Are State IT Jobs Secure?

State government IT jobs pay lower than private sectors. Using the state of California as example, in Sacramento, the state capital, the top limit salary is about $76,000 per year for senior IT workers, — Senior Information Systems Analysts (DBAs, system administrators, software architects, etc) and Senior Programmer Analysts. In the same city IT workers with matching experience and skill levels should make $80,000 - $100,000. Read more

August 25, 2008 · Filed Under Workplace

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A State Job Is Perfect for Laid Back Mid-Aged Professionals

I have dozen of friends who transferred their career to public sectors in recent years. They now work as public employees on state jobs, — engineers, managers, administrators, and IT pros. They are telling me the same thing: State jobs are easy, light work load, flexible schedule, and most important, their jobs are protected by the union, — the Service Employee International Union (SEIU) is one of the strongest, toughest unions in the whole world. Read more

July 14, 2008 · Filed Under Career Path

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