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Consulting, Contracting Job Gains Found in Labor Data
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2009-12-07
It hasn't been a good year for IT jobs, but there are some segments of IT faring better than others, shows analysis of recently released government data crunched by Foote Partners, an IT research firm based in Florida.
Net gains in the five category segments of IT tracked by the BLS
Health IT Training Gets Federal Stimulus Push
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2009-11-25
The national coordinator for health IT, Dr. David Blumenthal, recently announced that training for jobs in health IT will be coming to a community college near you.
Federal stimulus money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (to the tune of $80 million dollars) has been put aside for
Remote Work Reminder: Flu Season Is Here
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2009-11-23
Equipping workers with the ability to work remotely is not a priority for over half of companies, finds a Cisco Systems study on remote access released Nov. 23. Of the 502 IT managers surveyed, more than half (53 percent) said less than half of their employees have remote access, and
The Next Remote Workers: Telepresence Robots
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2009-11-17
Want to check in on the progress of a project or the state of your office, or need an immediate status update on the floor of a manufacturing plant? It's impossible to physically be in two places at once, but that is getting a little less difficult with an innovation
Madoff Developers: Be Careful Who You Code For
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2009-11-16
As the layers of the Bernie Madoff ponzi-scheme scandal continue to be peeled away, two programmers on the Madoff books are now in the spotlight and facing a potential 30-year prison
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Adobe Plans to Cut 680 Jobs
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2009-11-10
Adobe Systems announced Nov. 10 that it will trim 680 jobs or roughly 9 percent of its work force in order to make 2010 projections. The company did not issue an official press release about the restructuring, but did make note of it in a public SEC 8-K filing.
The
Making Sense of 10.2 Percent Unemployment
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2009-11-08
Many economists have been expecting overall unemployment numbers to expand above 10 percent for much of 2009. The U.S. Department of Labor reported Friday that those numbers are finally here. As of Oct. 31, unemployment in the United States is the worst it has been in 26 years--now at 10.2
Outsourcing Companies Go Rural to Help with Costs
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2009-11-03
While the offshoring of technology labor is a trend not likely to go away any time soon, there are U.S. companies that are staying competitive by having parts of their operations at locations in more rural U.S. states.
Patrick Thibodeau at Computerworld has a good article on the trend and
IBM Employees in U.S. to Receive Free Health Care
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2009-10-30
In an effort to curb rising costs for employees and for the company, IBM will be picking up the tab on health care costs for primary care in 2010.
"Employees enrolled in IBM plans will
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Recent Insider Trading Scandal Reeks of Tech Management Involvement
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2009-10-26
If you haven't read about the fascinating tale of alleged insider trading by Raj Rajaratnam of Galleon Group, IBM Senior Vice President Robert Moffatt, Rajiv Goel from
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Tech Industry Threatens 120,000 Job Loss if R&D Tax Credit Not Extended
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2009-10-22
With the threat of 120,000 job losses, the industry trade group TechAmerica is pushing hard for an extension of the U.S. R&D tax credit. The credit brings $2 for every $1 spent back to the United States, claims the group.
Tax reform organizations have called the tax credit corporate welfare, and
Business Sponsors: The Weak Link in IT Projects
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2009-10-19
Perhaps the headline for this one should have read: "Does Your Project Have a Business Sponsor?"
When surveyed about how to improve technology projects, most executives from IT and the business side often rank alignment of business and technology as a top priority. In fact, it ranked as the No. 1
Report: IT Services Jobs Expected to Keep Improving
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2009-10-13
A recent report says September saw a significant improvement in IT services jobs, according to Vero Beach, Fla.-based Foote Partners.
The IT industry analyst firm tracks data in
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Intensive Study Says Self-Confidence in Ability Key to Better Career
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2009-10-09
A decades long study by psychologist Tim Judge has shown that those who believe they are in more control of their own career paths and are confident in their abilities outperform by many times those who see themselves as victims.
The news on this study is tough medicine for many who
Study Reveals Technology Adoption Is Off at Work
By Donald Sears | Posted: 2009-10-09
The headline for a recent Forrester report should be: "If you build it, they won't come."
Forrester's "Workforce Technographics US Benchmark Survey" from the second quarter of
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