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• Get the IT career you want: Develop business value

  By Al Kuebler | 25 August, 2011 03:17

  A lot of technology professionals are frustrated with the IT profession. They can't find a job or move into the position that they want. They're always hearing that demand exists, but that's not what their personal experience has shown them. They feel they have the skills for the job, and have even put in the time it takes to be qualified or certified in the technologies in demand. But the requirements for IT career development remain elusive.

• Working with HR - Part 2

  By Tim Mendham | 18 August, 2011 11:37

  Stephanie Christopher, national director of SHL Australia New Zealand, a company which assists companies — including recruitment firms — in their recruitment activities, says that for the more technical positions HR has to fill, “it would lean toward the line manager for advice; it would be the line manager who would have final say”.

• Working with HR - Part 1

  By Tim Mendham | 17 August, 2011 13:50

  Tell me if you’ve heard this one before: “Managers aspire to be strategic, but they are required to fulfil their duties as a functional expert.”

• UWS farewells public service veteran

  By James Hutchinson | 15 March, 2011 17:08

  After 20 years at the helm of information systems at the University of Western Sydney, IT director Mick Houlahan will retire this week. The trials of the past two decades, however, are likely to retain their mark on his for some time.

• A daughter follows her father into a mainframe career

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 05 August, 2010 05:59

  Kristine Harper and her father, Tom, both work on mainframe computers. BOSTON - Kristine Harper was about 12-years-old when her father took her to his office to take part of a "take your daughter to work day." Tom Harper said his daughter was less than enthusiastic about his profession that day.

• Stupid mobile tricks: 7 stories of smartphone horror

  By JR Raphael | 06 August, 2010 07:52

  For a device with "smart" in its name, a smartphone sure can help you do a lot of stupid things. Whether it's racking up thousands of dollars in international roaming fees or encouraging dozens of eye rolls with your misrouted voice dialing -- I'm looking at you, guy who calls Ben O'Lynn in accounting every time he means to call Bennigan's for lunch -- our modern-day mobile devices provide plenty of opportunities for tech-tinged embarrassment.

• The quest for IT talent

  By Darren Horrigan | 07 June, 2010 09:25

  That noise you hear is the scrape of chairs being pushed back, laptops snapping shut and your ICT staff walking out the door. The war for talent is on again — if it ever stopped — and as with all wars, there will be victors, survivors and casualties. Identifying, retaining and developing talent never gets easier. There are only degrees of difficulty. What should you do to attract and groom good people? How can you make your IT organisation one that offers interesting roles and compelling career prospects? How can you avoid becoming collateral damage in the war?

• Eight ways a job interview can take a turn for the worse

  By Meridith Levinson | 08 May, 2010 05:26

  So you arrive at a big job interview confident and prepared. It starts off strong. Conversation flows smoothly. You're saying all the right things.

• IT Jobs: Data Center Hiring Turns a Corner

  By Robert Lemos | 05 May, 2010 05:48

  Driven to austerity in an economy that only recently appears ready to expand again, companies will likely hire slightly more data center workers this year, according to experts.

• Inside Project Managers' Paychecks: Salary Survey Results

  By Meridith Levinson | 27 April, 2010 06:05

  Despite the global recession, historic unemployment and massive corporate budget cuts, U.S. project managers are largely optimistic about their salaries in 2010, according to data from the Project Management Institute's (PMI) recently released 2009 Project Management Salary Survey.

• LinkedIn Tip: Premium Account Elevates Job Seekers

  By Kristin Burnham | 21 April, 2010 05:02

  LinkedIn announced this week a new paid account exclusively for job seekers called the Job Seeker Premium Account. The upgrade, LinkedIn says, is intended to help LinkedIn members stand out from the crowd, reach out to hiring decision makers and manage their job search more effectively.

• Career Turning Points: Take Calculated Risks to Advance

  By Diane Frank | 21 April, 2010 06:35

  The old adage "no risk, no reward" speaks closely to Larry Pickett's career path to becoming CIO at Purdue Pharma. Moving out of Glaxo (GSK) , and leaving behind years at a top company in his field, was the chance he had to take to become the leader he wanted to be.

• IT Careers: Can You Survive Unemployment?

  By Meridith Levinson | 14 April, 2010 04:02

  George Moraetes, an information security executive, hasn't been able to find a steady job in two years. As a result, he's had to consider moving into a smaller home. His wife is losing her patience with him and with their financial situation, and his children tell him he's a loser.

• Social Networking Profiles Sinking Your Job Search?

  By Meridith Levinson | 14 April, 2010 06:44

  Social networking is a key component of today's job searches because job seekers want to be where hiring managers can find them, and increasingly, hiring managers are cruising social networking websites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace and Twitter to source and vet candidates.

• Unemployed? 10 Ways to Fight Depression in Your Job Search

  By Meridith Levinson | 07 April, 2010 04:56

  Job loss and unemployment hit their victims hard. When people lose their jobs, they also lose a significant component of their identity, along with their daily routines and financial security. Job loss and unemployment upend people's feelings of self-worth, comfort, security and personal control.