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Successful Negotiation Can Increase Your Annual Salary
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Successful Negotiation Can Increase Your Annual Salary

A study by George Mason and Temple University researchers reveals the most successful strategies for negotiating higher annual salaries. Successful negotiations...

A Few Simple Pointers For Being Happier at Work
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A Few Simple Pointers For Being Happier at Work

The co-founders of The Business School of Happiness have studied the various ways people can improve satisfaction in the workplace and with their lives.

The Future of Work Won't Contain Resumes
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The Future of Work Won't Contain Resumes

Social networking sites are making the traditional resume obsolete. Resumes overemphasize a good GPA, a great degree and accomplishments at previous jobs, but don't...

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Tech Hiring ­p Almost 50 Percent Since 2009, Dice Says

A recent Dice report found that the number of full-time U.S. technology jobs has increased 46 percent since last year, while contractors' hourly rates are rising...

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Is Your Future in It a Job in the Boonies?

Struggling to find a job in IT in and around your home city or suburb? Consider a move to Jonesboro, AR, Sebeka, MN, or Macon, MO. These locales are places where...

Tips on Following Up After You Send a Resume
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Tips on Following Up After You Send a Resume

A  frequent question of job seekers is about follow-up timing after submitting a resume. The answer depends on how you were introduced to the company. The best...

Six Ways to Keep Women in Science
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Six Ways to Keep Women in Science

A survey of 10,000 U.S. doctoral scientists about perceived barriers to a successful career found that women were much more likely to cite abstract barriers to...

Opportunities Abound For Bilingual Workers
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Opportunities Abound For Bilingual Workers

With Hispanic and Asian populations in the U.S. expected to triple over the next 50 years, the demand for people who can speak and write multiple languages is increasing...

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Social Media, Sustainability Mark Future It Manager

A new IBM Corp. global study of today's university and graduate students reveals unique Gen-Y traits that paint a profile of the IT manager of the future whose...

Employers Favor State Schools For Hires
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Employers Favor State Schools For Hires

A Wall Street Journal study found that U.S. companies largely favor graduates of large state universities over Ivy League and other elite liberal-arts schools when...

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How to Make a Lateral Move

Making a lateral move within an organization can be one way to unlock new challenges and better position you for long-term career growth. Lateral moves also save...

Census: Women Closing in on Male-Dominated Fields
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Census: Women Closing in on Male-Dominated Fields

Younger generations of women are closing the gender gap in science and business and now account for nearly half of those college majors traditionally dominated...

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Saying High-Tech Is a Meritocracy Doesn't Make It So

It is hard to support the assertion that Silicon Valley is a meritocracy that rewards good ideas regardless of gender, according to Caroline Simard, leader of the...

Black Computer Scientists in Academe: An Endangered Species?
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Black Computer Scientists in Academe: An Endangered Species?

African-Americans account for just 1.3 percent of computer science faculty at U.S. colleges and universities, and only 1.6 percent of computer science doctorate...

Booming China Lures Key Professors Home From U.s.
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Booming China Lures Key Professors Home From U.s.

Weiping Li came from China in 1982 to study engineering at Stanford University. But earlier this year, he left the U.S. to work in a country where the economy...

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How Do You Answer 'Tell Me About Yourself' in a Job Interview?

For IT job candidates, one of the most stressful points in an interview is "Tell Me About Yourself." You want to be ready with about a one-minute summary or your...

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How to Save ­.s. It Jobs

Leading academics and analysts, consultants and IT services executives weigh in on what the federal government ought to do to help create IT jobs and maintain U...

Prestigious College Degrees Give No Edge to Ceos' Performance
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Prestigious College Degrees Give No Edge to Ceos' Performance

Whether or not a company's CEO holds a college degree from a top U.S. school has no bearing on the firm's long-term performance. And CEOs with degrees from prestigious...

More Satisfied at Work with Higher Level of Emotional Intelligence
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More Satisfied at Work with Higher Level of Emotional Intelligence

Employees with a high level of emotional intelligence are more dedicated and satisfied at work compared to other employees, according to a new study from the...

Silicon Valley's Dark Secret: It's All About Age
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Silicon Valley's Dark Secret: It's All About Age

Vivek Wadhwa, an entrepreneur and noted academic, weighs in on a paradox of the U.S. technology world: there appears to be both a shortage and a surplus of engineers...
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