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Wednesday, April 01, 2009 12:40 PM
IT Skills In Canada – Part 4 (Final)
(This is part 4 of a 4 part series, you can read the first post here ) Here is the final part of my discussion with Shane Schick on the Myths & Realities of the IT Skills & Talent landscape in Canada. This part is titled “Myth 4 – Certifications
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009 11:27 AM
IT Skills Shortage – Myths and Realities – Part 3
(This is part 3 of a 4 part series, you can read the first post here ) Here is the second part of my discussion with Shane Schick on the Myths & Realities of the IT Skills & Talent landscape in Canada. This part is titled “Myth 3 – I have
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Monday, March 30, 2009 12:36 PM
IT Skills & Talent In Canada – Myths and Realities – Part 2
(This is part 2 of a 4 part series, you can read the first post here ) Here is the second part of my discussion with Shane Schick on the Myths & Realities of the IT Skills & Talent landscape in Canada. This part is titled “Myth 2 - There
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Saturday, March 28, 2009 12:13 PM
IT Skills & Talent In Canada – Myths and Realities - Part 1
Working in today’s IT industry comes with a variety of challenges, especially in these tough economic times. Jobs are becoming more complex, employers expectations are high and employees need more than just technical skills to grow their careers.
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Wednesday, October 08, 2008 1:59 PM
Techdays – A Letter To Your Boss
From Rick, over at the The IT Pro Community Connection Blog : Letter to your boss – why you can’t possibly miss TechDays in Canada. Dear {Enter Your Manager’s Name Here}, I enjoy my job and have always appreciated how well you manage me. As you
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Tuesday, October 07, 2008 1:28 PM
Techdays – A Revolution In Supporting Your Career & Developing Your Skills.
Techdays 2008 - our premier event for Canada’s Developers & IT Professionals – will soon be here. Today I wrote this to be included in a newsletter we are sending out to the IT Professional audience. I thought I would share it here on
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Saturday, October 04, 2008 3:26 PM
Techdays – Infrastructure Track
Pierre has also posted information on the Infrastructure Track at Techdays 2008 . Wow! 27 days before the start of Tech-Days 08 . And the Infrastructure track is coming along great. Across the country we will have a team of great
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Saturday, October 04, 2008 3:20 PM
Techdays 2008 - Virtualization Track Speakers Selected!
Rodney has a post over on the ITPRO Connection Blog about the great set of speakers he has lined up for the Virtualization Track at TechDays 2008 . Wow! I must say the biggest challenge I thought I was going to have was with finding speakers
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Monday, September 22, 2008 1:09 PM
TechDays – Some Q&A
John Oxley has received a lot of email on Techdays and he responds to some of it here . “Hello Everyone! Your feedback on TechDays has been great and I really want to thank you so much for taking the time to share your comments with me. I
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Tuesday, May 06, 2008 10:11 PM
EnergizeIT 2008 – Are you going?
www.energizeit.ca This is our “capstone” event for the year (remember, when I say year, I am talking fiscal year – July – June). EnergizeIT is the premier event for Canada’s IT Technology Professionals. This year's
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Wednesday, February 06, 2008 5:09 PM
Hey Canadian ITPROs -> Vote Now For The TECHNET Innovation Awards!
It is time again for the TechNet Canada Innovation Awards. This is a really great program that was started a few years back by our IT Professional Team. The concept is simple -> the community nominates teams and individuals for their
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Monday, February 04, 2008 10:30 PM
From The ITPRO Connection Blog: Heroes Happen {Here} Events In Canada
As everyone knows, we are on the eve of a major launch event for Visual Studio 2008, Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008. These are not just product launches, but our largest Technology Community outreach this year. Here is a great
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Monday, February 04, 2008 10:07 PM
Heroes Happen {Here} - Community Connection Events
http://blogs.technet.com/canitpro/archive/2008/02/04/community-connection-events-diamond-in-the-rough.aspx We've been getting a number of inquiries as to "What the heck is this event?", "Why should I bother going?" and "What's
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Friday, May 04, 2007 1:13 AM
Awesome Event Watch: EnergizeIT 2007
Jean-Luc has all the news on the Canadian Developer Blog . EnergizeIT 2007 is coming on June 16th and it's shaping up to be a very exciting free Summer event! It's going to happen on a Saturday in downtown Toronto and it's a perfect opportunity for Developers
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Friday, April 27, 2007 4:04 PM
Community Connection: Are User Groups Dead?
An interesting post from Rodney on the future of User Groups on the IT Pro Community Blog. "You probably think I am crazy. You are probably thinking about the 30+ IT pro user groups in Canada with 10,000+ members with monthly attendance at meetings surpassing
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