IT Job Descriptions

Information Technology
Position Descriptions HandiGuide®

Each IT Job Description a separate
WORD File

HandiGuide - The IT HR Resource - PDF

261 IT Job Descriptions and Organization Charts

The Internet and IT Position Descriptions HandiGuide® was completed in 2013 and is over 700 pages; which includes sample organization charts, a job progression matrix, and 261 Internet and IT job descriptions. The book also addresses Fair Labor Standards, the ADA, and is in a new easier to read format. To see the what has changed go to our version history.

IT Job Descriptions and HandiGuide comes in PDF and/or MS WORD .docx formats

HandiGuide PDF

IT Job Descriptions WORD

PDF & WORD

Update & Custom Descriptions

HandiGuide & Job Descriptions - PDF format

The Internet and IT Position Descriptions comes in PDF format The PDF book is over 750 pages in length and contains 261 Job Descriptions in addition to a Job Progression Matrix Template, Employee Termination Checklist (Electronic Form), Job Evaluation Questionnaire, and Position Description Questionnaire.

Includes positions from CIO, CSO and CTO to Wireless and Metrics Mangers. All of the positions in the book have been created to reflect the technology world of 2013. PDF file can be printed and viewed only.

IT Job Descriptions - MS WORD format

261 Internet and IT Job Descriptions as individual files in WORD 2007 formats. Long file names have been used to make customization easier.

Includes positions from CIO, CSO, and CTO to Wireless and Metrics Mangers. All of the positions in the book have been created to reflect the technology world of 2013.

HandiGuide & Job Descriptions - pdf & MS WORD formats

The Internet and IT Position Descriptions comes in PDF format and WORD files. The PDF book is over 750 pages in length and contains 261 Job Descriptions in addition to a Job Progression Matrix Template, Employee Termination Checklist (Electronic Form), Job Evaluation Questionnaire, and Position Description Questionnaire. There is one word file for each job description (WORD 2007 format). Long file names have been used to make customization easier.

Includes positions from CIO, CSO and CTO to Wireless and Metrics Mangers. All of the positions in the book have been created to reflect the technology world of 2013.

BONUS ---- If you provide us with up to five (5) completed Position Description Questionnaires within 30 days of purchase, we will create the 5 position descriptions for you and provide you with 24 months of free update service for the HandiGuide and all job descriptions that we update and create.

Update Service & Custom IT Job Descriptions

This service will provide you with updates to each of the products listed below for a period of 12 months from the date of the purchase of the service. In addition, you are entitled to 3 custom job descriptions. You will have to complete the IT Position Description Questionnaire (which we will provide to you via email upon your request). It typically will take 5 working days to provide you with the completed job description.

Also included with the HandiGuide 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)

Sexual Harassment and other key employment issues

Best Practices for resume screening

Best Practices for phone screening

Employee Termination Checklist (Electronic Form)

The 260 positions include all of the functions within the IT group. The Job Descriptions have been updated to be compliant with PCI-DSS, Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, CobiT, and the ITIL standards. The job descriptions are all structured to focus on "Best Practices" as defined by the IT Productivity Center to meet the requirements of World Class Enterprises. They are ready to use and easily modified to meet your enterprise's unique requirements.

Chief Information Officer(CIO)

Chief Information Officer (CIO) - Small Enterprise

Chief Security Officer (CSO)

Chief Compliance Officer (CCO)

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Director Electronic Commerce

Director Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

Manager Data Security/Special Project Supervisor

Disaster Recovery Coordinator

Internet/Intranet Administrator

Manager Metrics

Metrics Measurement Analyst

Manager Wireless Systems

Webmaster

PCI-DSS Coordinator

Programmer

Object Programmer

UNIX System Administrator

Windows System Administrator

The positions include all of the functions within the IT group. Click on the each group below to see a pop up window with the list of jobs included.

Executive Management

Senior Management

Middle Management

Staff Positions

You can purchase this book as a PDF Book, Word Book or as individual word files for each Job Description (in WORD 2007 .docx format) which makes for easier modification. We have also combined the both book formats with the individual word files for each job descriptions to give you the best of both worlds.

Internet and IT Jobs Latest News

Unemployment rate for foreign-born workers falls Senate moves ahead with new H-1B bill

May 23rd, 2013
The unemployment rate for foreign-born persons in the United States was 8.1 percent in 2012, down from 9.1 percent in 2011, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The jobless rate of native-born persons also fell to 8.1 percent in 2012, down from 8.9 percent in the prior year.

In 2012, there were 25.0 million foreign-born persons in the U.S. labor force, comprising 16.1 percent of the total.

Hispanics accounted for 48.3 percent of the foreign-born labor force in 2012, and Asians accounted for 23.7 percent.

Foreign-born workers were more likely than native-born workers to be employed in service occupations; production, transportation, and material moving occupations; and natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations.

The median usual weekly earnings of foreign-born full-time wage and salary workers were $625 in 2012, compared with $797 for their native-born counterparts.

