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Slumping Market Shakes IT Confidence

The job market lost some luster last month as employers added only 92,000 jobs, the fewest in five months, the Labor Department reported Aug....

The Graying Before the Boomer Exodus

Nary a day goes by that a press release doesn't cross eWEEK inboxes about the aging of the IT work force, and the potential...

Extending Workplace Rules to Virtual Lives

In what appears to be the first big corporation to create formal guidelines governing employee behavior in virtual worlds, IBM has taken the unusual...

Yahoo Gets First Female Director

In a move that some pundits argue better arms Yahoo for an all-out media war, the internet giant appointed telecom executive Maggie Wilderotter to...

Engineering Degree Surcharges Becoming Common

Engineering and business students at an increasing number of public universities are finding themselves faced with a surcharge for their choice of studies, reports...

IBM Battling 2 Overtime Lawsuits at Once

In the span of a few month, IBM has been hit with two overtime lawsuits from former employees. The first was filed July 9...

Tech Unemployment at 1.7%

Technology and engineering unemployment is at 1.7 percent, the lowest level since 2000, and is at less than one percent for petroleum engineers (0.7...

Online Communities Help, Not Hinder, IT Work

It seems rarely a day passes that a headline doesn't decry another Web 2.0 "lesson learned," so to speak, from "Employee Fired for MySpace...

Castro Condemns U.S. H-1B Policy

Cuba's ailing leader, Fidel Castro, issued a missive July 17 condemning the U.S. and other wealthy nations for causing Latin American "brain drain" and...

NYC, SF Top List of Best Places for Young Pros

Certain you'll never make it in the Big Apple? Think again. In a recent issue, Forbes Magazine ranks New York as the No. 1...