Deb Perelman

Though not all were created equally, IT certifications once had an almost-guaranteed value. In the years after the dot-com bust, many IT pros stocked up certifications namely in an effort to improve their job security. Their managers, in turn, used these accreditations to assure their value to the organization’s penny-pinchers. But when speaking to CIOs, […]

Last week, I wrote a bit about the impossibility of “unwired” vacations, especially if you work in the part of IT where your job is essentially to be on call in case of blips or outages. Some people told me that they stay connected while they’re on vacation because their bosses or managers demand that […]

In April, just a few days into the filing period for 2009 fiscal year H-1B visas, the Department of Homeland Security announced that it would make life a little easier for foreign graduates of U.S. universities awaiting H-1B visas by extending the amount of time they are allowed to stay in the country after graduation […]

Do the job-hunting rules change as you get older? Many suggest that they do. On one hand, the older you are, the longer it can take to get a job. Compared with 18.9 weeks for younger workers, it took workers 55 and older 25.8 weeks on average to find a job in 2004, according to […]

In a day and age when most of the salary data that comes out about foreign workers in the United States on H-1B visas doesn’t paint the program in the most positive light, a rudimentary analysis by a technology blog of Google’s California H-1B data for the last three years suggests that Google might be […]

Unwired vacations and the work of IT professionals don’t mix. IT workers are in many ways like other kinds of on-call professionals in the health care and security industries, for whom evenings, weekends and holidays are par for the workplace course. So it should be little surprise that the majority of IT professionals say they […]

You’ll have to excuse us for putting this in the “boo-hoo” files, but when news leaked through Valleywag, a tech gossip blog, yesterday that Facebook employees were rumored to be losing their $600-per-month housing stipend from the company if they live within one mile of the office, we didn’t exactly break out the violins. Nevertheless, […]

Since the advent of the PDA-and to a lesser degree, cell phones and laptops-workers have been decrying the end of vacation as they know it. Technology has given employers the ability to reach workers at all times in all places-making it impossible for employees to maintain boundaries between times off and being on-the-clock. The villains […]

According to a survey released last week by Forrester Consulting and Proofpoint, an enterprise IT security company, companies are stepping up their efforts to monitor employee e-mail, with 41 percent of large U.S. companies employing people to read staff members’ e-mail. This was up from 39 percent the year before. It sounds from the preliminary […]

In the U.S., parents who are overly involved in their children’s job and career choices are considered pushy. Terms such as “helicopter parenting” are thrown at parents who are seen as hovering over their children, swooping in to fight their battles and make their decisions for them. A 2004 60 Minutes report discussed the way […]

Remote Workers: How to Be Out of Sight but Not Out of Mind By Deb Perelman Remote Workers: How to Be Out of Sight but Not Out of Mind – 1. Be Hyper-present If you show up to the office each day, it’s enough to just be there. You probably don’t need to let people […]

In an article last week in the wake of many Google departures, we questioned why anyone wouldn’t want to work at a company known for having the “coolest workplaces” and the “best perks” in the world. We surmised that it might be a combination of factors leaving once bright-eyed recruits disillusioned, despite the free child […]