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Increasingly, companies are using videoconferencing technology to help employees collaborate with co-workers, partners, and customers. As a result, demand for technicians is rising, and companies are finding it difficult to retain their quality workers.

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Written by Paul Korzeniowski

2/11/2013 2 comments

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Wide range of salaries...

mhhfive

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Tuesday February 12, 2013 5:45:20 PM

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There's also a wide range of skills, methinks. Being a videoconference technician for Cisco probably requires a bit more skill than being a videoconference tech for a large non-tech company that needs a specialized networking IT tech.

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Re: Wide range of salaries...

Paul Korzeniowski

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Sunday February 17, 2013 9:11:48 AM

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Good point. My sense is most of these technicians gained their expertise in a scattershot manner, picking it up here and there. Perhaps, the training companies can make money developing courses for this skill set?

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