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Job Tips and Job News – IT Spending Recovers After Recession, IDC Says

May 27, 2010/0 Comments/in Uncategorized/by admin

IDC is predicting that worldwide IT spending will jump 3.8 percent this year, to $1.47 trillion, after a recession-plagued 2009. Hardware makers will be the big winners, with spending on PCs, servers, storage and networking gear expected to soar. However, there are some areas of weakness, in particular in Western Europe and Japan, IDC said.

IT spending is rebounding in the wake of the global recession, with businesses spending on everything from PCs and servers to storage devices and networking equipment, according to market research firm IDC.

In numbers released May 24, IDC is estimating that worldwide IT spending will grow 3.8 percent this year, to $1.47 trillion.

Hardware vendors will be the biggest winners, with spending jumping 6.4 percent, followed by software at 3.1 percent and services at 1.5 percent.

Job Tips and Job News – Certifications Are a Stop on the Road to IT Licensing

May 25, 2010/0 Comments/in Uncategorized/by admin

My column "Certifications Are No Longer Optional" generated emotional responses on both sides of the issue, split roughly 50-50. I agree that certs aren’t worthwhile if you’re well respected within your company, close to retirement or employed by a company that doesn’t value certification. But if you might change jobs in the next few years (voluntarily or not), certifications will strengthen your résumé.

And certs’ relevance goes beyond that. They are the first step toward licensing IT professionals.

Many disciplines have established licensing procedures. Anyone working in those fields who lacks a license is severely restricted in what he can do. For example, accountants can offer tax preparation and bookkeeping services, but only CPAs can audit and certify a company’s books.

Job Tips and Job News – Texas added 32,500 jobs in April

May 24, 2010/0 Comments/in Uncategorized/by admin

Dallas Business Journal – by Kerri Panchuk Web Reporter

Keeping its status as one of the states least impacted by the recession, Texas added 32,500 jobs in the month of April, the Texas Workforce Commission said Friday.

Since the beginning of 2010, the Lone Star State has produced 79,000 jobs, TWC said. Overall, Texas has 11.2 million employed workers after the first five months of the new year.

However, even with new jobs in the pipeline, the state’s unemployment rate grew a percentage point in April, reaching 8.3 percent, compared to 8.2 percent in March.

However, the state still trends below the national unemployment rate of 9.9 percent.

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Job Tips and Job News – Systems engineers, from engineering students to experienced professionals, are expected to have strong salaries and real opportunities for career growth.

May 22, 2010/0 Comments/in Uncategorized/by admin

Systems engineers, from engineering students to experienced professionals, are expected to have strong salaries and real opportunities for career growth. They also have the weight of academia and major technology vendor IBM behind them.

You may not have noticed, but systems engineering is a promising career choice. In 2009, it was rated No. 1 out of the Top 50 careers in terms of salary and growth prospects over the next 10 years by CNNMoney.com and Payscale.com.

Right now in May 2010, the average wage for a systems engineer is just under $90,000, according to data compiled by Indeed.com. While average salaries for the field are down a bit from where they had been, there is little shortage of jobs in the field.

Why is that? Well, probably because of the complexity and demands of the job. The main focus of systems engineering is understanding compatibility and offering agnostic views of technology while being able to design high-performing, yet efficient systems across most (if not all) technology layers. Plus, systems engineers have to have a deep understanding of best-of-breed technologies while staying up-to-date on emerging technology trends.

Job Tips and Job News – Top 10 Tech Jobs in Demand Right Now

May 21, 2010/0 Comments/in Uncategorized/by admin

Information technology job postings in April were up by 26 percent from a year ago at 271,494, according to published results by job search engine Indeed.com. The number of clicks on IT jobs also increased last month by 22 percent from April 2009 at 7,444,058. The following gallery includes the top technology job titles clicked on in April 2010 on the Indeed.com Website. This gallery is a countdown from No. 10 to No. 1 based on clicks.

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Job Tips and Job News – IT Workers Stick to Their Guns Through Global Financial Crisis

May 20, 2010/0 Comments/in Uncategorized/by admin

The global financial crisis may have left many people uncertain about their job security, but IT professionals remained stoic and refused to consider an alternative career throughout the downturn, according to new research.

IDG News Service — The global financial crisis may have left many people uncertain about their job security, but IT professionals remained stoic and refused to consider an alternative career throughout the downturn, according to new research.

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A survey of 2922 IT and telecommunications professionals by recruitment firm Greythorn has indicated people with less than 10 years experience were least likely to consider a career change, trusting that their experience and skills would serve them well as the market rebounded.

