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Bob Weinstein is a journalist who covers technology, project management, the workplace and career development.
If you want to be a giant step ahead of the pack, you ought to be thinking about the hot jobs of the future. The futurists keep warning us about the dangers of getting stuck in a job or career and not staying on top of hot trends.
Experienced PMs who want to broaden their career horizons, increase their marketability--not to mention aspire to bigger paychecks--ought to consider plugging into the short-handed security industry. The timing couldn’t be better. So listen up! Here’s an opportunity to take an exciting career detour.
Along with the career-advisory and management-consulting firms, New York-based executive search firm Christian & Timbers has its own take on what the hot executive jobs will be for 2006, based on interviews with more than 2,000 top executives at Fortune 1000 companies.
The magic power word summing up one of the hottest career niches is “security,” according to Peter Metzger, vice chairman of C&T’s Washington, D.C., office. Global risk is the driving force that is changing business plans, he says.
Electronic attacks pose a bigger concern for companies than physical security. And current employees are a greater threat to their company's technology infrastructure than former employees and people outside the company.
The top security job for 2006 is the chief security officer (CSO), according to The Association of Executive Search…
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