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	IT's winning (and losing) job titles In today's work environment, IT jobs are increasingly found outside the IT department, embedded in other business functions, with the employee working alongside technology-savvy business colleagues. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies The Changing Role of IT This white paper analyzes research conducted by IDG Research Services about the changing role of IT: what's driving the change, what skill-sets will be more valued and what should forward-looking IT executives consider as IT shifts increasingly towards an IT supply chain model. Learn More In this Issue 6 job-hunting tricks for a Web 2.0 world CIOs describe their ideal job candidates IT workers' top 4 dream employers Paul Glen: Want to own the future? Build rich relationships Thornton A. May: Sustaining your career during unsettled times IT hiring expected to rise in 2012, says survey House readies green card bill for tech IT jobs are up, Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act stalls Elgan: How to launch your career 2.0 Wall Street Beat: IPOs, M&A, chip news stir tech optimism Entry-level IT jobs will be plentiful in 2012, experts predict Killer resumes for techies The tech jobs hiring boom is real -- for these skills RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Systems, Inc. Converge Your Networks for Flexibility Cisco Unified Fabric offers the industry's largest and first fully interoperable portfolio of Fiber Channel integrating storage and data networking to deliver transparent convergence, massive three-dimensional scalability and sophisticated intelligence. It also reduces your costs up to 45%. Learn More 6 job-hunting tricks for a Web 2.0 world A new Computerworld survey shows that some 53% of IT workers are looking for new jobs, yet many of them are new to job hunting in a Web 2.0 world. Here are six tips from recruiters and savvy job finders. Read More CIOs describe their ideal job candidates Thanks to rapid-fire industry change, it's hard for IT workers to plan their careers. We asked four IT leaders about their current hiring needs and the "dream" resumes of candidates who could fill those positions. (Insider, registration required.) Read More IT workers' top 4 dream employers Computerworld asked 431 IT workers where they dream of working someday. Here's a look at the work environments of the four companies that came out on top. Read More Paul Glen: Want to own the future? Build rich relationships Technologies come and go, says columnist Paul Glen, but the ability to connect business and technical people will always be the rarest and most valuable skill an IT professional can offer. (Insider, registration required.) Read More Thornton A. May: Sustaining your career during unsettled times Columnist Thornton A. May sees an evolving world of IT work, where what you did and what you learned isnt the career decision point. These days, what you can do and what value you can create is where the new action is. Read More IT hiring expected to rise in 2012, says survey The IT job market in 2012 shows some signs of improvement when it comes to hiring, but most companies still aren't expanding. Read More WHITE PAPER: Symantec E-Discovery and Archiving In this eGuide, Computerworld and sister publications CIO, Network World, and IT World examine some of the hottest issues around e-discovery and archiving today. Read on to discover how some organizations are approaching data-management challenges, and the tools that are available to help. View Now House readies green card bill for tech There's a big push in the House of Representatives to get Congress to allow advanced degree graduates in science, technology, engineering and math to automatically get green cards. Read More IT jobs are up, Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act stalls As IT employment numbers near 2008's all-time high, Sen. Grassley blocks Senate action on the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act. Read More Elgan: How to launch your career 2.0 In a jobless recovery, with ageism rampant and retirement options anything but secure, Mike Elgan shows how people are re-inventing themselves by using Internet tools like Google+, among others, to create and market their own businesses without the need of a middleman. Read More Wall Street Beat: IPOs, M&A, chip news stir tech optimism Zynga's initial public offering Friday, a raft of acquisition announcements this week from IBM, Salesforce and others, and some upbeat reports on the chip and hardware sector are putting a positive spin on year-end news for the tech sector. Read More Entry-level IT jobs will be plentiful in 2012, experts predict Here is good news for college seniors with technology skills: The entry-level job market for IT workers looks solid in 2012. Read More Killer resumes for techies If you have tech skills and experience, odds are you're going to get a call from an IT recruiter in 2012. That's because IT departments are ramping up hiring at the same time that more IT professionals are ready to leave behind employers offering flat salaries, limited flexibility and aging technology. Insider (registration required) Read More The tech jobs hiring boom is real -- for these skills After some tough years for IT and tech pros, high demand for tech workers is here in some areas -- and is expected to continue Read More
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