At the same time the Senate proceeds with a new Immigration bill going to the floor, where attempts to amend it are expected before a final vote is taken some time in the next several months.

The Senate debate will begin next month. The House, meanwhile, has been preparing its own comprehensive immigration bill for vote.

There are a lot of areas in the Senate bill that are certain to draw criticism, particularly some last-minute changes.

The original bill, drafted by a bipartisan Senate group dubbed the Gang of Eight, would raise the base cap on H-1B visas from 65,000 to 110,000, with an escalator that can increase the cap to 180,000 in increments of 10,000 in response to demand. The tech industry wanted a cap of at least 300,000.

The revised bill raises the initial cap to 115,000, a small, seemingly spiteful incremental increase.

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Some say the IT job market is improving

May 22nd, 2013
An on-line job portal, Dice says IT degree graduates are finding jobs. They also say that some companies still report technology-skill shortages.

According to them there hass been a solid job market for entry level tech professionals in the past few years with more than 40,000 joining the job market in a given year. That, combined with growing enrollments in computer science departments, implies even bigger numbers of newly minted professionals will be available for the companies that seek to employ them in the years to come. However experience is often valued over education in technology departments. It is recommended that students get some experience.

Best City for IT jobs - New York 8,600 jobs available

Second Best City for IT Jobs - Washington DC/Baltimore - 7,000 jobs available

Third Best Market - Silicon Valley - 5,200 jobs available

Next Best City - Chicago - 3,800 jobs available

Unfilled IT jobs in the US over 83,000 -- 48,000 are full time positions

Over 37,000 contractor positions open

Over 50,300 IT degrees issued in 2012 versus 59,500 in 2003 (source Dept of Education)

Low point in number of degrees 2009 - 38,000

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Security IT Pros are in short supply

May 21st, 2013
There is a cybersecurity skills shortage and recent studies magnify the fact.

25% of mid-market (i.e. 100 to 999 employees) and enterprise (i.e. more than 1,000 employees) report a "problematic shortage" of IT security skills.

36% of organizations increasing IT headcount this year plan to hire information security staff. Of all the IT headcount being added in 2013, hiring information security professionals is the highest of priority.

83% of enterprise organizations say that it is "extremely difficult" or "somewhat difficult" to recruit and hire information security specialists. Those organizations having the hardest time include companies in rural areas, mid-market firms, and vertical industries like academia, and the public sector.

IBM recognizes that a dearth of cybersecurity skills presents a threat to its customers, its security business, and its services organization. IBM is trying to do something about it. IBM just published a paper called, Cybersecurity Education for the Next Generation - http://www.e-janco.com/register_security_IBM_paper.asp.

The paper provides a high-level overview of the current state of cybersecurity skills and education and then suggests a few changes. IBM suggests that cybersecurity programs must become:

More comprehensive. Yes, firewall rules and AV signatures are important, but the next-generation of cybersecurity leaders need to be able to understand cybersecurity as it relates to the business, legal system, and society. This means that cybersecurity education has to branch out from the Computer Science department alone.

More cooperative. Cybersecurity protection doesn't work when the CISO and team are not part of business, IT, and application planning. That said, many groups view the security team in an adversarial way. The next-generation of cybersecurity leaders must be able to break down legacy walls and become business facilitators rather than business impediments.

Book smart and street smart. We need cybersecurity people who understand what works in theory and practice. A degree or certification alone isn't enough.
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Software Developer Wages Fall Two Percent as Workforce Expands

May 18th, 2013
The Janco Associates, Inc. and eJobDescription.com salary survey draws on data collected throughout the year by extensive internet-based and completed survey forms sent to businesses throughout the United States and Canada. Over 300 companies participate in the survey.

The U.S. tech industry added nearly 64,000 software related jobs last year, but as the workforce expanded, the average size of workers' pay checks declined by nearly 2%.

There are multiple theories for the decline in pay, but a common one cited by analysts is simply that the new people being hired are paid less than those already on the job.

The average annual wage of all workers in the software services sector was $99,000 in 2012, about $2,000 less than the prior year.

IT Median Salaries

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Unemployment picture looking better but…

May 17th, 2013
Unemployment picture is looking better in many parts of the country, however some states continue to see levels are 8% and above.   Included are some of the most populated states like Illinois, California, and New Jersey.

States with High Unemployment

Top 10 States with the Highest Unemployment Rates 10 States Have Unemployment Rates over 9% In the latest release of state unemployment rates there are 10 states which stand out because of their...

Unemployment Data Is The BLS Playing With It? Feds say they may delay the unemployment report It is ever so amazing that the feds are now saying that they may delay the unemployment...

Unemployment is over 9% in 8 states not a good sign for IT Pros As people continue to forecast an improvement in the economy, the latest BLS data shows there still are 8 states with unemployment number that are...

IT Employment Up In a Soft Job Market Between the first to second quarter of this year, the unemployment rate of computer hardware engineers went from 4.4% to 0.5%. For software developers, the...

