March 3, 2010 3:20 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
2010 employment situation,
IT career planning,
IT careers,
IT employment,
March 2010 employment situationThis morning on NPR I heard two faint glimmers of hope on the employment front. First a recent study of planned layoffs by executive placement firm Challenger Gray & Christmas shows that those numbers are down to their lowest levels in four years. And second, a recent report on job losses...
February 26, 2010 4:59 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
2010 IT employment sitution,
hanging on in a sideways IT economy,
IT career planning,
IT careersI play pool twice a week, and am a proud, card-carrying member of the American Poolplayer's Association. This organization operates pool leagues all over the US, and uses a reasonably accurate handicapping system to permit players of all skill levels to compete against one another with some chance...
February 9, 2010 2:09 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
February 2010 employment situation,
IT career planning,
IT careers,
IT employment situationMy return from Belgium, and back to work in my home office, coincides nearly exactly with the latest employment situation summary for February, 2010. Although the numbers reported include an...
January 11, 2010 11:37 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
adult and continuing education,
IT career planning,
IT careers,
IT job role descriptions for students,
MS exam discounts for students,
MS free software for students,
MS Student Career PortalMy contact at Microsoft, Andrea Dyal, sent me a nice e-mail last week to remind me about the Microsoft Student Career Portal, which combines information about career planning, job roles, and exam and training discounts to incite, or perhaps entice, students to go "the Microsoft way" toward an IT...
January 8, 2010 6:20 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
December 2009 employment situation,
IT career planning,
IT careers,
IT shows slight jobs outlook improvementAs I mentioned in Wednesday's blog "Jobs Outlook Picking Up, But..." we're starting to see some glimmers of economic improvement in various places, and...
January 4, 2010 3:37 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
IT career planning,
IT careers,
IT certification,
job requirements for IT certification,
MS certs relevant to job search and job skill developmentI'm working for a global chemical concern as a consultant right now, as part of an IT insourcing project they're undertaking. I've been hired to help them acquire, train, and equip their staff with the tools, documentation, and information they'll need to run IT operations. As a small but...
December 28, 2009 6:36 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
information security certification,
IT career planning,
IT careers,
mandating infosec credentialsThere's been ongoing discussion in Congress about licensure for IT security professionals, with even some mention of making licensing mandatory for those who seek to work in this area. It's even possible to argue that DoD 8570 does this...
December 25, 2009 3:28 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
IT Career Christmas 2009,
IT career planning,
IT careersThis isn't a real blog post. Rather, it's a quickie digital Christmas card from me and my family to you and yours. Let me briefly extend the best wishes of the season to one and all, with hopes that everybody has their wishes fulfilled, and at least one pleasant surprise to digest. This goes double...
