* New initiatives cited as the top reason for rising workloads
* Readers respond to the need for developing leaders
* Federal report shows IT jobs on the rise
* Travel spending down according to National Business Travel Association survey
* Brainbench's worldwide skills and certification database
* Some helpful strategies to prepare younger workers for senior leadership roles
* Two readers take exception to job hunting advice offered in previous newsletter
* Online recruiting specialist CareerXroads uses a fictitious candidate to review online staffing pages
* Staff size may be down, but salaries for those who remain are up
* The Nortel Networks Certified Design Expert - NNCDE
