Don E. Sears

Certifications in security may have jumped the shark a bit. Supply is catching up with demand as the pay value of security certifications has taken a slight dip over the last quarter, reported one research analyst group that intimately tracks IT skills, certifications and pay. Security careers have been on the rise with expanding social […]

Job openings for technology professionals continue to grow significantly from the same time last year. Silicon Valley continues to see a resurgence of job opportunities with a 61 percent increase from November 2009 at more than 4,600 openings in the region, according to a monthly report from technology job board Dice. Other regions increasing job […]

H-1B visa policy as currently run by the United States Customs and Immigration Services is under attack from all sides. An October advocacy paper by a conservative-leaning think tank calls for abolishing time restrictions, lowering or eliminating most of the fees, ridding company sponsors and removing most if not all of the bureaucracy involved in […]

IT spending in 2011 operating budgets is expected to rise at a median range of 3.3 percent-the first increase in three years-according to research published by Washington, D.C.-based benchmarking analyst firm Corporate Executive Board. While 60 percent of that budget will be spent on labor-either internal IT employees or contractors and outsourced labor-only a modest […]

Technology workers concerned about younger people taking their jobs should listen up: GenY may be a generation raised on the Internet, but their communication skills, work ethic and overall professionalism in the workplace need some serious attention. Recent college graduates are not living up to expectations of what it means to be professional on the […]

Hewlett-Packard employees in the United Kingdom are railing from recent layoffs that eliminated 1,300 employees. The latest workforce reduction announcement comes on top of 900 HP worker job cuts in the region. The union representing U.K.-based workers, Unite, had disparaging remarks for the recent spat of downsizing in the region. “Despite significant profits, HP appears […]

Apple, Google, Microsoft IT Job Applicants Tell All by Don E. Sears Company: AmazonInterview Difficulty Rating: 3.5 DifficultPositive Interview Experience: 52%Negative Interview Experience: 14%Notable Interview Questions: “If you are asked to design an elevator, what are things to consider?” — Amazon.com Project Manager”Given two strings, determine if the two words are anagrams. Explain the complexity […]

Workers across the planet admit to being overwhelmed by the voracious volume of work-related information they have to consume and digest via e-mail and other information collection systems. Information has to be taken in, but how it is processed, organized and made useful is up for serious debate, say corporate employees. What is the consequence? […]

Generational gaps in the workplace manifest themselves in daily practices. What one age group does for friendly interaction over a smartphone or Facebook, another may co-opt in the workplace for business use. The youngest age group at the office is the least likely to use text messaging and social networking for sharing business information, according […]

Technology research analyst Forrester has revised the global information technology market outlook forecast to 8.1 percent for the remainder of 2010 from a previous forecast of 9.9 percent. The trending is downward as the U.S. economy grows “at a snail’s pace,” yet it is characterized as “still robust” by Forrester analyst Andrew Bartels. The forecast […]