Contract-to-hire Senior CNC Administrator Opportunity with Great Company in Dallas, TX

May 19, 2010/0 Comments/in Dallas Contract-to-hire IT jobs, Dallas Information Technology, Dallas IT, Dallas IT Candidates, Dallas IT Consultants, Dallas IT Consulting, Dallas IT Contractors, Dallas IT Directors, Dallas IT Jobs, Dallas IT Managers, Dallas IT News, Dallas IT Programmers, Dallas IT Recruiter, Dallas IT Recruiting, Dallas IT Staff Aug, Dallas IT Staff Augmentation, Dallas IT Staffing, Dallas Permanent IT Jobs, Dallas Technical Consultants, Dallas Technical Consulting, Dallas Technical Contractors, Dallas Technical Jobs, Dallas Technical Managers, Dallas Technical Programmers, Dallas Technical recruiter, Dallas Technical Recruiting, Dallas Technical Staff Aug, Dallas Technical Staff Augmentation, Dallas Technical Staffing, dallas technology news, IT, IT Budgets, IT Candidates, IT Certification, IT Jobs, IT Professionals, IT Spending, IT Workers, Job Seekers, Job Tips, Technology, Uncategorized/by admin

We pay for referrals, so if this opportunity is not a good match for your skills or you are not available but know someone who is, please forward this link to them.

My name is Mike and I’m a recruiter at ProVisionTech Group. Our records show that you are an experienced professional with experience with CNC Administration. This experience is relevant to one of my current openings.

Senior CNC Administrator

Description:

The CNC (Configurable Network Computing) Administrator will be responsible for the daily technical support of the JD Edwards(JDE) Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System. The CNC Administrator has primary responsibility for maintaining the JDE EnterpriseOne 8.12 installation. This includes the administering of the user environment, security, backups and software/object change management, JDE EnterpriseOne Java Web Server, HTML Server, Portal installation and Support (Websphere), JDE Business Services installation and support, JDE EnterpriseOne ESU installs (Electronic Software updates), JDE EnterpriseOne Tools Release, JDE EnterpriseOne Software Update Installations, Object Management (OMW) Setup, Configuration & Maintenance, Development Support (EnterpriseOne Fat Client installs and support), performance monitoring, capacity planning, backup and recovery planning and Disaster Recovery (DR) execution. This position will maintain the necessary controls and procedures to ensure the integrity of the environments and the software levels. This individual must maintain a close working relationship with the Tech Services Database and Application Services Manager, Unix Systems Administrator, Oracle Database Administrator and JDE Development Manager in the coordination of overlapping responsibilities.

Requirements:

· Proficient in utilizing the JDE EnterpriseOne Technical Foundation tools and CNC functionality.

· Experience with installation, setup, configuration, package builds and deployments.

· Experience in JDE EnterpriseOne Application and Tools Release upgrades.

· Excellent technical knowledge and experience in server administration, networks, workstations, JDE EnterpriseOne application, troubleshooting and problem solving skills.

· Lead JDE Enterprise One maintenance, monitoring, and tuning activities.

· Work with DBA to monitor and troubleshoot application and database performance.

· Build and deploy packages for development, test, and production environments.

· Install and configure new environments as needed.

· Setup and maintain OMW for project promotion.

· Administer job and print queues.

· Work with Development team to tune and debug applications.

· Monitor and maintain application back-up and disaster recovery procedures.

· Maintain and audit application level security.

· Review and install application patches, ESUs, ASUs, and upgrades

· Configure and maintain application administration tools for monitoring performance and change management.

· Strong verbal and written communication skills.

· Solid working experience on Unix Servers, Oracle database and Websphere Windows.

If you have this experience, feel you are a fit for this position, and are interested, please answer the questions below:

1) Do you have an updated Word copy of your resume?

2) What is your availability to start?

3) Are you open to a contract-to-hire position?

4) What is your current salary or pay rate?

5) Are you currently eligible to work for any employer in the US?

6) When is the best time to contact you and what # can you be reached at for this opportunity?

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Job Tips and Job News – Cloud apps adoption can create IT staff unrest

May 19, 2010/0 Comments/in Job Tips, Uncategorized/by admin

IT professionals may worry about losing their jobs when on-premise systems are replaced with SaaS

CIOs and IT managers know they must address concerns like security, compliance, service levels and end-user resistance when moving to cloud-based enterprise software, but they must not overlook a critical area: the feelings of their IT staffers.

When companies decide to unplug on-premise servers, ditch the applications housed on them and adopt vendor-hosted software in the cloud, the IT staffers in charge of supporting and maintaining those discarded in-house systems are bound to get nervous.

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Job Tips and Job News – 3 Steps to Taking Your Job Search Into Your Own Hands

May 18, 2010/0 Comments/in Uncategorized/by admin

Tired of searching endlessly through online job boards and employment Web sites hoping to find a position that matches your background and criteria? I think it’s time to take matters into your own hands. One of my colleagues was kind enough to pass along a YouTube video called The Google Job Experiment. I watched the one-minute video and thought it was ingenious! Here’s the link in case you haven’t seen it yet: .

Talk about “thinking outside the box” to get the job you want! I have a feeling it’s going to catch on; all of a sudden, we’re going to start seeing ads, springing up everywhere, targeted at well-positioned executives and hiring managers saying, “Hire me”. The concept itself to me is inspiring and creative, and had me thinking…

Well, for those of us who may not be as creative and “outside the box” as others, I’ve put together a list of tips on how to get started: