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• CIOs struggle to find IT talent

  Is it harder these days to hire skilled lawyers, accountants or tech pros?

• Social networking ever more critical to job search success

  Jobvite, a maker of recruiting software, released the results of its third-annual social recruiting survey this morning, and the findings underscore the many reasons job seekers need to incorporate online social networking into their job searches.

• IT workers stick to their guns through GFC: survey

  The global financial crisis may have left many people uncertain about their job security, but IT professionals remained stoic and refused to consider an alternative career throughout the downturn, according to new research.

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  Social recruiter offers CIOs $1000 hire bounty

  Melbourne-based social recruiting service HooJano is offering CIOs who successfully recruit a person through its service up to $1000 in reward money until the end of June.

• UK kicks off program to recruit security gurus

  The U.K. is planning to hold computer security exercises later this year to spark interest in the field and address a shortage of professionals in the country, a program modeled after one started in the U.S.

• Defense Department eyes hacker con for new recruits

  The U.S. Air Force has found an unlikely source of new recruits: The yearly Defcon hacking conference, which runs Thursday through Sunday in Las Vegas.

• Recruiter flags IT opportunities amid downturn

  New research by recruitment firm Randstad indicates that while the economy is in a downturn more than half of employers believe there remains a skills shortage that will lead to job opportunities.

• Microsoft releases job training vouchers in Washington

  Microsoft is offering 30,000 vouchers for free worker training classes in Washington state, at an estimated value of US$3 million, the company said on Monday.

• Twitter's recruiting efforts hint at its plans

  As pundits debate what strategy Twitter should follow, the company's job openings provide a peek at its plans, which seem to include boosting partnerships, leveraging a massive data warehouse, strengthening its search engine and solidifying its Japan service.