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by Mark Brunelli, Site Editor
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Have you lost your job to overseas outsourcing? Are you afraid you might? Well, you're definitely not alone.
Almost everyday, I get e-mails from longtime mainframe professionals who fear for their careers. They've seen colleagues lose jobs to cutbacks, overseas outsourcing and H-1B visa holders, and they're worried that they could be next.
Search390.com wants you to know that there are lots of ways to avoid outsourcing, save your job and even flourish in a tough economy. Be sure and visit our featured topic page this week for ten brand new tips from mainframe careers expert, Rick Nashleanas. Rick will show you some simple ways to increase your marketability and make yourself invaluable to employers.
When you're done looking over the tips, feel free to send Rick any lingering career questions you might have. He'll post an answer as soon as possible, and you'll be notified via e-mail. Also, I'd also love to hear how outsourcing, H-1B visas, the economy, and skills shortages are affecting your career. You can always reach me directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED].
I look forward to hearing from you,
Mark Brunelli
Site Editor
www.Search390.com
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Ten ways to advance your career
by Mark Brunelli, Site Editor
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Afraid you might lose your job to overseas outsourcing? Then be sure and click over to our featured topic page this week for ten tips from mainframe careers expert Rick Nashleanas. Rick will show you how it is possible to avoid outsourcing and even advance your career during these tough economic times.
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This Week: In the forums
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Take the Mainframe Skills Challenge today!
Got what it takes to join the ranks of the Search390.com IT Intelligencia? You're about to find out. Take Mr. Know-IT-All's Mainframe Skills Challenge and test your melon today. |
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SPOTLIGHT: Career resources
Times are tough for mainframers. Make sure your career is on the right track with this helpful collection of links. |
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Support for the unsupported
Is anyone out there successfully running an older, unsupported version of OS/390? Then you'll want to join this discussion. |
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| Tip of the Week: |
Businesses face obstacles on the road to grid computing
Despite all of the recent hype surrounding grid computing, the technology still has some serious technological and political obstacles to overcome within individual enterprises before it can become a standard way of doing business, industry analysts say. |
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Chapter download: Porting Applications to Linux on the mainframe
Is it always a smart move to port existing applications to Linux? This chapter from the brand new book, "Linux on the Mainframe," covers the financial and technical pros and cons of porting mainframe applications to Linux.
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Webcast: A 'Linux on the mainframe' reality check
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Is your company thinking of deploying Linux on its s/390 or zSeries mainframe? Then join us for this special Webcast with featured speaker David Boyes, president of Sine Nominee Associates, an independent consulting firm that has helped numerous data centers successfully deploy Linux on the mainframe.
Sponsored By: New IBM eServer zSeries 990
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