IT Job Market is Poor at Best IT Job Market Is Poor At Best The information technology job market in the U.S. shrank by 6,600 jobs in September, and the number of...
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H-1B current readings

May 16th, 2013
H-1B battle Readings

H-1B politics shifts to backroom as vote nears

Senators begin contentious H-1B battle

Tech may sink immigration bill if unhappy, Sen. Hatch warns

An H-1B jobs database the tech industry may hate

U.S. firms say H-1B restrictions may help them

Senate's big immigration bill seeks to crack down on offshore outsourcing

Senate immigration bill may push back on globalization

U.S. gets 124,000 H-1B petitions, 45% above cap

With H-1B cap exceeded, visa lottery will be needed

U.S. gets flood of H-1B petitions on first day

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20% Discount for subscribers to CIO and HR News

May 16th, 2013
Subscribers to the CIO and HR News feed can get a 20% discount on any product on www.e-janco.com and www.ejobdescription.com . All they have to do is enter the discount code of CIOnews

The news feed is at http://www.ejobdescription.com/News/ejob.xml

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Backup and Backup Retention Policy (more info...)

Blog and Personal Web Site Policy (more info...) Includes electronic Blog Compliance Agreement Form

BYOD Policy Template (more info...) Includes electronic BYOD Access and Use Agreement Form

Incident Communication Plan Policy (more info...) Updated to include social networks as a communication path

Internet, e-Mail, Social Networking, Mobile Device, Electronic Communications, and Record Retention Policy (more info...) Includes 5 electronic forms to aid in the quick deployment of this policy

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Record Management, Retention, and Destruction Policy (more info...)

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IT Infrastructure Electronic Forms (more info...)
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Technology based jobs grew slightly in the last 12 month

May 14th, 2013
According to TechAmerica (TA), The IT industry industry added 67,400 jobs in 2012, a 1.1% increase from a year earlier.

According to thier analysis, the tech industry's growth slightly outpaced the overall private sector in the U.S., which grew by 1%.

Three of four tech industry sectors defined by TA saw growth in 2012. Software services drove the vast majority of growth during the year, adding a net 63,900 jobs, compared to 11,300 jobs added in engineering and tech services and 1,800 added in Internet and telecommunication services. Tech manufacturing had a net decline in employment, dropping by 9,500 jobs.

Thirty-nine states saw a net increase in tech employment in 2012, with the largest increase in California with 17,700 jobs, Texas with 10,000 jobs and New York with 8,400 jobs. The fastest rates of growth were in North Dakota, Michigan and Missouri, all with more than 3% growth.

The top states for tech employment in 2012 were California (968,800), Texas (485,600), New York (318,200), Virginia (285,400), and Florida (270,900), the report said.

As in the past, Virginia continued to lead the nation in concentration of high-tech workers in 2012, with 9.8% of its private sector workforce employed in the tech industry.

California's tech industry workers were paid the highest annual average wage of $123,900 in 2012, followed by Massachusetts, at $116,000, and Washington state at $110,200.

California was the top state for employment numbers in 12 of 15 tech industry sectors, but other states had strong concentrations in some tech fields. Minnesota ranked first in electromedical equipment manufacturing, and Washington ranked first in software publishers, the report said.

Virginia ranked second in computer systems design, and Massachusetts ranked second in measuring and control instruments manufacturing and in R&D and testing labs.
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Are Baby Boomers a driver in lower labor participation rates?

May 13th, 2013
Since October 2009, while the civilian population aged 16 and older has risen by 8.6 million people, the labor force has risen by just 1.4 million people, cutting the labor force participation rate to its lowest level since 1979. Or, if the U.S. economy had just maintained the participation rate that prevailed in October 2009, there would be almost 4.2 million more people in the labor force today.

It can be argued that larger numbers of older workers in their 50s and 60s have been discouraged by the lack of opportunities, and are opting for retirement sooner than they would have in a gangbuster economy.
However the formal retirement rate keeps going up, and the net result is an economy with fewer and fewer available workers. Baby boomers are distorting the numbers, because they account for an outsized portion of the population and as they move from prime working age into their golden years, their retirement drags down the overall participation rate just as they helped to elevate it when they entered the market.

There needs to be a way to look at and measure the impact of people engaging in non-traditional approaches to careers, such as part-time, creative and entrepreneurial pursuits. Dropping out of the workforce doesnt mean dropping out of life.

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People may be going back to work...

May 10th, 2013
Among those persons marginally attached to the labor force in April 2013, there were 835,000 discouraged workers - decrease of 133,000 workers from a year earlier.

Persons not in the labor force by desire and availability for work, April 2013

Total not in the labor force              90,436,000

Do not want a job now                   84,107,000

Want a job                                                                 6,329,000

Did not search for work in previous year                                               3,196,000

Searched for work in previous year(2) but not in past 4 weeks              3,133,000

Searched for work in the previous year but not available to work now      786,000

Marginally attached (available to work now)                                          2,347,000

Discouraged over job prospects                                                              835,000

Reasons other than discouragement                                                       1,512,000

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