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Survey: Project work is a stepping stone to full-time job
You may feel like you are standing on your head these days, as you try to find a new job. But there are some tricks to help you get in the door and stay there. A new survey of more than 1,400 CIOs,
Forget about a raise this year
It's a rough year everywhere, so rough in fact that the typical IT staffer isn't getting a raise this year. In Washington, IT workers did get a tiny hike--less than 3 percent. In biotech, IT pay is
Tech sector poised to grow again
The economic climate may still be gloomy, but experts say that the tech sector is in far better shape than other U.S. industries such as autos, financial services and real estate. Unlike the dot-com
The state of the "information superhighway"
Despite the current economic climate, it appears that at least one group is still raking in the big bucks. According to security vendor Finjan, a Ukraine-based cybercrime operation it infiltrated was
Microsoft cuts contractor pay by 10 percent
Microsoft is definitely in a cost-cutting mood. In its latest effort, the company announced that it is cutting current contractor pay by 10 percent and future contractor pay by 15 percent, reports
Intel saves 7,000 U.S. jobs
Intel Corp. just announced a plan to spend $7 billion to upgrade its manufacturing in the United States, a move that could retain or create about 7,000 jobs. That's welcome news in an economic
Times are tough: Get used to it
By now you know we're in a recession, and we've been in one for a year. That's probably not really news to most people in business who have been seeing customers drop out, receipts drop down, budgets
CIOs face a tough new year
Booz & Co., a leading management consulting company, is predicting that CIOs will be less powerful as the economic climate gets tougher for their companies. In order to retain their leadership
Mistakes managers can avoid
In this economic climate, IT executives are under the gun to do better and save more money. Yet there are plenty of mistakes that IT professionals make when trying to make the best of a bad
CIO workloads on the rise
Jobs are being cut, budgets are shrinking and CIOs are feeling the pressure. A new survey from Robert Half Technology has found that 36 percent of chief information officers interviewed say rising
