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From the Editor:
Find out what you're worth |
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Featured Topic:
The selling of security |
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Expert Technical Advice:
Featured Expert: Laura Hunter
Out of the Loop: What's in Bill Gates' goody bag?
Use SMS to juice up Windows
IT Pro File: IT beats working in the rain
Tips for taking certifications tests
Ask Laura Hunter: Removing AIM |
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by Dana McCurley, Assistant Site Editor
If you still have your job, you undoubtedly not only count yourself lucky but also know someone who lost theirs. I'm familiar with the phenomenon. In September 2001, the economy ate my job. A full year later, TechTarget (the parent company of SearchWin2000.com) was kind enough to offer me another one. Since then, I have been learning the ropes, compiling the Daily News, posting things to the site and trying to get to know you, the site's members.
The job turnover through which I've been is not remarkable in this economy. I, like many other job seekers, dreaded the question, "How much would you like to make?" Let's face it, I couldn't be perfectly honest and say, "Four million a year, please. Oh, and throw in a company jet while you're at it." The truth is, when you are searching for your next promotion or new job, you are forced to consider how much you're worth. When you land that coveted interview, things like certs, length of time in the IT world, region of the country in which you live, gender and the size of the interviewing company really impact the money you'll make if you get hired.
SearchWin2000.com's new salary survey spells out all of the above. What's more, you can also create custom reports that define relevant criteria such as operating system experience, programming languages you "speak" and the important reasons you're looking for a job. Buzz on over and hit the survey. Find out what you're worth -- not in the economy of two years ago when you last looked for a job, $4 mill and a jet, but in the economy of today when things like health insurance and grocery money are your main concerns.
Dana L. McCurley
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Featured Topic: |
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The selling of security
by Ed Parry, News Writer
Security isn't the hard sell it used to be. But some ROI-happy bosses still need to have their arms gently twisted to pony up funds to protect their systems. Are you ready to be a salesperson for security's sake?
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Expert Technical Advice: |
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Featured Expert Laura Hunter
Network Administrator, Technical Trainer
Categories: Management Tools and Solutions
Laura Hunter is a network administrator and technical trainer. She has spent many years working in the trenches of network design, administration and user support, and has earned a myriad of vendor certifications, including MCSE, CNE and CCNA. She is presently a senior systems analyst for a major American university, where she is currently spending the better part of her waking hours planning for a Windows 2000/Active Directory upgrade and roll-out and hoping that the Philadelphia Flyers will improve on their hideous power play percentage before the 2002-2003 NHL regular season commences.
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Out of the Loop: What's in Bill Gates' goody bag?
While you're munching on all that leftover Halloween candy, here's some food for thought about candy patrol in some famous IT executives' neck of the woods. It's the first in a series of regular humor columns from SearchWin2000.com 's own news editor, Ed Parry. |
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Use SMS to juice up Windowslink copy
Microsoft's Systems Management Server is one of its less-ballyhooed offerings. Here are some tips that will show you how SMS can enhance the performance and speed of users desktops. |
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IT Pro File: IT beats working in the rain
Meet Tim Fenner, a network and systems administrator at Independent Pharmacy Cooperative (IPC), in Sun Prairie, Wis. Fenner helps manage 11 Windows 2000 servers, 55 Windows PCs and seven network printers. In this member spotlight, Fenner shares his IT history, a how-to guide to Windows utilities, and a true IT blooper. |
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Tips for taking certifications tests
You want to maximize your marketability, so you've decided to take a certification exam. Unfortunately, you're getting flashbacks of the all-night sessions you endured in high school and college. How much do you really have to study? Do you need to attend a special "boot camp? This article tells you how to get over exam anxiety. |
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How do I completely remove AOL IM from my user's computers?
I run NT 4.0 workstations and have uninstalled IM under the administrator account. I have even have traced some registry keys to remove IM's presence, but every time the user logs in there is an error stating the OS cannot find C:Program... which is the IM program. How do I completely remove every reference from the user's side?
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