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In this issue:

 1. Job hunting? Use social networks to make crucial connections

 2. Q&A: Resumes that stand out from the crowd shine in both style and substance

 3. Tactics for today's job hunt

 4. Can your online past come back to haunt you?

 5. Job seekers: How to tell stories to stand out

 6. CA tries to groom next generation of mainframers

 7. Experts: Tax changes won't curb offshoring

 8. Microsoft lays off 3,000 more workers, says more cuts possible

 9. Microsoft to reduce head count by 1% in India

 10. Sony Ericsson cuts Sweden staff by 400

 11. Growing Gen-Y leaders

 12. Career Watch: The 'fix mentality' is in

 13. Mark Everett Hall: CIO's old role in agile crosshairs

 14. Mountain climbing helps a CTO reach new career heights



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Job hunting? Use social networks to make crucial connections

Job hunting? LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter can save you from drowning in a sea
of anonymous resumes.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/5006026/414427249/189961/0/



Q&A: Resumes that stand out from the crowd shine in both style and substance

Author David Noble thinks nothing on your resume is too small to merit your
close attention.
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Tactics for today's job hunt

Dave Willmer offers tips to help job seekers swap old habits for new approaches
that better align with today's employment market.
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Can your online past come back to haunt you?

Most agree that it pays to remove embarrassing photos and their ilk -- but not
everyone thinks it matters.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/5006026/414427249/189964/0/

Job seekers: How to tell stories to stand out

With unemployment at a 26-year high of 8.5%, the biggest challenge job seekers
face today -- next to finding a new job -- is differentiating themselves from
the more than 13.2 million other people who are out of work and looking for new
employment.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/5006026/414427249/189965/0/

CA tries to groom next generation of mainframers

CA has been working to lure a new generation of talent to the mainframe platform
as part of an initiative aimed at easing the process of managing and installing
its mainframe software.
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Experts: Tax changes won't curb offshoring

Analysts and tax experts disagree with President Obama's contention that his
proposed tax-code changes will curb offshoring by IT vendors, arguing that
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widespread availability of technology skills.
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Microsoft lays off 3,000 more workers, says more cuts possible

Microsoft said there could be additional cuts.
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Microsoft to reduce head count by 1% in India

Microsoft is planning to lay off more than 55 of its 5,500 employees in India as
part of what it calls the global realignment of its business priorities.
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Sony Ericsson cuts Sweden staff by 400

Mobile phone manufacturer Sony Ericsson will reduce its workforce by about 400
people in Lund, Sweden, cutting 160 employees and 250 consultants.
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Growing Gen-Y leaders

While most leadership development attention is focused on handing the baton to
Gen X standouts, most of the anxiety is about managing Gen Y.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/5006026/414427249/189971/0/

Career Watch: The 'fix mentality' is in

OnForce CEO Peter Cannone discusses trends gleaned from the data on the online
marketplace's 12,000 service professionals.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/5006026/414427249/189972/0/

Mark Everett Hall: CIO's old role in agile crosshairs

"Get agile or a get a move on." That seems to be the view from the agile
consulting and development camps.
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Mountain climbing helps a CTO reach new career heights

As CTO Armando Escalante turned from couch potato to mountain climber, he
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