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North Carolina Sees Increase in IT Job Openings in March
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2010-04-21
The state of North Carolina is known for having several technology corridors in Charlotte and Raleigh, along with a large research-heavy set of companies and startups coming out of the large universities in those areas such as UNC and Duke. That area has been hit hard during the recession, but
LinkedIn Deepens Subscription Product Portfolio
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2010-04-19
Want to move to the top of the job candidate list on LinkedIn? Well, if you are willing to subscribe for a monthly fee, you can become what LinkedIn is calling a "featured applicant"--a way of helping to ensure that you are given preferential treatment. It's a sort of pay-to-play
6,000 NASA Contractors Face Potential Job Loss
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2010-04-12
In the current case of our space program, it is rocket science and it is somewhat political.
NASA is facing budget cuts from the Federal government and job loss is major concern for many rocket engineers and some leaders in the government-funded space department. With the decrease in funding and the
Being Overqualified for a New Job Can Work
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2010-03-28
There is strong evidence against taking a job in which you are overqualified, and for that matter, recruiting advice is telling companies not to hire overqualified candidates. These experts say you
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Do You Want to Be Retained?
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2010-03-28
Looking to jump ship at the first sign of a significant bump in salary and title? Outplacement and recruiting firms will want to talk to you if you have the skills they need when they need them (you know the game).
But what if you actually like your job and
IT Jobs Grow by 25,000 in First 2 Months of 2010
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2010-03-17
According to industry trade group TechServe Alliance, January and February of 2010 saw a nice growth spurt of 25,000 newly employed technology jobs. It's a happy trend to be reporting on, but even by TechServe Alliance's standards, the number of technology jobs is still below where it was in February
Systems Engineer, Other Tech Jobs Rated Top Professions
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2010-03-15
Technology jobs continue to place very well in comparative rankings of professions. Focus Research rated Systems Engineer as the best overall job ranking for a host of reasons
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IBM to U.S.: Headcount Is for Us to Know, You to Find Out
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2010-03-15
If I was an IBM stockholder, I'd be mighty confused about Big Blue's reluctance to break out its workforce numbers for North America in its annual report. IBM has stopped informing shareholders of regional breakouts for its employees. The company only lists total number of employees, which is now at
Rebooting a Job Search
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2010-03-02
After scouring the endless number of technology job boards and Websites, sending out countless resumes and meeting with your network, at what point do you stop and say: This is not working. Job searching is a grind, and if the energy being put in is not warranting actual results, you
Advice for Going It Alone in IT Consulting, Technology Contracting
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2010-03-01
There was one area in 2009 that saw growth in IT jobs while the rest of technology work essentially floundered: Consulting and contracting.
"The most robust job segment, Management and Technical Consulting Services, has gained a net 13,600 jobs in the first 11 months of 2009, with net job gains in
Beware of Noncompete Agreements
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2010-02-22
Even with the economy all topsy-turvy, don't be surprised if your technology company comes after you if you go to a rival--even if your boss and department heads give you a verbal blessing when you find a new gig.
Case in point: Daniel Aderhold, a 31-year Motorola sales executive (a vice
Unemployed Software Engineer Flies Plane into IRS Building
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2010-02-18
Andrew Joseph Stack, 53, an unemployed software engineer from Austin, Texas, intentionally flew a Piper Cherokee into the Austin branch of the IRS this morning at 9:40 a.m. Stack
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U.S. Gov Funds Training Grants to Health IT
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2010-02-12
As part of the economic stimulus funds from 2009, the U.S. Health and Human Services is upping the ante on electronic health records (EHR) and the workers who will be needed to manage the
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HR and Tech Workers Are a Few World's Apart
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2010-02-12
Human Resources and technology workers are not on the same page when it comes to what motivates them, according to the February Dice Report. The monthly technology job board's look at a major
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Aging Tech Workers Still Suffering Through Unemployment
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2010-02-08
If you read all the headlines for studies about IT worker confidence and technology spending expectations like I do for this freelance writing gig, 2010 would seem like the year technology workers are on a full jobs rebound. Yet, when you get into the meat of those reports, there is
