IT career paths you never dreamed of
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Say goodbye to the idea of an IT department. As a 21st century tech professional, your future -- and most likely your desk -- will be deeply rooted in the business.
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Katherine Spencer Lee describes five nontechnical abilities that will help IT job seekers stand out from the crowd.
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The boss has offered you a higher rung on the career ladder, but you're not ready to climb.
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Readers offer their own ideas on what should be included in a list of dead or dying skills for IT professionals.
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Here are some tips from IT labor experts, recruiters, IT executives and IT workers themselves on how to get noticed, nail the interview and wind up in the catbird's seat.
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The world of information technology is not immune from the reaches of the urban legend.
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I recently participated in some war-game-style what-if exercises with a small group of IT execs. The goal was to stimulate thinking about how corporations can best prepare for, and respond to, significant business disruptions, whether from terrorism, weather, biological threats, or other unexpected shocks.
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Hereâs a paradox for you: The latest government stats indicate that the IT job market is positively sizzling right now. Unemployment hovers at a nearly imperceptible 3 percent, and employers everywhere report difficulties finding qualified workers to fill open spots. Yet every week I receive e-mails from frustrated, even angry, IT folks whose jobs were either eliminated or shipped overseas. Although they keep plugging away, they simply cannot find work. And these folks are not just a bunch of cranks; theyâre IT pros with real skills and experience to match.
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By Tampone, Kevin  SYRACUSE - Among the numerous lessons of Hurricane Katrina was at least one for information-technology professionals.
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In this issue, my colleague Chad Dickerson unveils his "Top 20 IT Mistakes" based on some unhappy lessons he and others have learned. This list is so much fun that I couldn't resist adding my own: five common mistakes that business people make when dealing with IT. Each of these derives from bitter experience. And in three of the cases, I was personally responsible for the bad judgment (please don't ask which three!).
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When I suggested in a recent column that a problematic 5 percent of employees account for 75 percent of the IT support burden, I expected a wave of âright on!â letters from IT support staffers. After the column was published, the letters did come â most of them disagreeing with my premise, with one reader suggesting that the real whiner was yours truly. I still think itâs outside the realm of overextended IT departments to provide training on basic computing skills (which I defined as âmanaging and finding files, and basic working knowledge of suites such as MS Officeâ). But my thinking was adjusted a bit by the thoughtful feedback.
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Students with the right IT skills are getting snapped up before they graduate from college, job hunters say. But even if you're already in a career, you'd better know which adjunct skills will help you advance.
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Monk and his IT junk What you really get on those Microsoft, Novell and Cisco courses...â¦
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My Sept. 18 âHigher Hiringâ column ignited a firestorm in my inbox. A fair number of readers agreed that todayâs IT management is looking primarily for techies with communications expertise, management chops, and business smarts â skills many old-school heads-down programmers lack.
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Are you a charmer with strong programming skills? Can you find happiness toiling in the IT department of a manufacturer or transportation company?
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One year ago, I stuck my resume up on Dice and Monster expecting to find a nice job as a system administrator. I wrote a decent resume, outlined my abilities and accomplishments and waited to see my cell phone light up with calls. Nothing happened. I went to both job boards and saw that I had a few hits. I seem to remember about four hits on each board for a total of eight hits. read more
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In the world of IT, words often don&#8217;t mean what you think they mean. While some may find it amusing to bewilder technophobes with technospeak, the prevalent use of insider terms actually has business -- and career -- consequences. At the very least, confusion over IT-related buzzwords can lead to miscommunications that breed frustration and waste time. At worst, it can engender serious battles between misunderstood parties that can end in litigation.