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Career advice: The value of certs

Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leader Page Petry also has advice on winning a promotion and moving into the security field.

Bart Perkins: An argument for keeping IT training budgets intact

Many of training's benefits are intangible and won't show up in an ROI analysis. Insider (registration required)

Building Your Cloud? Remember Your Workers

My post last week discussed the importance of long-term benefits related to productivity and cost when implementing cloud computing technologies. CFOs and their IT directors must understand the importance of hard costs, but they should not forget their employees who will ultimately be impacted by these changes.

Stupid user tricks 6: IT idiocy loves company

IT fight club, dirty dev data, meatball sandwiches -- nine more tales of brain fail beyond belief

Hire a vet? IT Says Yes

Microsoft, Siemens and AT&T are just a few of the corporations discovering the value of veterans' tech training, global perspective and surprising arsenal of soft skills.

Career Watch: In job interviews, be aware of what your body is saying

Body language is too important to ignore when it comes to public speaking and job interviews, says author Christine Jahnke.

The Grill: John A. Benanti and Donald Stanton

Deputy Commissioner of Technology and Support Services John A. Benanti and Assistant Commissioner Donald Stanton talk about how technology fits into the operations at the New York City Fire Department, one of the largest fire departments in the world. (Insider, registration required.)

Career Watch: The hottest scripting languages

If you decide to pump up your resume with mastery of a scripting language, be sure you choose one that employers really want.

Who's above average?

The most business-savvy CIOs tend to report to the CEO, lead a non-IT area, and make more money than average CIOs Insider (registration required)

Career advice: Managers shouldn't get buried in details

IT leader Doug Beebe also has advice on what qualities are lacking in new hires and the wisdom of pursuing an MBA.

Up-and-coming tech jobs -- and how to land one

Big changes in IT are spawning a new class of tech job titles. Here are a few up-and-comers -- and a rundown of the skills you need to land these positions.

10 IT news stories to expect in 2012

Well, we erred in our 2011 predictions in not repeating a 2010 forecast that Carol Bartz would be ousted as Yahoo CEO -- it was bound to happen, we just called that one too early. Then again, we also predicted last year that Oracle would buy Salesforce.com and have decided not to repeat ourselves this year, so we'll see if we were just ahead on that one, too. Meanwhile, these are our predictions for the next 12 months:

IT's winning (and losing) job titles

In today's work environment, IT jobs are increasingly found outside the IT department, embedded in other business functions, with the employee working alongside technology-savvy business colleagues.

Paul Glen: Want to own the future? Build rich relationships

Technologies come and go, says columnist Paul Glen, but the ability to connect business and technical people will always be the rarest and most valuable skill an IT professional can offer. (Insider, registration required.)

CIOs describe their ideal job candidates

Thanks to rapid-fire industry change, it's hard for IT workers to plan their careers. We asked four IT leaders about their current hiring needs and the "dream" resumes of candidates who could fill those positions. (Insider, registration required.)

Thornton A. May: Sustaining your career during unsettled times

Columnist Thornton A. May sees an evolving world of IT work, where what you did and what you learned isnt the career decision point. These days, what you can do and what value you can create is where the new action is.

6 job-hunting tricks for a Web 2.0 world

A new Computerworld survey shows that some 53% of IT workers are looking for new jobs, yet many of them are new to job hunting in a Web 2.0 world. Here are six tips from recruiters and savvy job finders.

IT workers' top 4 dream employers

Computerworld asked 431 IT workers where they dream of working someday. Here's a look at the work environments of the four companies that came out on top.

Elgan: How to launch your career 2.0

In a jobless recovery, with ageism rampant and retirement options anything but secure, Mike Elgan shows how people are re-inventing themselves by using Internet tools like Google+, among others, to create and market their own businesses without the need of a middleman.

15 top quotes of 2011

As another year draws to a close, we look back on the IT-related comments that stuck with us.