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Saturday, December 17, 2005

CIO Insider: Is Your Job in Danger?

CIO Insider - The Inside Scoop for CIO.com

December 15, 2005

CIO.com Featured Blog: The Structural Shift in IT Jobs
Department of Labor statistics show that employment is
inching past its peak in 2000. According to Chris Koch,
the numbers are a bit misleading. Find out why and add
your two cents.
http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=1181&PMID=43775493&s=4&f=1

Also in this issue of the Insider:
1. Numbers Never Lie: Leaders, Workers and Skills
2. Bright Future Ahead for CS Grads
3. Featured Podcast: CIO Week in Review
4. CSO Tips for the Holidays

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1. Numbers Never Lie: Leaders, Workers and Skills
In her latest blog entry, Lorraine Cosgrove points out
that C-level management turnover is on the rise, raises
the position/skill mismatch conundrum and that we need not
worry about losing work to China. Yet.
http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=8851&PMID=43775493&s=4&f=1

2. Bright Future Ahead for CS Grads
Maria Klawe, a dean at Princeton University, says career
opportunities in computer science are at an all-time high.
But we have to spread the message to students or risk
becoming a technological backwater.
http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=8823&PMID=43775493&s=4&f=1

3. Featured Podcast: CIO Week in Review
This week, Chris Lindquist focuses on how to keep your
job in the face of changing IT needs and the relentless
trend in offshoring. Listen in or subscribe at:
http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=8228&PMID=43775493&s=4&f=1

4. CSO Tips for the Holidays
How to Handle a Drunk:
http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=9203&PMID=43775493&s=4&f=1

How to Calm Someone Down:
http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=9204&PMID=43775493&s=4&f=1

How to Spot a Liar:
http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=9205&PMID=43775493&s=4&f=1

This newsletter is your guide to what's happening at CIO.com.
Please feel free to let me know what you want from the
CIO Insider.

Paul Kerstein
Web Editor
CIO Magazine
pkerstein@cxo.com