Donald Sears

The one thing you can guarantee from pro-industry organizations is the tenacity to find a positive angle. The truth is technology jobs in 2010 are fluctuating up and down so rapidly it’s difficult to put much legitimate spin on them. A number of technology research analysts I’ve recently interviewed do not share in the upbeat […]

The quick answer is that it depends on the job in question and the experience level of the position. Some resume and recruiting experts will say you are wasting your time if you go beyond two pages. They remind you that a resume is a summary of recent experience, not a grocery list of every […]

A study by researchers at Rice, Utah and Harvard universities has discovered that the more an executive is paid, the more inconsiderate of others and mean that executive happens to be. From 1990 to 2005, the average CEO saw salaries increase by 300 percent. How has this influenced executives? The study links power to meanness […]

Many security certifications have gained significant value over the past 3 to 6 months, and there are a number that will continue to be considered hot skills for the rest of the year and beyond, said David Foote, CEO and chief research analyst of IT analyst group Foote Partners in a recent BankInfoSecurity podcast. If […]

LinkedIn has not had a major upgrade to the groups’ platform in almost two years, and this latest one for groups is bound to open up more opportunities in your job search with participation. While the groups section isn’t directly related to job opportunities, it is an area of the site giving users the ability […]

This is the story of how delusions of grandeur, show horses and fake IBM affiliations will put a Dutch con man in jail. George Carlo Schouten, a 36-year-old Dutchman living like a duke in the countryside of England, played the part of the wealthy son of an IBM executive. The only problem was he is […]

This video comes from the O’Reilly Media conference Velocity and is officially entitled “A Day in the Life of Facebook Operations,” presented by Facebook Systems Engineer Tom Cook. It’s a pretty interesting look at managing the ever-changing systems environment at a company that has grown exponentially in six years. Cook begins by going over some […]

An analysis by U.S. government research company Input sees continued opportunity for IT contractors over the next five years, starting with fiscal year 2011. The government intends to spend upward of $110 billion on IT by 2015, from $86 billion in 2011. That’s “a compound annual growth rate of 5.4 percent” in five years, Input […]

German application software giant SAP is looking for experienced application developers, project managers, cloud computing experts, mobile developers and those with deep partner experience for its laboratory in Palo Alto, Calif., according to Dice News. The news comes as a bit of surprise given that SAP is in the process of acquiring database and mobile […]

A recent CIO.com article on how one Indian outsourcing company is watching pending visa legislation shines a light on the challenges faced when economies go sour, politicians become more protectionist and growing businesses expand their foothold in the United States, yet have a large foreign-worker presence here. A rule known as the 50/50 rule in […]

Job demand in California’s capital city is up, according to the Sacramento Bee. Not known as a technology hub for jobs, it is a good sign to hear about smaller cities like Sacramento see an uptick in demand for technology talent. “At more than 500 open information technology positions [on the Dice job board for […]

Technology companies in cities like Austin, Texas and Raleigh, North Carolina are competing more frequently with Silicon Valley for engineering, software and development talent. According to The Wall Street Journal, tech workers are able to be more choosy about their employers this year compared to last with higher job demand and an economy in recovery […]