MERIDITH LEVINSON

Meridith Levinson has worked for CIO magazine and CIO.com since 1998. Meridith's stories have been recognized by the American Society for Business Publication Editors (ASBPE) and American Business Media. In 2001, her investigation into Boston's beleagured Big Dig highway construction project won best case history from the ASBPE. Three years later, the ASBPE selected her story The RFID Imperative as best technical article. In 2007, her profile of CareGroup CIO John Halamka's effort to find an alternative to the Windows desktop operating system won a bronze from the ASBPE and was a finalist for a Jesse H. Neal Award from American Business Media. Home Improvement, her profile of Home Depot, pointed out weaknesses in the retailer's business and IT strategies long before shareholder activists began calling for Bob Nardelli's resignation. In Circuit City Rewires, she predicted then-CEO Allan McCollough's resignation from the company.

These days, Meridith focuses on writing and editing stories on career, management and staffing issues for CIO.com. Her blog, Movers & Shakers, gives readers the scoop on job changes and promotions among IT executives.

Meridith graduated Phi Beta Kappa Magna Cum Laude from the University of Vermont.

IT Jobs Market Down But Not Out

Some online job boards are seeing a steep decline in the number of IT jobs employers and recruiters are posting. The good news for your IT career? Executives at these job boards don't anticipate IT unemployment and job losses to be nearly as bad as 2001 and 2002.

Self-Promotion at Work: 8 Tips for Shy People

IT people are often taught that their work should speak for itself, but if you want to survive the economic downturn with your job intact, you've got to promote your work. Here are eight ways to self-promote without being obnoxious.

How to Recession-Proof Yourself

Five tips for saving your job when layoffs loom

How to Avoid Getting Sued by a Former Employer

If you are recruited to work for a business that competes with your current employer, you could find yourself slapped with a big fat lawsuit over intellectual property theft, even if you did nothing wrong. Here's how to prevent that nightmare.

Why Project and Portfolio Management Matter More at Recession Time

IT departments scaling back on project work as the economy lurches toward a recession may be tempted to skimp on project management and portfolio management . But think twice: doing so could cost you far more--in projects gone awry and wasted resources.

7 Secrets for Surviving a Layoff in a Down Economy

It's easy to view a layoff as an end-of-the-world situation, especially when the economy is bad. But a negative attitude will only hurt your chances of finding a new job. To help you mentally and emotionally, a career coach offers his seven tips for surviving a layoff and finding a new job.

Attitude Adjustment: 5 Things Gen Y Can Do to Survive Recession, Layoffs

Workplace experts agree that Generation Y professionals may have a difficult time surviving a recession because they're not used to having to make sacrifices and because they've never lived through an economic downturn before. Here's what members of coddled Generation Y can do to prove those experts wrong.

5 Reasons Gen Y is Unprepared to Survive Recession, Layoffs

The current economic downturn is the first one Generation Y will experience as working adults. The resulting budget and job cuts may come as a complete shock to this entitled, demanding generation. Do they have enough grit, experience and manners to bounce back?

5 Reasons Gen Y May Survive Recession, Layoffs Better than Gen X and Boomers

Generation Y is known for being high-maintenance and needing lots of positive feedback in the workplace. So when an economic downturn brings Gen Y workers pink slips instead of promotions, you might think they'll wither like flowers. In fact, their indifference to corporate America and ability to multi-task may better position them for survival than their older co-workers. Find out why.

Look Who's Stumping Now: Carly Fiorina and Tom Peters Back Presidential Rivals

Can Carly Fiorina help John McCain get elected? She sure thinks so. But management guru Tom Peters, who admires Fiorina's leadership record, thinks she's got this one dead wrong. He's stumping for Barack Obama.

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