Deb Perelman

When most people think of big high-tech hubs, what comes to mind is Silicon Valley. In-the-know IT workers might also add Northern Virginia, Denver or Austin to that list. But rarely is much said about Florida, which, according to the AEAs “Cyberstates 2007” report, is the fourth-largest and second-fastest-growing technology hub. Floridas high-tech industry added […]

Though still down a total of 809,100 jobs, or 12 percent of its work force since 2000, the high-tech industry has made great strides in the past two years towards recovering this loss, finds the Cyberstates 2007 report, released on April 24. According to the report, released for the tenth consecutive year by the AeA, […]

Didnt use all of your vacation days last year? Youre not alone. More than half of workers dont use all of their vacation time, finds a survey published on April 18 by Hudson, an employment services firm. The survey suggests that workers are apprehensive about using all of their vacation time allotted in a year, […]

Havent done your taxes yet? Youre not alone. The IRS estimates that over 20 percent of taxpayers file their returns during the final two weeks of tax season, and while it hasnt collected data on this, a shocking number probably file the weekend before. Nonetheless, you might want to get on it—you have until 11:59 […]

To add more value to their work, CIOs should stop defining services in technical rather than business terms and should spend less time policing budget priorities, business research firm Gartner advised in a report released April 5. Most CIOs surveyed for the report said they were often stretched too thin between delivering on new enterprise […]

A surprising number of tech professionals are insecure about their business skills, concerned that they dont have the necessary career skills to make the leap from the cubicle to a corner office, finds a monthly outlook on the IT job market released April 10 by technology careers site Dice. Thirty-five percent of IT professionals responded […]

In the first quarter of 2007, IT professionals raked in their highest average wages since 2001, finds the Q1 Yoh Index of Technology Wages, released April 11. Technology pay reached an average hourly rate of $31.80 in Q1 2007, finds the report. Wages saw a 5.5 percent bump in January, a 4 percent gain in […]

Feeling the squeeze at your desk today? Are your elbows bumping into the file cabinet? Can you not find an iota of clear space in which to rest your coffee? Is the nearness of your cube walls making you feel a little … claustrophobic? If it makes you feel any better, you’re not the only […]

While the overall U.K. work force is 50 percent women, in IT the percentage of female workers hovers at a low 15 percent, finds research released April 7 by Parity, a U.K.-based business and IT technology services organization. The report calls upon companies to do more to attract female employees to the sector. “Not enough […]

Though it flew largely under the radar, on March 29 Rep. Jason Altmire, D-Pa., introduced a bill that would require employees at a call center who either initiate or receive telephone calls to disclose their physical location. Called the “Call Center Consumer’s Right to Know Act,” the bill hopes to draw consumer attention to the […]

Despite 70 percent of Indian IT professionals having been promoted in the last 12 months and 42 percent in the last six months, nearly half have been with their employers for less than a year, found a survey released on April 6. Job-hopping is de rigueur, according to the survey, released by CyberMedia Dice, a […]

One of the longest-running defenses of the hotly debated H-1B temporary worker visa program is that there are simply not enough U.S. workers to fill many corporations programming, engineering and back-office positions, leaving them no choice but to hire workers from overseas. A new Senate bill—introduced in the final moments before Congress departed for spring […]