IT Hiring Kit
"Everything you need to respond and
hire as demand for IT Professionals
changes" - CIO Fortune 500"
Simplify Recruiting While Making
Sure You Hire The Best IT Staff Possible
Building the IT Staff your company needs to succeed requires offering the right jobs at the right salary levels. Only the IT Hiring Resource Kit provides the industry-standard job descriptions and up-to-date salary data you need to recruit top talent as effectively and efficiently as possible. The salary survey includes a list of the benefits provided by enterprises of all size. Is your company providing the right benefits.
This indispensable resource provides up-to-date salary data gathered through an extensive survey of businesses throughout the United States and Canada, plus polished job descriptions for the 73 IT positions surveyed. This proprietary information will reduce the time it takes to recruit top talent and ensure that you get the right person for each job.
The IT Hiring Kit comes in four (4) versions and each is available with an update service. The versions of the IT Hiring Kit are:
- Standard
- Silver
- Gold
- Platinum
For best practices, we sugget the Platinum Edition, as it has everything that is needed to meet all mandated job description requirements.
IT Hiring Kit - Standard Edition
- 2009 IT Salary Survey - The salary survey draws on data collected throughout the year via extensive internet-based survey instruments and completed survey forms from businesses throughout the United States and Canada. The survey data reflects IT salaries in 78 major cities in the United States as well as 23 cities in Canada. Summary data is provided in both the PDF document and a separate Excel Spreadsheet. Data is as of January 2009.
- Salary Survey Job Descriptions (PDF) The job descriptions are provided as a 206 page indexed PDF document for all of the positions surveyed. The PDF file can be viewed and printed.
IT Hiring Kit - Silver Edition
- 2009 IT Salary Survey - The salary survey draws on data collected throughout the year via extensive internet-based survey instruments and completed survey forms from businesses throughout the United States and Canada. The survey data reflects IT salaries in 78 major cities in the United States as well as 23 cities in Canada. Summary data is provided in both the PDF document and a separate Excel Spreadsheet. Data is as of January 2009.
- Salary Survey Job Descriptions (PDF) The job descriptions are provided as a 206 page indexed PDF document for all of the positions surveyed. The PDF file can be viewed and printed.
- Salary Survey Job Descriptions (Word) The IT job descriptions are provided as 73 individual word files using long file names. The Word files have a copyright date of 2009. (WORD 2003 and Word 2007 formats standard).
IT Hiring Kit - Gold Edition
- 2009 IT Salary Survey - The salary survey draws on data collected throughout the year via extensive internet-based survey instruments and completed survey forms from businesses throughout the United States and Canada. The survey data reflects IT salaries in 78 major cities in the United States as well as 23 cities in Canada. Summary data is provided in both the PDF document and a separate Excel Spreadsheet. Data is as of January 2009.
- Salary Survey Job Descriptions (PDF) The job descriptions are provided as a 206 page indexed PDF document for all of the positions surveyed. The PDF file can be viewed and printed.
- Salary Survey Job Descriptions (Word) The IT job descriptions are provided as 73 individual word files using long file names. The Word files have a copyright date of 2009. (WORD 2003 and Word 2007 formats standard).
- 220 Internet and IT Job Descriptions (Word) The 220 job descriptions have been extracted from Janco's Internet IT and Position Descriptions HandiGuide®. Each job description has a copyright date of 2009. - Includes the 72 positions surveyed. (WORD 2003 and Word 2007 formats standard).
IT Hiring Kit - Platinum Edition
- 2009 IT Salary Survey - The salary survey draws on data collected throughout the year via extensive internet-based survey instruments and completed survey forms from businesses throughout the United States and Canada. The survey data reflects IT salaries in 78 major cities in the United States as well as 23 cities in Canada. Summary data is provided in both the PDF document and a separate Excel Spreadsheet. Data is as of January 2009.
- Salary Survey Job Descriptions (PDF) The job descriptions are provided as a 206 page indexed PDF document for all of the positions surveyed. The PDF file can be viewed and printed.
