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<item><title>IT Salaries to Climb in 2012, But How Much?</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:00:20 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Will you see more money in your paycheck in 2012? Two new forecasts from analyst firms say yes. But just how much more can you expect? Here's the scoop.   -   
Two reports out this month show that IT workers will get a
slight pay raise in 2012, though conclusions diverge. While one report from
Computer Economics notes the bump in pay, it warns that salary increases will
not keep pace with inflation this year. But other findings out from Dice show
th...]]></description>
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<item><title>Eight IT Jobs Skills That Win Six-Figure Salaries</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:10:05 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A recent survey conducted by the IT employment experts at Dice found that in 2011, IT wages increased by a little over 2 percent. However, that tepid growth wasnt ironclad for everyone. Professionals with 11 years or more experience were able to get bigger raises and Dice found that knowledge and proficiency in the following eight technologies garnered six-figure incomes and higher-than average growth last year. According to Alice Hill, managing director of Dice.com, there are a number of factors that have pushed up demand for these skills. “This looks like a push towards enterprise java   with WebSphere, JBoss and WebLogic showing outsized gains,” Hill says. “Not to mention, a continuation of the trends weve seen toward tech professionals helping their companies gain more insight into their cost structures, customer behavior and emerging trends. If tech professionals spark companies to win by harnessing their data, thats when the tech department is no longer seen as a cost center, but a strategic partner in meeting companies goals.” Heres a look at the eight skills that will most likely provide job seekers with a six figure income.   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>Social Media Best Practices to Land that Dream Job</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:01:57 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Job hunting has become ever more complex in the age of social media. Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, blogs and ever more ways to stay connected and show off the good (and the bad) of your personal and professional skills have changed the very nature of job hunting and recruitment. The changes arent over with, either, and according to one recruitment specialist, the best practices for using social media to further your career have evolved in the last six months.
There have been dramatic changes in the social media world, and if job hunters want to get ahead, they have to understand how to take advantage of those changes, said David Perry, co-author of “Guerrilla Marketing For Job Hunters 3.0” and managing director of management consulting firm Perry-Martel International. With a little bit of effort and virtual elbow grease, digital dirt can be cleaned up and the best public image can be presented to recruiters, which Perry said is of utmost importance today since the best jobs dont get advertised.
“This is not hard stuff. It just requires some forethought,” Perry said. Here are Perrys tips for thriving in todays job market using social media.   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>Channel Executives On The Move: 2012</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:02:38 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[It may only be the end of the first month of the year, but already channel executives are on the move. Whether theyre jumping ship from their current employers and heading off to new opportunities or moving up within their own organizations, January has already been an active month for promotions, lateral moves and new employment opportunities for channel executives.   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>Experienced IT Employees Can Expect Higher Salaries: Dice</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[In Silicon Valley, annual tech salaries topped six figures for the first time since the survey began about a decade ago.   -  Technology professionals enjoyed their largest annual salary growth since 2008, according to the 2012-2011 Salary Survey from Dice, a career site for technology and engineering professionals. After two straight years of wages remaining nearly flat, tech professionals on average garnered salary incre...]]></description>
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<item><title>IT Workers Unlikely Candidates for Layoffs: Report</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Technology job cuts did surge in the second half of 2011, raising concerns about whether the upward trend will continue into 2012.   -  Despite a surge in tech-sector downsizing in the second half of 2011, the number of job cuts announced by these firms last year plunged to the lowest level ever recorded in tracking going back to 1997, according to the latest report on technology sector job cuts released Jan. 23 by outplacement firm...]]></description>
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<item><title>Creating IT Futures: Looking for a Few Good VARs</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:30:37 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[CompTIA is looking for a few good VARs in five locations across the United States to hire specially trained IT-Ready Apprentices. Apprentices will be trained and hold a CompTIA A+ certification.   -   
Are you looking to hire in 2012 but want to give something
back to the industry as well? CompTIAs Creating IT Futures Foundation is
looking for a few good VARs to volunteer for its IT-Ready Apprentice Program.
