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IT Skills, Pay Premiums Decline in Value: Report
The average market value for 265 noncertified skills dipped slightly (-0.2 percent) from April to June following consistent gains in the previous five calendar quarters, while pay premiums for 237 IT certifications continued their abysmal performance for the 18th time in the last 19 quarters, posting an overall loss in market value of nearly 2…
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Microsoft Windows Phone Executive Departs
Microsoft executive Charlie Kindel is leaving the company after 21 years. As general manager for Windows Phone’s developer ecosystem, he played a key role in the development of Windows Phone, which represents Microsoft s best hope for re-establishing a presence in the ultra-competitive smartphone market. Kindel s is apparently heading to a startup, although an…
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Traditional IT Jobs Transformed As Businesses Outsource
While the July U.S. Department of Labor employment report was greeted with relief by many who saw the addition of 117,000 jobs as a big plus that could indicate the job market is finally moving again, employment expert David Foote, CEO of Foote Partners had another take on the news. “The idea that the July…
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IT Job Training to Tackle the Skills Gap
For an industry with such a strong hand in shaping our futures, IT often has fallen short in one important area: training people for tech careers. It’s not that there isn’t any training. Plenty of vendors, channel companies and third parties offer quality IT training, but curricula typically are designed for people already in the…
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Ex-Microsoft Exec Appointed Federal CIO
Former Microsoft executive Steven VanRoekel has been tapped to become the nation s second Federal CIO. He will replace Vivek Kundra, who accepted a fellowship at Harvard University. VanRoekel worked at Microsoft for 15 years, eventually rising to senior director for the Windows Server and Tools Division. After leaving the company in 2009, he served…
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Opportunities Abundant Despite Turbulent IT Job Market
A sudden and unexpected burst in private-sector downsizing pushed the number of announced job cuts to a 16-month high of 66,414 in July, according the latest report on downsizing activity released this week by outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Similarly depressing figures regarding the U.S. job market have made headlines for the past few…