- Salary Survey Job Descriptions (Word) The IT job descriptions are provided as 73 individual word files using long file names. The Word files have a copyright date of 2009. (WORD 2003 and Word 2007 formats standard).
- 220 Internet and IT Job Descriptions (Word) The 220 job descriptions have been extracted from Janco's Internet IT and Position Descriptions HandiGuide®. Each job description has a copyright date of 2009. - Includes the 72 positions surveyed. (WORD 2003 and Word 2007 formats standard).
- Internet and IT Positions Description HandiGuide®(PDF) The Internet and IT Position Descriptions HandiGuide® over 600 pages; which includes sample organization charts, a job progression matrix, and 220 job descriptions. The book also addresses Fair Labor Standards and the ADA. Also included are tools to help you expand, evaluate and define your enterprise's unique additional required. Those tools include:
- Job Evaluation Questionnaire
- Position Description Questionnaire
- Job Progression Matrix (Job Family Classifications)
- Candidate Interview Control Log
IT Career News
Project Managers are a Bright Spot in the IT Job Market
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Project Manager - Titles |
Large Enterprises |
Mid-Sized Enterprises |
| Applications |
$94,471.74 |
$80,058.56 |
| Distributed Systems |
$95,658.06 |
$86,119.15 |
| Network Technical Services |
$89,257.62 |
$62,462.99 |
| Systems |
$89,004.99 |
$89,193.04 |
The one Project Manager type that has been impacted the most by the economy is Network Technical Services. That is the area where many enterprises (Mid-sized Enterprises in particular) have made cuts.
Currently the Mid-Atlantic
market is toughest place to find a job.
IT Executive Salary Medians Fall
Janco Associates is just completing its 2009 Mid Year Salary Survey and found that the median salaries paid to IT Executives in large enterprises (over 500 million in sales or with more than 100 IT professionals) has fallen in the last 18 months.
The CEO of Janco, Victor Janulaitis said, "Over the last six quarters there has been a noticeable reduction in costs associated with senior level IT professionals in large enterprise. In New York alone there are over 200 IT executives that had earned well into the six figures that are now looking for work."
The 2009 Mid Year IT Salary Survey will be released at the end of June and more information can be gotten at Janco's websites.
- more infoStaffing Needs to Address New Application Approaches
CIO's need to adjust staffing requirements to address the needs of 2010 versus 1990. Application achitecture has and is continuing to change.
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1990 Applications |
2010 Applications |
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Mainframe - Host Based |
Web - Server Based |
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Designed
to last |
Designed to change |
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Tightly
integrated |
Open Architecture, modular |
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Application
silos |
Enterprise Mirrors |
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Code-oriented |
Process-oriented |
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Rigid
sequential development - SDM |
Interactive
and iterative development - SOA |
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Cost-centered |
Business-oriented |
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Homogeneous |
Heterogeneous |
Job content is changing as well as knowledge requirements.
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How to Tell if the CIO's Job is at Risk
What are the signs that the CIOs job is at risk. Unfortunately, many CIOs have a hard time recognizing their own shortcomings. CIOs and IT managers should watch for these signs that could indicate that co-workers have a problem with them:
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Meetings happen without the CIO or IT manager being involved or informed.
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The CIOs or IT Managers feedback and input are not sought or are ignored.
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CIO or IT manager are not included in strategic planning.
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The IT department suffers from high turnover, and the CIO or IT manager have a particularly hard time keeping top-tier talent.
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People work around the CIO or IT manager.
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The business-side peers seek out others in IT to handle their problems, while IT staffers seek out other IT leaders or even go over your head.
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The CIO or IT manager don't hear bad news directly from those who should be delivering it. (It could indicate that they are not good at taking criticism or handling problems.)
