Don E. Sears

Google, Apple, Intel Among 20 Best Tech Companies to Work for in 2011 by Don E. Sears IntelGlassdoor Ranking: No. 45Company Rating: 3.6CEO: Paul S. OtelliniCEO Approval Rating: 84% Intel does well within various rankings as a top place to work. Intel ranked No. 62 on Fortune’s “100 Best Companies to Work For in 2010,” […]

It’s a cold, cold winter in Sunnyvale, Calif., and Helsinki. Internet “destination” Yahoo-as it calls itself in its company overview-has a bit of bad news for 4 percent of its staff (about 600 employees) this holiday season: Sorry, but your services at Yahoo are no longer necessary. Yahoo employees, however, should not be overly surprised […]

There is more evidence that recruiters expect to see an uptick in technology job hiring activity for the coming year, finds a monthly report from technology job board Dice, which surveyed 850 human resource leaders and hiring managers. Forty-six percent of recruiters expect to see more hiring in the first half of the year. About […]

Recruiters are not afraid to smile and shake their jazz hands about full time technology job openings they need to fill next year. Is it rainbows with gold pots in 2011? Well, let’s not overstate the facts. Hiring will occur in technology in 2011, but the movement to rent and lease technology skills has never […]

We’re not trying to beat a dead horse here, honestly. Freelance, contract and online jobs are for real. And if you have the right technology skills, well, you can piecemeal steady and consistent work in hot areas following the buying patterns of consumers. The economy has been somewhat stagnant over the past few months, with […]

With the last month of the year in full swing and November hiring numbers flat, analysts watching the five segments of technology jobs as categorized by the U.S. government’s Bureau of Labor Statistics find 2010 as a year of flat hiring rather than growth. “There has been a slight increase in employment numbers in system […]

The hype is over: Adoption of cloud applications and software as a service (SAAS) is for real, and this means jobs for now and the future. Despite the need for stronger security and the preference for private clouds in the enterprise, the cost-reduction benefits make these technologies very attractive to companies and IT departments. What […]

After eight months of steady job growth in 2010 and a gradual lowering of the unemployment rate, November was the worst month for job cuts for the entire year. But as one outplacement firm that tracks layoffs and hiring closely reminds us, the last quarter of the year is the time when job cuts historically […]

There is no clearer picture that the U.S. economy is a see-saw than in the job numbers. After months of steady gains in job opportunities and hiring, November reminds us all there are bumps on the asphalt playground. On the plus side, job vacancies rose modestly by 47,000 in November for technical and health-care-related occupations, […]

Bah, humbug. Santa’s not bringing a nice dinner and drinks to many workers this holiday season. Corporate holiday parties are suffering right along with the economy as nearly a quarter of companies are forgoing Christmas celebrations, contends data released by New York-based executive search firm Amrop Battalia Winston. The firm found 2010 to be the […]