The program, announced
in fall 2011, provides employers with IT-Ready Apprentices w...]]></description>
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<item><title>Recruitment Firms Specialize in the Channel</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:30:31 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[If you are looking to augment your workforce with help for a special project or else add to your headcount, recruitment agencies that specialize in helping IT solution providers can help you find just the right fit.   -   
Solution providers may prefer seeking out job candidates
via word-of-mouth and referrals from current employees or customers, but
sometimes they need outside assistance from recruitment firms. For those
channel organizations seeking a helping hand, there are placement firms that
specialize in...]]></description>
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<item><title>Sign of the Times: Now Hiring</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:41:06 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The pendulum is swinging in favor of employees again, according to channel executives, who say the labor market has tightened and they have plans to hire. But they won't be looking to hire just anyone. Do you fit the bill?   -   
The overall unemployment rate is slowly inching downward,
and an informal survey of solution providers shows that channel executives are
quickly bolstering their staffs as customers gear-up to spend on long-delayed
IT projects and invest in new technologies that will help their businesses save...]]></description>
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<item><title>Cloud-Savvy IT Professionals See Abundant Opportunity</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Research firm Wanted Analytics reports that more than 2,400 companies posted ads seeking candidates with cloud computing skills during a 90-day period. Hiring demand grew 61 percent year-over-year for cloud IT professionals.   -  A  recent study of technology job want ads shows a 61 percent increase in demand  nationwide for IT professionals with cloud computing experience.  The  study, which is based on ads posted by about 2,400 businesses, was performed by  Wanted Analytics, a firm that provides business intelligence for t...]]></description>
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<item><title>Mobile Workers to Number 1.3 Billion by 2015: IDC</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Americas region will see the number of mobile workers grow from 182.5 million in 2010 to 212.1 million in 2015.   -  By 2015, the world's mobile worker population will reach 1.3 billion, representing 37.2 percent of the total workforce, according to an updated forecast from IT analytics firm International Data Corporation (IDC). The report projects the most significant gains will again be in the emerging economies...]]></description>
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<item><title>Small Business Hiring, Compensation Up in December: Intuit</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Employment, hours worked by non-salaried people and compensation all rose in December, the report finds.   -  Small businesses created 55,000 new jobs in December and employees worked more hours and made more money, according to the results of this month's update of the Intuit's Small Business Employment Index, covering the period between Nov. 24 and Dec. 23. The monthly report found that small business emp...]]></description>
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<item><title>Java, Software Developers in Demand in 2012: Dice</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Mobile has become ubiquitous and the number of qualified, experienced developers hasn  t caught up with the market.   -  The latest IT jobs report from online job site Dice suggested tech hiring managers are resolute in their staffing priorities for 2012    they need innovative professionals who design, code, build and operate. The report found that developers dominate the New Year's most pressing hiring needs for a s...]]></description>
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<item><title>Online Contingent Work to Double Again in 2012: Elance</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[An analysis of the more than 650,000 jobs highlights skills in demand including online software development skills such as HTML5.   -  Despite a stagnant employment market in 2011, online hiring has grown at a record pace, up more than 100 percent from 2010. Elance, a platform for online workers and employers, released its 2011 Online Employment Review, which reveals that the future of work will be contingent, global and online. As...]]></description>
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<item><title>Hiring Outlook for 2012 Remains Cautiously Optimistic: CareerBuilder</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Small businesses, which account for the majority of job creation in the United States, are expected to show some improvement over last year.   -  Employers expect to add new jobs in the New Year, but are waiting to see how the economy shapes up before turning up the volume on hiring, according to CareerBuilder  s annual job forecast. Nearly  25 percent of  hiring managers plan to hire full-time, permanent employees in 2012, similar to 2011. E...]]></description>
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