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Computerworld CareerMail
August 23, 2004
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In this issue:
* Career Watch
* Accepting a Counteroffer Can Be the Road to Ruin
* IT Survival Guide
* Checklist for Success
* Strong Self-Esteem Can Help You Advance
* Not All Employers Play Fair
* Nortel to Lay Off 10% of Staff
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Career Watch
Leveraging your skills; how project leaders really get picked; and IBM
hits college campuses.
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Accepting a Counteroffer Can Be the Road to Ruin
When you say, "I quit," you have to mean it. Don't accept a
counteroffer from your employer, says a veteran observer of the hiring
scene. For one thing, these last-ditch efforts to keep you in the fold
benefit companies, not employees.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,95424,00.html?nlid=CAR
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IT Survival Guide
Forty years in IT have taught Ace Hardware CIO Paul Ingevaldson a thing
or two, and in his valediction, he shares some nuggets with his
colleagues.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,95366,00.html?nlid=CAR
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Checklist for Success
Editorial: Maryfran Johnson distills all the IT management advice
you'll ever hear into three simple mantras.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,95368,00.html?nlid=CAR
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Strong Self-Esteem Can Help You Advance
No factor is as important to career success as self-esteem, and those
who lack it can learn to develop it. Here are practical
guidelines for becoming a doer -- not a doubter.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,95425,00.html?nlid=CAR
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Not All Employers Play Fair
Opinion: Virginia Robbins believes companies that are out to make as
much money as possible in the short term treat their employees
unfairly.
http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,95370,00.html?nlid=CAR
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Nortel to Lay Off 10% of Staff
Nortel plans to cut about 3,500 jobs, most of them affecting middle
managers, in a move to save $450 million to $500 million per year.
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