Deb Perelman

According to the Center for Women’s Business Research, women are starting businesses at twice the rate of men, and large tech companies are starting to take notice. Teaming up with Donald Trump acolyte and TV personality Carolyn Kepcher, Yahoo has announced a new grant program designed to promote women’s entrepreneurship. The program, Seeds for Success: […]

Holding only 27 percent of computer-related jobs, women have never been strongly represented in IT, and recent studies point to a further decline. The number of computer science bachelor’s degrees awarded to women fell from 36 to 21 percent between 1983 and 2006, according to a study by the National Center for Women & Information […]

Just weeks after a site cropped up serving the sole purpose of waxing nostalgic about extinct technology skills, The New York Times considers why old technologies are “still kicking.” Its prime example is the mainframe, whose demise has been predicted by countless analysts and editors and yet remains to this day a viable career path. […]

The toughest interview question isn’t “Tell me about yourself.” It’s not “Why do you want to work here?” “What don’t you like about your current job?” or even “If you were an animal, what kind of animal would you be?” These questions are close runners up, but most experts argue that the toughest interview question […]

Putting the brakes on employees’ incessant demands for total access to technology may be tough at most companies, but can you imagine how hard it is at Google? With the companies near-constant celebration of the employee good life–on-premise dry cleaning, free gourmet food and the much-celebrated 20 Percent Rule–could you imagine explaining to Googlers that […]

LinkedIn, the social networking site for professionals, expanded its service to include company profiles March 21, relying on the work histories of its individual members to build profiles of enterprises. With additional data provided by BusinessWeek and its sister company, Capital IQ, corporate profiles have largely been culled from data supplied by LinkedIn’s 20 million […]

When the economy slides into a recession, layoffs are inevitable. Whether it’s three or four people laid off, a massive downsizing or a company that has been forced to shut its doors, the layoff experience is nothing short of a nightmare for most workers. Years and even decades of valued work, input and influence on […]

Complaints that some companies are taking advantage of the H-1B visa system are nothing new. But, while most grievances have been about underpaying foreigners or intentionally displacing U.S. workers, the most recent complaint is about businesses that try to game the system. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services found that 500 duplicate applications were filed in […]

In recent months, the awareness about people unable to connect from technology for even a short period of time has gotten a lot of attention. Last November, The New York Times ran an article on a Korean boot camp to cure kids of their computer addiction. South Korea, a country where 90 percent of homes […]

Picture this… You’re taking a long weekend hike with your family. You tell jokes, sing silly songs while admiring the trees and streams. You have no cell phone reception, no laptop; you haven’t answered a call, responded to a text or e-mail missive all day. You have absolutely no idea what it is going on […]

The credit crisis has claimed its biggest victim yet, reawakening worries about what it will mean for IT spending and employment. Bear Stearns, on the verge of a collapse wrought by the credit crisis, was bailed out by JPMorgan Chase for a 93 percent discount late March 16. Having built its reputation on mortgages, Bear […]

Winning a special election in the 14th Congressional District of Illinois, Democrat Bill Foster March 8 became a U.S. Representative who is a certified computer geek. Foster filled a seat vacated when former Republican Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert stepped down in November 2007 after 21 years of service in a solidly Republican district. […]