Are you satisfied in your current job? Are you being challenged? Those two questions and a few others are part of a handy Job Satisfaction Checklist published by InformationWeek. Written by a former AOL manager turned journalist, this handy list can help you determine if it's time to move on, or just time to spur yourself into a new direction in your current role. Check it out over the holiday weekend and see if it sheds some light on where your career is heading or should be heading.

And if you missed Wednesday's Career section, you can always click on over to our archives where you have free access to all of the career news we've printed in the past few months...

In the meantime, here's some news on colleagues who are moving up the career ladder:

Carl Staton, CIO at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has been named to replace Gordon Errington who is retiring from his role as deputy CIO of the US Department of Energy.

Tracey Rothenberger has been named VP and CIO at IKON Office Solutions.