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Job Report Offers Brighter Picture of Employment
(Reuters) – U.S. private employers added more jobs than expected in January, the 12th consecutive month that companies took on staff, adding to hopes that the weak American labor market is slowly improving. The private sector added 187,000 jobs in January, compared with a downwardly revised 247,000 jobs in December, a report by payrolls processor…
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IT Salaries Stay Flat, but Job Outlook Improves
Though economic and personnel satisfaction indicators are showing that IT is on the mend, that won’t necessarily translate into big salary increases for 2011. Experts say that typical IT wages are relatively flat, except in very special situations. The most recent CompTIA IT Industry Business Confidence index, a quantified measurement of industry feelings about the…
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Storage Growth Spurs Demand for IT Pros, Certifications
Nine out of 10 organizations expect their data storage capacity to increase by at least 10 percent in the next two years, according to a September 2010 CompTIA survey. And one-third of organizations expect their data storage capacity to double in that same timeframe. The number of people needed to manage that growing storage is…
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Jobs Picture Improves in December, ADP Report Says
(Reuters) – A surprise surge in private-sector employment last month for its biggest-ever rise in a private payrolls report provided the most bullish signal in months that the economy is on the mend. Private employers added 297,000 jobs in December, triple the median estimate by economists and up from the gain of 92,000 in November,…
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Increased Hiring on the Horizon
Increased Hiring on the Horizon Tech departments are getting ready to grow: 6 out of 10 hiring managers and tech recruiters say they expect to increase hiring in the first half of 2011 compared to the previous 6 months. Nearly Half of Companies to Increase Tech Hires by at least 10 percent Among companies with…
