IT Career Success

IT Career Resources

IT professionals should take advantage of IT and computer job resources on the Internet for all phases of IT career plan and management. Online resources provide IT career insight, IT employment information worldwide, salary comparison, and more.

IT Career Info

• Tech Careers - Career resources, news, jobs and resumes in Information Technology and Engineering.
• Computer World - Computer World magazine’s career knowledge center. Very good contents.
• Vault - The insider career network, career development and job search information.
• WetFeet - General career site, helping you make smarter career decisions.
• Top 100 websites for learning and employment

Contracting & Consulting Career Resources

• Contract Job Hunter - specializes in job openings for serious Contractors and Consultants in engineering, IT/IS, and technical disciplines.
• Guru.Com - Search for jobs and bid on IT project assignment contracts.
• SmarterWork - Bring clients and qualified Service Providers together to carry out short, medium or long term projects. Browse and bid on projects to be conducted online.
• Software Contractors’ Guild - Software Contractors and Consultants search contract jobs and post resumes offering services.
• Contract Employee’s Handbook - Free book and resource – help contract employees manage their career.
• Professional Association of Contract Employee - PACE
  
• Independent Computer Consultants Association - ICCA
• Contract Employment Daily -A collection of discussion forums on contract job related topics.
• RealRates - Contracting rates and salary survey.

Top Companies for IT Career

Corporate giants always have IT positions open in various levels. The easiest way to get a job with them is to check their website for job openings and submit your resume.

• Fortune - Find the Fortune 500, the 100 Best Companies to Work for, and America’s Most Admired Companies.
• Forbes - Forbes 400 Best Big Companies and Forbes Largest Private Companies
• Hoover’s - Search for company profiles and industries.
• Company Profiles
• Search company at Vault

IT Salaries

The following website provide savary and compensation information for IT professionals. If the direct link does not work, you may enter the top level URL and go to the site map to look for salary survey informaiton.

• Salary.com
• DataMasters - IT Professionals Salaryand Cost-of-Living Data
• Dice Salary Survey - http://marketing.dice.com/rateresults/fte.asp
• ComputerJobs Salary
• ComputerWorld Salary Info
• InformationWeek Salary Info
• Techies Salary Info
• Vault Salary Info