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    To succeed as an IT manager, and to advance your career, you need some very specific traits--11 to be exact. Here are the skills you need to be at the top of your game.

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    "Consider a future device for individual use, which is a sort of mechanised private file and library," wrote information technology visionary Vannevar Bush in the July 1945 issue of the Atlantic Monthly.

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    Paranoia can be a good thing for career survival. When rumours start to fly about layoffs, it's a sign to take stock, keep your head down, prepare for the worst, and hope for the best.

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    Business experience, rather than just technical skills, holds sway for IT professionals on the job hunt, according to an IT career advisory.

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    Melbourne-based Web start-up 2Vouch yesterday launched the first public beta of what it dubs its "social recruiting platform".

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    Closing the skills gap

    Until this month, we had no uniform-approach ICT curricula in higher education institutions, and no formal link connecting these institutions with industry.

  • Read the blog post - Sheryle Moon

    Services the secret to our future

    Today, we exist in an economy where the services sector is the economy.

  • Read the blog post - Ella Morton

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    The more I think about the issues surrounding the under-representation of women in IT, the further I get from finding a solution. Overanalysis is a real drag. And that's why this year I'm going to be blogging direct from the FITT lunch.

  • Read the blog post - Steven Deare

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    My interview with the government's ICT skills and professional development taskforce last week shed new light on what exactly is missing in the industry's skills shortage.

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  • Career regrets? IT pros have more than a few

    As these IT managers' stories illustrate, career regrets can encompass missed opportunities, bad decisions, and sticky situations. What are the career lessons worth learning?

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    When your job search stalls, revitalise it by adding some less traditional approaches to the standard routine. Learn how to combine strategies to create a full-blown plan for getting the attention of potential employers and landing the perfect position.

  • What makes a successful IT manager?

    To succeed as an IT manager, and to advance your career, you need some very specific traits--11 to be exact. Here are the skills you need to be at the top of your game.

  • Saving your life in bits and bytes

    "Consider a future device for individual use, which is a sort of mechanised private file and library," wrote information technology visionary Vannevar Bush in the July 1945 issue of the Atlantic Monthly.

  • How to get on the CIO career track

    Making the move into executive IT management first requires some serious evaluation of the pros and cons of such a move. How do you choose the right type of employer?

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