Donald Sears

A recent study of 300 people in Australia appears to show that taking short, online breaks during the workday helps to give the mind a break and allows for better concentration and focus. The nitty-gritty of the study isn’t really discussed in too much depth (which makes me a tad skeptical of it) in the […]

The New York Times recently ran an article about the realities of being let go from Microsoft, a technology company not historically known for letting go of its own talent. In the past, those who left did so on their own or cashed out and retired comfortably. Things have changed. Earlier this year, Microsoft, one […]

IBM had layoffs last week. This week, it’s going to be Sun Microsystems. It’s a tough time to be selling servers at Sun. The news of Sun layoffs had been known as far back as November of last year (as part of a 6,000 employee reduction in staffing), but it appears that the company is […]

North Carolina has a whole lot more than really good college basketball going for it (sorry, Duke, UNC is still in the tournament). Forbes.com has placed Raleigh, N.C., as the city with the most upside for businesses and job growth potential in the United States that happens to boast a very large technology presence and […]

UPDATE: This post has been updated with comment from Alliance@IBM. IBM employees—whether they are part of today’s layoffs or not—are sounding off online. Since IBM hasn’t reported (and generally doesn’t) on the number of layoffs that are occurring today, the information that can be garnered comes from an IBM employee organization known as Alliance@IBM—which has […]

IBM, according to the Wall Street Journal, appears to be slashing global services jobs in the United States while giving some of that work to IBM global services staff in India. The number of layoffs in the global services unit is not known, and will be very hard to obtain. The WSJ couldn’t get IBM […]

Our friends over at CIO Insight are running a piece on the benefits of promoting, or rather marketing, IT to the business. It’s a smart idea, and the benefits make sense, but how real are they in practice? The benefits come from author Dan Roberts, who co-wrote Leading IT Transformation: The Roadmap for Success. These […]

I came across an interesting site called Path101.com that combines your personality traits, your resume and career advice to help you target a career path that could match you with your ideal employer, and vice versa. Eventually. Path 101 is a New York City-based startup in its alpha stage. The minds behind the site have […]

Friday is Karma Day. Give and you shall receive. TheLadders, a subscription-based careers site that is focused on jobs for people who make $100,000 or more, has an article on how going the extra mile for the people in your social media network is an excellent way to help yourself down the road. All of […]

One of the main benefits of social media–quickly distributed pervasiveness–could also hurt you and your online reputation, and maybe cost you a job. One innocent “tweet” intended to tell your friends that you received a job offer could also make you look completely foolish. Take a look at what “theconnor” posted on Twitter yesterday: “Cisco […]