November 25, 2009 5:41 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
IT career development,
IT career planning,
IT careers,
IT certification,
IT training and coursework,
pondering another degree,
project and people management opens doors to career advancement,
working on soft skillsWow! How this year has zoomed past. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and like me, I'm sure a lot of you have the same kinds of plans for that day: a house full of people, lots of food, good conversation, and the occasional ball game. But as the holiday season winds up, remember that a new year lies just...
November 23, 2009 5:30 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
IT 2010 employment outlook,
IT career planning,
IT careers,
IT employment outlook,
SMB to lead job creation and economic recovery in 2010In last week's blog about the Hackett Group's take on IT employment, I may have focused too much on the negatives and not enough on the positives. With 2009 nearly...
November 22, 2009 9:32 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
adult education,
associate degree,
bachelor's degree,
community college,
continuing education,
IT career development,
IT careersThis morning, while driving my son to the park on an expedition to feed some local ducks, I tuned into a program on my local college station (KUT) that dealt with issues in getting students who attend community college to graduate and move on to...
November 21, 2009 10:07 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
IT career planning,
IT careers,
IT employment forecast,
IT employment situation,
IT jobs down at biggest companies through 2014In a recent (11/16/09) report, the Hackett Group forecasts that 3.6 million back office jobs will be eliminated by 2014 at companies with $1B or more in 2008 Revenue. The bulk of those cuts (2.2 million) will fall in the period between 2008 and 2014. For 2008 and 2009, cuts come to 964,000, so...
November 13, 2009 6:00 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
developing name recognition,
IT career developing,
IT career planning,
IT careers,
making freelance work pay,
reverse IT outsourcingAs some of you probably know already, I make a sizable and even sometimes substantial part of my living writing computing books. Recently, I've been roped into contributing a book for a series of titles at the behest of a global training organization that goes by the name of the National Institute...
November 11, 2009 9:37 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
IT career planning,
IT careers,
IT education,
IT education online,
online IT education,
University of Phoenix online degreesThe other day I got an e-mail from David F of Tuscaloosa, AL, that read as follows:
I was recently reviewing some of your writings and used something of yours in an assignment (properly cited of course). I am currently taking classes online through the University of Phoenix working...
November 9, 2009 2:57 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
coping with job loss,
increase in temp jobs may lead employment recovery,
IT employment,
IT employment trends,
October 2009 employment situation summaryNumerous observers of the employment scene (and the regular monthly US BLS Employment Situation Summary) noticed a potential ray of sunshine in last week's otherwise gloomy report — namely, an upswing of 34,000 temporary jobs. Some analysts view this kind of activity as a market predictor, which...
