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IT managers are aloof, insular, says psychologist

In an interview with Computerworld, organizational psychologist Billie Blair explains how IT managers and their staffs are different from the rest of us.
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Resume makeover: How to write an IT executive resume

Henry Cole has held his position as an IT manager with a global life sciences company for nearly eight years. Like all ambitious IT managers, he wants to move up to the executive level. Cole believes he's ready to step into an executive-level IT management position with a large company or into the top IT management spot at a small company based on his accomplishments, positive feedback he's received from his employer, and recognitions with which he's recently been honored. Since there are no opportunities for career growth with his employer, he's looking outside his company, as he has been for the last year and a half. Insider (registration required)

Looking for work? Here's a job fair touting tech openings in India

U.S. companies have been hiring workers from India for years, especially graduates of U.S. universities. But Indian companies, as well as American firms operating in India, are now trying to convince some of them to return to India.

Oracle to settle employee overtime pay lawsuit for $35M

Oracle is set to pay US$35 million to roughly 1,725 workers in order to settle a class-action suit brought against it over overtime pay and meal-break issues dating back to 2003.

IT pros staying put, expecting raises

There's cause for contentment among IT pros, many of whom are staying put at their current jobs due to a combination of lingering economic concerns and improving conditions at work.

Oracle's Exadata means changes for DBAs

Oracle's Exadata database machine can deliver the performance improvements the vendor claims, but also demands that IT shops and database administrators undergo a shift in thinking as well as attain new skills, a number of experts said this week at the OpenWorld conference in San Francisco.

Stock awards, bonuses add up to big pay packages for CIOs

Not all IT pros are feeling a compensation crunch. In the highest echelons at some of the largest public companies in the U.S., CIOs and senior IT leader are making millions. Just how much? Enough to rank among a company's most highly paid executives and enjoy perks such as company cars, financial planning services, and access to the corporate jet. Insider (registration required)

MillerCoors goes social to retain female workers

MillerCoors is using enterprise mentoring and social learning software in an effort to help far-flung female salespeople feel less isolated and more part of a cohesive team.

A guide to H-1B, green card reform

Unlike with the debt limit debate, there is bipartisan interest in Congress in reforming high-skill immigration. New legislation is on its way, and heres what to watch for.

Government shutdown may disrupt business travel, H-1B visas

A federal government shutdown could disrupt business travel for people who need visas to enter the U.S., including those who use H-1B visas.

IT Staffers Shed 1,500 Pounds

Kaiser Permanente's 'CIO Challenge' pumps up IT morale while promoting healthier lifestyles.

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.

Fernando Gonzalez

Fernando Gonzalez, CIO at San Francisco-based Byer California, is happy to be working at a private company, without shareholder pressure, and with an IT team whose members are all in one location. But Gonzalez also revels in the constant and evolving challenges of IT.

When IT Gets to Play

IT skunk works are alive and well -- not so much as a place to hide experimental projects from a stifling corporate bureaucracy, but as a place to reward hard work, build employee loyalty, breed innovation, learn about risk, conduct pilot projects and educate in this time of rapid-fire tech change.

Joe Spagnoletti

Joe Spagnoletti, senior vice president and CIO at Campbell Soup, recently earned the Fox IT Leader Award from Temple University's Fox School of Business and Management. Here, he talks about technology's role in business world.

IT's age problem

IT workers over 50, or even 40, are having a tougher time than their younger colleagues staying fully employed. Is it age bias or something more complex?

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.

IT Workers With Heart

More and more companies are offering paid time off to employees who want to do volunteer work for charities -- either on their own or as part of company-sponsored initiatives.