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Higher Salaries for 2010's New Grads
In 2010, new college graduates will still face a competitive job market – but there's a light at the end of the tunnel, as far as starting salaries go.
A recent CareerBuilder survey of 2,778 U.S. hiring managers and HR professionals found that 44 percent of employers plan to hire recent college grads in 2010, which is not much better than the 43 percent who said the same in 2009, and actually much lower than 79 percent in 2007.
However, 21 percent of employers who confirmed they would hire recent grads this year also said they will hire more than they did last year, and 16 percent also said they will offer those new grads higher starting salaries than they did in 2009 – which is great news, compared to the 11 percent of employers who said the same thing last year.
Note that although experience (whether through internships, part-time jobs or volunteer work) is an important factor for employers trying to decide which new grads to hire, survey respondents also said they want someone who will fit in with the company culture, has good ideas and asks excellent questions, has a solid educational background, and prepares well for the interview.
So... remember these tips for getting your foot if you're just starting out in your tech career, or making a career switch:
Also, be sure to check out our Entry Level and New Grad Resources Center for lists of career services, resume and cover letter samples, interview tips and other things that can help you land your first job in your chosen tech field.
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Higher Salaries for 2010's New Grads originally appeared on About.com Tech Careers on Friday, May 28th, 2010 at 06:05:42.
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Some Barnes & Noble Nook Buyers Get $100 Voucher
Barnes & Noble is giving $100 gift certificates to Nook e-reader buyers who placed orders for the devices to be delivered before the holidays and now won't receive them until after the Christmas. The company had hoped that most preorders from November would be delivered by December 24, but says that some won't arrive on time.
Unveiled in late October, the Barnes & Noble Nook has seen several delays and is already out of stock across the country. The $259 e-book reader is the main competitor to Amazon's Kindle device, and it has received mixed reviews due to several software slowdowns.
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Some Barnes & Noble Nook Buyers Get $100 Voucher originally appeared on About.com Computing Center on Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 at 11:57:36.
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Computer-Based CSSLP Exam Now Available
Are you preparing to take your CSSLP (Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional) exam? You might be interested to learn that the (ISC)2 – the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium – just recently announced that it has made its CSSLP test available in computer-based format.
This is the first exam the (ISC)2 has moved over from the traditional paper-and-pencil delivery. The organization says it plans to phase in computer-based testing for the rest of its exams (such as CISSP and SSCP) over the next three years.
One of the goals of moving to a computer-based exam delivery is to keep up with the expected growth in the number of IT security professionals over the next few years. According to a recent (ISC)2 study, the number of IT security workers across the globe will increase to nearly 2.7 million by 2012 - a compound annual growth rate of 10 percent.
The (ISC)2 says switching to computer-based testing is supposed to:
- offer more exam centers around the world and increase the number of exam scheduling opportunities;
- provide a consistent testing environment at all Pearson VUE testing facilities;
- help reduce travel and overnight stay time and costs;
- offer enhanced security measures (certified proctors, advanced biometric verification to confirm exam candidates' identities, video and audio monitoring, encryption of test packages and results, anomaly detection, etc.).
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Computer-Based CSSLP Exam Now Available originally appeared on About.com Tech Careers on Friday, May 21st, 2010 at 06:43:04.
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Facebook Privacy Changes Draw Mixed Reviews
Facebook's revamped privacy settings will push more user data onto the Internet and, in some cases, make privacy protection harder for Facebook users, digital civil liberties experts said.
While acknowledging that many of the changes unveiled Wednesday will be good for privacy, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Attorney Kevin Bankston said the social-networking giant is also removing some important privacy controls that it should have kept.
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Facebook Privacy Changes Draw Mixed Reviews originally appeared on About.com Computing Center on Friday, December 11th, 2009 at 16:57:01.
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