Paychecks Fatten For Retail IT Pros With Certain Skills
Written by Fred J. AunFebruary 10th, 2009
Recession notwithstanding, during the last three months of 2008, salaries increased for those with certifications in some vital retail IT segments, including systems architecture/project, networking management and database security, says a new report.
Some of these increases were substantial: The "value" of a CompTIA security certification increased 46.7 percent during the period and Cisco Certified Design Associates were worth 40 percent more, according the "2009 IT Skills and Certifications Pay Index" released by the Foote Partners research group. "Clearly, an urgent demand for talent in these areas is eclipsing broad, knee-jerk reactions to reducing budgets and cutting people, projects and purchases that have been characteristic of IT management decision behaviors in past recessions," the report says. "Those times were often marked by lack of careful forethought about the future consequences of budget decisions."
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February 15th, 2009 at 6:56 am
I can advise newcomers in the IT industry is to research the career path you want to get involved in before you go after computer certifications and computer degrees. I see many people aimlessly go after both of these without having a clue of what they want to ultimately end up in. You know what they say about not having a plan? You may end up in a place you don’t want to be.