs were surveyed, focuses on staffing expectations for the first quarter of 2010. Here are some nuggets of optimism that can be gleaned from what CIOs are anticipating next quarter:<br/>   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>IT Certifications Lose Luster</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:34:42 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[According to IT Skills and Certifications Pay Index released by Foote Partners, every category of IT certification, save one, saw a decline in pay premiums over the last 12 months. The percentages shown are the change in pay premium over the given period of time.<br/>   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>Hot IT Jobs for 2010</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:34:37 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[Even in a jobless recovery, some skills are in demand and command a pay premium. The most recent Foote Partners survey ranked the following non-certified IT skills as the hottest on the market as of the end of October; the firm publishes its IT Skills   Certifications Pay Index quarterly.<br/>   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>IT Employee Confidence Sees a Bump</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:31:16 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[The latest IT Employee Confidence Index from Technisource, compiled from surveys conducted by Harris Interactive during the third quarter, shows that IT pros are gaining confidence in the IT employment market and the overall economy.<br/>   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>Where the Jobs Went</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:47:39 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[Planned job losses fell for the third month in a row in October, down 16% from September to 55,679, according to Challenger, Gray   Christmas. Despite the deceleration, it's been another brutal year. Here's a look at where most cuts were expected, and why.<br/>   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>IT Staffing Trends for 2010</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:21:29 -0400</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[While spending predictions may have scared IT workers about their job prospects, a recent poll of CIOs by the Society for Information Management found that IT HR spending trends in 2010 may be more favorable than workers fear.<br/>   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>Social Networking Without Tears</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:19:51 -0400</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[A recent survey conducted by Robert Half Technology found that many businesses ban sites such as Facebook and Twitter in the workplace. Seen as a distraction by some, these sites do have potential value to IT employees who use them appropriately. 

Says Dave Willmer, executive director of Robert Half Technology,  These sites can be leveraged as effective business tools, which may be why about one in five companies allows their use for work-related purposes. 

The key is exercising good judgment, no matter which computer an employee uses to update their profiles, says Willmer:  Professionals should let common sense prevail when using Facebook and similar sites -- even outside of business hours. Regrettable posts can be a career liability. <br/>   -  ...]]></description>
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