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One Quarter of Top 100 Jobs Are in IT
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2010-10-29
Twenty-five of the top 100 jobs in the U.S. are in IT, according to rankings put out by CNNMoney and Payscale.com. These rankings look at two major factors: Excellent pay and prospects for growth.
Coming in at number 1 is software architect; Closer to the bottom of the list is
A Good Trend in the Economy: Layoffs Are Moving Down
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2010-10-28
Layoffs in the U.S. are at their lowest levels since April 2008, according to data released by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics. Manufacturing is still the largest industry affected by layoffs, but numbers are down for 13 of the 19 major industries the BLS tracks.
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CS, Engineering Jobs Top WSJ-PayScale Study
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2010-10-27
The starting salaries of engineering and computer science degrees top those of liberal arts majors by a margin of $22,000 from the top of the scale to the bottom, according to a Wall Street
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Software Engineers, Developers In Demand in Chicago
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2010-10-18
Whether you buy in to the skills shortage in technology, there are some real economic forces at play that are limiting many people's ability to easily pick up and move to a new location. How easy it to sell a house right now and move to a new city? Not
How Not to Be Automated Out of a Job
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2010-09-30
It's becoming more and more difficult for the IT layperson to survive in an industry that is continuously using faster and more advanced technology to automate functions that would have been a person's sole job only a few years ago.
What's a job seeker to do in an increasingly commodity-driven
Gosling Dishes on His Culture Clash with Oracle
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2010-09-30
The creator of Java, James Gosling, left Oracle back in April after the software giant acquired Sun Microsystems. Gosling announced his departure from the company on a blog
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San Diego Tech Sector Holding Its Own
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2010-09-30
Venture capital may not be flowing as it once did in San Diego, but activity in technology and life sciences start ups is still lively. In the second quarter of 2010, 64 new startups launched which is an 84 percent increase from the first quarter, according to data released by
IT Workers: Learn to Fix CIO Business Headaches
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2010-09-30
Are CIOs technologists first or minders of the business first?
New data from the annual SIM (Society of Information Managers) survey of 172 companies points to the latter. Technology has always had a supportive role, but with a recession, the rise of outsourcing offshore, in the cloud or near home
Massachusetts Making a Jobs Comeback
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2010-09-13
The national labor market is still tough, but Massachusetts--a known technology hub in the Northeast--is recovering in 2010 by outpacing national job growth numbers. In the second and third quarters of
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High Level Tech Jobs Have Moved Offshore Too
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2010-09-10
It has been well documented that low-level programming is a tough business in the U.S. as coding skills are found globally at a fraction of the cost that they are here at home. It's not only India, but China, the Philippines, Eastern Europe and other parts of the globe that
Personal Referrals Still Important In the Job Hunt
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2010-08-31
With the proliferation of social networking websites for job searching, it might be easy to think that it's the only way to find a job these days. There is little doubt the use of these technologies is an important way to make connections, find out about opportunities and to focus
GenX More Inclined to Improve Skills, Build Tenure
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2010-08-31
Generation X wants to learn something new. Baby Boomers plan to work past retirement age. Younger workers want a new job.
Those GenX workers between the ages of 32 to 45 have stated they are more inclined toward building tenure with their current employer by improving and enhancing their skill set
Tech Jobs Up Dramatically in North Carolina
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2010-08-31
Known for its research and development talent coming out of the excellent universities and technical institutes, North Carolina saw a noticeable increase in technology job openings in July of
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Looking For Work? Try Online Video
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2010-08-31
If you are looking for technology work, you might consider one of the fastest-growing areas: delivering content over the Internet with video. According to Frost & Sullivan analyst Dan Rayburn, the market
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Startup Pains Begin With Finding Strong Candidates
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2010-08-31
The cliche that a company is only as good as its employees may be most true when talking about technology startups. After obtaining seed money from venture capitalists, tech startups need to hire several key employees to help build out the business vision that has been created--and finding those key
