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Job Descriptions SOX

2008 Salaries Flat

IT Hiring Kit

Job Descriptions hand-to-hand with
Sarbanes-Oxley

The job descriptions contained within the Internet and Information Technology Position Descriptions HandiGuide® was completed in 2008 and contains over 600 pages; which includes sample organization charts, a job progression matrix, over 210 job descriptions. The book also addresses Fair Labor Standards and the ADA, and is in a new easier to read format. Each job description meets ADA standards and the position description is delivered in electronic format - word which is editable and PDF which is printed. Also included are tools to help you expand, evaluate and define your enterprise's unique additional required.

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IT Salaries Taking a Recessionary Hit

Janco has found the the recession has hit IT. Victor Janulaitis, the CEO of Janco said, "IT compensation has been flat for 12 months and cost-cutting measures might speed the offshoring of IT jobs."

2008 Salaries Flat - IT Professionals Fall Behind

IT  departments, with the exception of those that serve the housing and credit sectors, have been so far immune to the effects of the economic slowdown. But new data suggests techies are feeling the squeeze.

IT compensation remained flat in the first two quarters of 2008. Staff-level IT professionals at large enterprises saw only a .12 percent increase in their median compensation between June 2007 and June 2008, according to the survey, while in midsize enterprises, salaries grew only slightly more, by .49 percent.

The summary findings in Janco Mid Year 2008 IT Salary Survey are:

• Hiring demand is now the lowest it has been since 2004. Many enterprises have stopped hiring except for key replacements and those positions are being replaced at lower salary levels.
• In the last twelve (12) months the increases in compensation for most IT Professionals were lower than increases in the cost of living.
• Enterprises have slowed down and in many cases eliminated discretionary spending by IT. This has resulted in fewer projects being initiated, consultants use being reduced (if not eliminated), and a slow-down of initiatives that had already been approved.
• The mean increase in compensation for CIO's was less that 1.5%. The mean compensation for CIOs in large enterprises now is $179,823 and $171,755 for CIOs in mid-sized enterprises. (Large enterprises have over $500 million in revenue and mid-sized have are $100 to $499 million in revenue).
• The mean compensation (which includes bonuses) for all Executive IT positions surveyed now is $144,645 in large enterprises and $131,763 in mid-sized enterprises.
• Positions that were in high demand in the 4th quarter of 2007 such as CSOs and others to develop new Web 2.0 applications are now back to normal hiring patterns.
• Administrative positions in some IT functions are now being looked at as those that are expendable

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IT Resource Hiring Kit

The IT Hiring Resource Kit comes in 3 editions. The Platinum Edition includes 2008 salary data for 73 key IT Positions; the PDF version of 73 Job Descriptions for the positions surveyed; 210 full job descriptions in Word from the IT and Internet Position Description HandiGuide which include the 73 positions surveyed; and the Internet and IT Positions Descriptions HandiGuide in PDF format.

The IT Hiring Resource Kit - Gold Edition includes 2008 salary data for 73 key IT Positions; the PDF version of 73 Job Descriptions for the positions surveyed; 210 full job descriptions in Word from the IT and Internet Position Description HandiGuide which include the 73 positions surveyed.

The IT Hiring Resource Kit - Silver Edition includes 2008 salary survey (PDF), 2008 salary data (Excel) for 73 key IT positions and 73 full job descriptions (Word).

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