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Current News
Project Managers are a Bright Spot in the IT Job Market
Janco released its 2009 Mid Year IT Salary Survey
which shows that overall pay has declined for IT Professionals in the past
18 months. Janco also found that demand is down for IT
Professionals. Project Managers are one of the few bright spots in the market,
especially in large
enterprises.
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Project Manager -
Titles |
Large
Enterprises |
Mid-Sized
Enterprises |
| Applications |
$94,471.74 |
$80,058.56 |
| Distributed
Systems |
$95,658.06 |
$86,119.15 |
| Network Technical
Services |
$89,257.62 |
$62,462.99 |
| Systems |
$89,004.99 |
$89,193.04 |
The one Project Manager type that has been impacted the most
by the economy is Network Technical Services. That is the area where many
enterprises (Mid-sized Enterprises in particular) have made cuts.
Currently the Mid-Atlantic
market is toughest place to find a job.
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IT Executive Salary Medians Fall
Janco Associates is just completing its 2009 Mid
Year Salary Survey and found that the median salaries paid to IT Executives in
large enterprises (over 500 million in sales or with more than 100 IT
professionals) has fallen in the last 18 months.
The CEO of
Janco, Victor Janulaitis said, "Over the last six quarters there has been a
noticeable reduction in costs associated with senior level IT professionals
in large enterprise. In New York alone there are over 200 IT executives
that had earned well into the six figures that are now looking for
work."
The
2009 Mid Year IT Salary
Survey will be released at the end of June and more information can be
gotten at Janco's websites.
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Staffing Needs to Address New Application Approaches
CIO's need to adjust staffing requirements to
address the needs of 2010 versus 1990. Application achitecture has and is
continuing to change.
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1990 Applications |
2010 Applications |
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Mainframe - Host Based |
Web - Server Based |
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Designed
to last |
Designed to change |
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Tightly
integrated |
Open Architecture, modular |
|
Application
silos |
Enterprise Mirrors |
|
Code-oriented |
Process-oriented |
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Rigid
sequential development - SDM |
Interactive
and iterative development - SOA |
|
Cost-centered |
Business-oriented |
|
Homogeneous |
Heterogeneous |
Job content is changing as well as knowledge
requirements.
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How to Tell if the CIO's Job is at Risk
What
are the signs that the CIOs job is at risk. Unfortunately, many CIOs have a hard
time recognizing their own shortcomings. CIOs and IT managers should watch
for these signs that could indicate that co-workers have a problem with
them:
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Meetings happen without the CIO or IT manager being involved or
informed.
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The CIOÂ’s or IT ManagerÂ’s feedback and input are not sought or
are ignored.
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CIO or IT manager are not included in strategic
planning.
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The IT department suffers from high turnover, and the CIO or IT
manager have a particularly hard time keeping top-tier talent.
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People work around the CIO or IT manager.
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The business-side peers seek out others in IT to handle their
problems, while IT staffers seek out other IT leaders or even go over your
head.
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The CIO or IT manager don't hear bad news directly from those who
should be delivering it. (It could indicate that they are not good at taking
criticism or handling problems.)
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How to avoid the courtroom for employment lawsuits
 The Internet and IT Job Description
HandiGuide is a tool that every CIO and IT manager should have at their
disposal. It defines some simple
things that you can do to avoid employment-based lawsuits:
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Know
the laws that apply – EEOC and OSHA
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Create
an employee handbook and follow it for everyone
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Minimize the use of employee contracts
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Retain
copies of your offer letter
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Document all employment-based conversations
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Do not
assume that "transferring" an employee will solve a problem
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Hire
well and do detail vetting and reference checking
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Be
proactive any all personnel issues
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