2008 Career Information
Posted in General on April 13th, 2008I’m always reading up on career related information when it comes along. Given that my chosen field of work/study is in Information Technology (IT), things change as quick as the Florida weather
and I try and keep up with career related information to ensure I’m not heading off the deep end and I’m keeping up with skills that are needed out there ( as well as the salary - can’t be left behind there!). No sense in sharpening skills that aren’t needed anymore (time is of the essence, better spent on what is needed)!
Here are some links to some useful current career information (I’m still reading through them myself - this post is my placeholder):
2008 Salary Report
- This is great for employees and managers/business executives/owners. If you lack time, hop straight to the summary (page 11) which gives a good overview of the article.
Business Skills for the Technical Professional
Planning to climb up the food chain? Good information here. Speaking of climbing the food chain, here’s good joke I read the other day:
A pheasant was standing in a field chatting with a bull.
“I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree,”
sighed the pheasant, “but I haven’t got the energy.”
“Well, why don’t you nibble on some of my droppings?”
replied the bull. “They’re packed with nutrients.” The
pheasant pecked at a lump of dung and found that it
actually gave him enough strength to reach the first
branch of the tree. The next day, after eating some more
dung, he reached the second branch. And so on.
Finally, after a fourth night, there he was proudly perched
at the top of the tree, whereupon he was spotted by a
farmer who dashed into the farmhouse, emerged with a
shotgun, and shot the pheasant right out of the tree.
Moral of the story: Bullshit might get you to the top,
but it won’t keep you there.
Ha!, so true…
Update : Found a couple more that were interesting reads:
Network World: High-tech jobs growing across U.S.
PARADE: What People Earn, our annual report.
- Interesting to skim through and also puts things into perspective (all things relative). Mentioned as ‘good jobs for now’: Wireless, Security, Energy, Accounting, Database Admin. Mentioned as ‘good jobs for the future’: IT, Law, and New Media.
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