More importantly know where you are and what you have to work with are the important steps in heading your career in the right direction. Self examination is tough under any circumstances; developing an IT Career Development Plan is key and these steps will help you determine where you are, your strength, your weaknesses and your motivation.
IT Business Edge (August 10, 2011)
While the unemployment for the country as a whole may be over 9%, the IT industry is just a little of 3%. That means you need to pay attention to keeping your IT staff happy and constantly asking Are Your IT Staffers Being Poached? The answer is probably yes and the real damage is that the ones that leave are the cream of crop and replacing them usually costs 2.5 times with they make.
InfoWorld (August 8, 2011)
There’s good news and bad news about social networking and getting hired. The good news is that a lot of companies use them; the bad news is that a lot of companies use them. Turns out that Social Network Referrals Turbocharge Job Applicants; this means keeping your site up to date and don’t post anything that you would not want you mother to see on You Tube tomorrow.
CIO Insight (August 1, 2011)
