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Wednesday, November 30, 2005

I.T. Career Error

According to one recent study, 80% of corporate employees were in jobs that did not make use of their talents. So is it any wonder that up to 60% of the polled workforce plans to switch jobs in the next 12 months?

Most people-including IT professionals-spend more time researching a home computer purchase than they do deciding on their life's work. They simply assume because they're fascinated with computers that IT is the career for them. Besides, it pays well. But this kind of thinking is all-too-often a direct route to a "toxic job".