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Answer these questions to find out if you earn as much as your peers.

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With the airline industry continuing to struggle, aircraft manufacturers such as Boeing and Airbus are expecting to cut costs by sending some of their software development and engineering work offshore.

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Matt Moran, author of "The I.T. Career Builder's Toolkit" from Cisco Press, discusses what makes a well-rounded IT employee, one that potential employers will look favorably on.

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Provides complete training programs for Microsoft ASP.NET, Visual Basic.NET, C#.NET, ADO and XML via multimedia CD-ROM.

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Help stem the tide of privacy breaches by obtaining the Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) certification or requiring a staffer to do so. The CIPP is a credential issued by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), a leading association for privacy and security professionals.

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Ellen Messmer writes: If you're a CIO--chief information officer--or want to be one, it can't hurt reading this collection of essays from about two dozen current and former CIOs and advisors to CIOs. Though few of the authors hail from well-known firms, each essay contains fodder for thought on how to tackle the challenges facing the CIO, a job category said to have been hardly known before the 1980's.

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Robert Half Technology's quarterly Information Technology Hiring Index and Skills Report forecasts a net 11% hiring increase for the third quarter of 2005, though the mood is still cautious.

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Trade group CompTIA is planning to introduce a convergence certification to validate skills in that area.

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Site aimed at helping new entrants to the IT industry, job seekers, employers, career advisors, as well as training providers and curriculum developers explore and understand the knowledge and skills needed for specific IT job roles. The site details 101 job descriptions in 7 job categories and 768 industry certifications, including CompTIA's 11 vendor-neutral certifications.

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Boston Globe article about increased hiring in the computer security business.

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The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its annual Occupational Outlook Handbook. The report finds that the computer support specialist/system administration field is among the fastest growing occupations through 2012, but also notes that jobs are being increasingly outsourced overseas.

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Companies are ditching the corner office and adopting open floor plans that promote informality.

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Spending less time managing networks and more time managing relationships with outsourcers and upper managers? Need to bone up on nontechnical skills like negotiating and presenting? Here's a two-year study guide. Network World, 05/14/02.

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Recruitment firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas offers eight pages of tips on job searching, covering resumes, networking, interviews, and follow-up. In PDF.

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Written by Bob Rosner, this management article appears on careerjournal.com, the Wall Street Journal's executive career site.

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This Wall Street Journal CareerJournal.com article offers advice for showcasing your talents to ensure there will be a spot for you after your firm merges or is acquired.

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ICANN, the body that oversees technical matters related to the Internet, granted approval to Employ Media to operate the new .jobs domain. The domain should be online by the end of 2005.

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CareerJournal.com, the executive career site of the Wall Street Journal, features an article about IT pros' career needs.

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Some shoddy IT schools squander students' time and money. Learn how to safeguard your education investment. Network World, 03/25/02.

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Weblog by an IT manager: "Exploring ideas in technology and management."

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Site for tracking wage and job issues.

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Job postings for the data-storage field.

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"You know your employees want more training, but how can you tell if you are getting your money's worth?" CIO, 2/15/01.

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Learn how network industry veterans traded technology for soil to start their own vineyards.

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As IT takes on a higher profile, restructuring is occurring and new positions are being created.

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Increasingly, corporations are looking to the north - and south to Mexico - for lower-cost alternatives to domestic outsourcing.

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Results of dice.com's 2004 salary survey

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Get average compensation data for your field of IT.

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A Deloitte Consulting study, titled "Calling a Change in the Outsourcing Model" concludes that companies will need to alter their approach to outsourcing as the economy expands.

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As at-home jobs are becoming available in a variety of industries, sites such as Telework Recruiting are bulking up to offer leads. Toni Kistner offers advice on determining which sites are legitimate and worthy of your time and money.

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The trend of rehiring former employees is picking up, particularly in the consulting sector. Workforce Recruiting reports on this development.

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Online jobs site Dice.com's June Dice Report finds signficant increases throughout the technology employment market.

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A report from the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) finds that women and most racial minorities remain significantly underrepresented in todays' U.S. IT workforce.

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