Deborah Rothberg

The themes of the 2006 IT professional world could be summed up as the following: H-1B visas, certifications, a job market that either rocked or was awful; and the Baby Boomer-Generation Y gap in the workplace. Not bad for a years work, eh? eWEEK caught up with IT workforce experts and asked them what they […]

The number of U.S. workers applying for jobless benefits climbed to their highest level in over a year, according to the Labor Department report released November 29. With 357,000 seasonally-adjusted claims logged, up from a revised 323,000 the week before, first time claims for state unemployment benefits rose 34,000 during the Thanksgiving week ending Nov. […]

Atlanta-based ComputerJobs.com announced Nov. 29 that it was acquired by JobServe.com, an Essex, England-based Internet recruiting site. ComputerJobs.com was founded in 1995 “by and for information technology professionals,” according to its mission statement, focusing its computer-related job opportunities and career-related content into 18 vertical skill sets with more than 19 metropolitan markets. It boasts job […]

Did you eschew the Black Friday crowds and buy a gift for someone online on Nov. 27? If so, you entered yourself into the ranks of Cyber Monday shoppers. But you wouldnt have the endorsement of IT security pros. According to a study by nCircle, 59 percent of IT security professionals said they are much […]

IT Workers Want More Support From Boss Tech workers are lacking in career support from their superiors, according to a study released Nov. 14 by Dice.com, a New York-based online career site for technology professionals. Eighty-two percent of IT professionals said that being able to keep their skills up-to-date was their biggest concern. Yet, one-third […]

At a price tag of $65 million, IBM announced Nov. 22 that it had agreed to settle all claims in an overtime pay class action lawsuit filed by current and former IBM technical support employees in federal district court in the Northern District of California in January 2006. Should the settlement meet the approval of […]

Shortened workdays before big holidays are an increasingly rare occurrence, finds a survey released Nov. 15 by Hudson Employment, a New York-based staffing and outsourcing company. Half of the workers surveyed responded that their companies do not offer them any extra flexibility around the holidays, and 54 percent say their office is no more casual […]

Fueled by greater demand for qualified IT workers, online opportunities in New York climbed in October, according to the local employment index released by online career and recruitment resource Monster Worldwide on Nov. 20. Heightened demand for temporary workers and generally tighter labor market conditions contributed to an increase in online recruitment activity in 22 […]

In response to strong demand among students and the potential job market growth, Kaplan University School of Information Systems and Technology in Davenport, Iowa, announced Nov. 15 two new bachelors degree programs in IT systems. The B.S. in Networking Technology focuses on students learning to install and manage operating systems and wireless devices, configure routers […]

Its difficult to get 10 pages into a human resources magazine or two clicks into an IT workplace site without coming across the often-spoken-of-but-rarely-defined catch phrase “career path.” It can be even more enlightening to browse different descriptions of the term. From the “defined track a person follows in the pursuit of professional goals” to […]

Tech workers are sorely lacking in career support from their superiors, according to a study released Nov. 14 by a New York-based online career site for technology professionals, Dice.com. Eighty-two percent of IT professionals responded that being able to keep their skills up-to-date was their biggest concern. Yet, one-third of respondents said their employers encouragement […]

With a loss of 1,800 workers, IT employment pulled back in October, according to a report released Nov. 10 by the National Association of Computer Consultant Businesses. This .05 percent decline in October came one month after the NACCB, an Alexandria, Va. trade association that represents IT staffing and solutions firms, announced that IT hiring […]