How to avoid the courtroom for employment lawsuits
The Internet and IT Job Description
HandiGuide is a tool that every CIO and IT manager should have at their
disposal. It defines some simple
things that you can do to avoid employment-based lawsuits:
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Know the laws that apply EEOC and OSHA
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Create an employee handbook and follow it for everyone
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Minimize the use of employee contracts
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Retain copies of your offer letter
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Document all employment-based conversations
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Do not assume that "transferring" an employee will solve a problem
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Hire well and do detail vetting and reference checking
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Be proactive any all personnel issues
Top Reasons For CIO and IT Manager Failures
The top reasons why CIOs and IT Managers lose
their jobs are:
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Inability to communicate effectively
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Poor interpersonal skills
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Lack of leadership skills
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Inability to accept new solutions - locked into doing things the same old way
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Inability to deliver systems and expected results
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Not meeting budget (time and dollars) expectations
- Inability to see beyond technology - missing business objectives
IT Job Market Impacted In The Far East
(Reuters) - Private business activity in Hong Kong stayed below growth levels for the 11th straight month in May, but the speed of contraction eased further as staff costs dropped sharply, a purchasing managers' survey showed on Monday.
Respondents widely commented that further falls in new business and an uncertain economic outlook were key factors that contributed to the latest decline, Markit Group Ltd, which compiles the monthly survey, said.
However, overall cost burdens faced by private companies also fell as job layoffs accelerated and staff costs marked their steepest drop since June 2003, the survey showed.
The Hong Kong purchasing managers' index (PMI) rose to a seasonally adjusted 44.77 in May from 44.34 in April. A reading above 50 indicates growth in activity, while a figure below 50 signals deterioration.
The survey compares business conditions with a month earlier, based on data from Hong Kong companies across industries including manufacturing, services, retail and construction.
- more infoCities that are Growing In Spite of the Recession
(Forbes) The cities that are growing in spite of the recession have: more business opportunities, better weather and more affordable housing. The top three areas according to the data are Raleigh, N.C., ranking first, which jumped 4.29% to nearly 1.9 million; Austin, Texas, which came in second, with a 3.77% increase to almost 1.7 million; and Charlotte, N.C., which moved up 3.36% to 1.7 million.
The in-migration that happened in the middle of this decade certainly had a lot to do with the housing boom. When that went bust, so did those crazy population balloons. But these particular places are still growing because instead of building an economy that relies heavily on one industry, most of the metro areas on Forbes' list serve as headquarters for a diverse range of companies.
For example, Austin's biggest employers include the University of Texas, Advanced Micro Devices and Dell. That wide range might have something to do with the area's relatively low January 2009 unemployment rate of 6.4%.
This is the opposite of what happened in true
housing boom-and-bust towns like Las Vegas. In 2004, Las Vegas - a
foreclosure mecca - saw a population increase of 4.6%, followed by 3.66% in
2005, 3.98% in 2006 and 3.22% in 2007. In 2008, that number fell to
2%.
Thousands of IT Jobs Continue to be cut Globally
Global IT service providers continue to be adversely impacted by the economy as BT Group plans to cut about 15,000 jobs. This news comes on top of 15,000 job cuts the company made during its fiscal year, which ended March 31. BT said that as part of its cost savings program, it had reduced full-time employees during the year by 5,000, while also reducing by around 10,000 the number of indirect employees working through agencies or third party contractors.
Further reductions of a similar level are planned this year according to BT. These moves by BT come as its profits and revenue slide due to the global economic downturn, and fierce competition.
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Lay-Offs Continue in the US IT Job Market
Microsoft Corp. laid-off 3,000 workers additional workers in the US. This is second wave of a major reduction the company announced in January. In a memo to employees, CEO Steve Ballmer said more cuts are possible. In a letter to some employees Ballmer said, "As we move forward, we will continue to closely monitor the impact of the economic downturn on the company and if necessary, take further actions on our cost structure, including additional job eliminations."
Janco Associates' predicts that if the new taxes on un-captured offshore revenues are enacted Microsoft will be forced to more of it operations outside of the US in order to maintain its competitive advantage in the software market. This would in turn mean ever-greater lay-offs in the US.
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