Deb Perelman

Computing Technology Industry Association, an IT interest group, announced the week of May 19 that through a $25,000 grant from the NEC Foundation of America, which supports programs to bring assistive technologies to the disabled, it will launch a new training program aimed at creating high-tech employment opportunities for young people with disabilities. The grant […]

Ah, May … the winter has finally thawed away, trees are dropping petals on every sidewalk, weekend barbecues are de rigueur … oh, and the nation’s college graduates set sail, bright-eyed and eager to start their first jobs. Yet first jobs are notoriously uneven. Some are inspiring and educational, while others are unpleasant and keep […]

Everyone gets in career ruts from time to time, and it can happen for a range of reasons. Maybe you’ve been doing the same exact thing for too long. Maybe you’ve ended up at a company or in a role with little growth potential. Maybe the need for your skill isn’t what it was when […]

Of all of the health threats workers deal with in sedentary, computer-facing jobs–carpal tunnel, eye strain and backaches–there is one that gets far less attention: waist expansion. In fact, according to a new study by CareerBuilder.com, 34 percent of IT workers said they have gained more than 10 pounds in their current jobs, while 17 […]

Hewlett-Packard shook up the technology world May 12 by announcing that it would be buying IT services giant Electronic Data Systems. The companies plan to spend the next six months hashing out the details of the $13.9 billion deal, and while a HP spokesperson said it is too soon for the company to discuss its […]

Silicon Valley started to smell a little extra-ripe today, and not just because a week of record-high temperatures has soured the trash receptacles. Rather, it is because, beginning May 20, up to 400 janitors walked off their jobs cleaning the offices at some of the region’s best-known tech companies, including Yahoo, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle and Cisco […]

It’s hard to read two sentences in a technology magazine these days without bumping into the word “virtualization” or the company name VMware. VMware has gained attention by simultaneously creating new desktop standards, supporting disaster recovery, looking to the midmarket and increasing revenues 69 percent. Now IT job board Dice has announced that in the […]

It wasn’t very long ago that most people found jobs through friends, and companies filled positions through employee referrals. Yet according to a survey released the week of May 12 by Jobvite, the recruitment times have a-changed, and worker referrals are being pushed out by online social networks. Jobvite found that the clear majority (78 […]

Between outsourced jobs, feared salary competition from H-1B visa holders and the residual effects of the dot-com bust, IT as a field has been going through a confidence crisis for several years. In fact, Gartner analyst Lily Mok told eWEEK in December that she’d seen a recent informal poll in which the majority of IT […]

Of all of the promises of wireless advances-that workplaces will one day be unwired and employees will be able to work from anywhere at any time-they have done little to change the fact that it still matters where someone lives when he or she is looking for a job. In fact, it can matter quite […]

In a March 26 report, BusinessWeek showcased the best young entrepreneurs in tech, all aged 30 and under and considered the “most likely to shape the world’s digital future.” Of the 45 entrepreneurs, only three were women. Yet according to the Center for Women’s Business Research, women are strongly represented among entrepreneurs, launching 55 percent […]

You would have to be living on a desert island not to have heard by now about Google’s workplaces, which have been awarded top honors by nearly every available yardstick of corporate culture. And what’s not to love? The perks, from free gourmet lunches to swimming spas and childcare, are unmatched by Google’s competitors; they […]