COMPUTERWORLD LAUNCHES CENTER FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: HOME PAGE ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB; On-Line Career Resource for Computer Professionals.FRAMINGHAM Framingham (frā`mĭnghăm'), town (1990 pop. 64,994), Middlesex co., E Mass., on the Sudbury River between Worcester and Boston; settled 1650, inc. 1700. , Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 30, 1995--Computerworld, Inc.'s Professional Development Division today announced the availability of the Center for Professional Development, a new Home Page on the World Wide Web that provides free information services See Information Systems. on computer careers. The Internet address There are two kinds of addresses that are widely used on the Internet. One is a person's e-mail address, and the other is the address of a Web site, which is known as a URL. Following is an explanation of Internet e-mail addresses only. For more on URLs, see URL and Internet domain name. is (http://careers.computerworld.com). The Center for Professional Development offers several sections tailored to a variety of information systems (IS) career interests, including experienced IS professionals, entry-level professionals, corporate recruiters, college campus recruiters, and educators. The service provides information on upcoming jobs fairs, salary information, and recent articles on jobs, training and management from Computerworld newspaper, including its annual "Best Places to Work" feature. Hypertext hypertext, technique for organizing computer databases or documents to facilitate the nonsequential retrieval of information. Related pieces of information are connected by preestablished or user-created links that allow a user to follow associative trails across the links to organizations on the "Best Places" list provide additional depth of information. Finally, organizations seeking IS talent appear in a section called "career opportunities." "The new Center for Professional Development leverages one of the greatest strengths of the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the , namely, connecting people together," said Paul Gillin, editor of Computerworld. "This professional development service is the first of an exciting set of services that will greatly expand Computerworld's presence on the Web over the next several months." "If you want to know how to get a job, get a better job, or get better at your job, the Center for Professional Development is a one-stop resource on IS-related professional development," explained Derek Hulitzky, marketing director for Computerworld, Inc.'s Professional Development Division. "Since the Home Page first appeared on the Web on May 8, our new service has realized more than 35,000 `hits.' "We anticipate even greater interest as we add new job databases and professional development services and as we continue to publicize pub·li·cize tr.v. pub·li·cized, pub·li·ciz·ing, pub·li·ciz·es To give publicity to. publicize or -cise Verb [-cizing, -cized] the Web address in Computerworld's various print products," he added. In addition to publishing the weekly Computer Careers pages in Computerworld newspaper, Computerworld, Inc.'s Professional Development Division offers a comprehensive array of resources that facilitate the professional development process for those involved in the IS profession, including job seekers job seeker also job·seek·er n. One who seeks employment. , recruiters, managers, educators or students. Among these resources are print and electronic recruitment advertising You can improve this article by adding links to related material, within the existing text. After links have been created, remove this message. For more information, see the . Computerworld, Inc. is publisher of Computerworld, the leading weekly newspaper for IS management. Computerworld has been honored hon·or n. 1. High respect, as that shown for special merit; esteem: the honor shown to a Nobel laureate. 2. a. Good name; reputation. b. three times as Best Computer Newspaper by the Computer Press Association. Computerworld, Inc. offers a broad portfolio of products and services for IS vendors and users, including print media, electronic media, events, customer information, and professional development. Computerworld, Inc. is based at 375 Cochituate Road, Framingham, MA 01701, 508/879-0700. For press only, contact Catherine Marenghi at Marenghi & Howlett, 617/239-0057. CONTACT: Marenghi & Howlett Catherine Marenghi, 617/239-0057 |
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