Donald Sears

In the current case of our space program, it is rocket science and it is somewhat political. NASA is facing budget cuts from the Federal government and job loss is major concern for many rocket engineers and some leaders in the government-funded space department. With the decrease in funding and the end of programs like […]

There is strong evidence against taking a job in which you are overqualified, and for that matter, recruiting advice is telling companies not to hire overqualified candidates. These experts say you will inevitably be dissatisfied and those feelings will translate into being a poor, unproductive and bitter worker and that you’ll probably leave at the […]

Looking to jump ship at the first sign of a significant bump in salary and title? Outplacement and recruiting firms will want to talk to you if you have the skills they need when they need them (you know the game). But what if you actually like your job and your company but may not […]

According to industry trade group TechServe Alliance, January and February of 2010 saw a nice growth spurt of 25,000 newly employed technology jobs. It’s a happy trend to be reporting on, but even by TechServe Alliance’s standards, the number of technology jobs is still below where it was in February of 2009. “Despite strong sequential […]

Technology jobs continue to place very well in comparative rankings of professions. Focus Research rated Systems Engineer as the best overall job ranking for a host of reasons including salary, growth opportunities and quality-of-life factors including flexibility, stress and satisfaction. The ranking also looked at how well these job titles did during the recession based […]

If I was an IBM stockholder, I’d be mighty confused about Big Blue’s reluctance to break out its workforce numbers for North America in its annual report. IBM has stopped informing shareholders of regional breakouts for its employees. The company only lists total number of employees, which is now at 399,409 worldwide–an increase of 954 […]

After scouring the endless number of technology job boards and Websites, sending out countless resumes and meeting with your network, at what point do you stop and say: This is not working. Job searching is a grind, and if the energy being put in is not warranting actual results, you may need some help rebooting […]

There was one area in 2009 that saw growth in IT jobs while the rest of technology work essentially floundered: Consulting and contracting. “The most robust job segment, Management and Technical Consulting Services, has gained a net 13,600 jobs in the first 11 months of 2009, with net job gains in four of the last […]

Even with the economy all topsy-turvy, don’t be surprised if your technology company comes after you if you go to a rival–even if your boss and department heads give you a verbal blessing when you find a new gig. Case in point: Daniel Aderhold, a 31-year Motorola sales executive (a vice president) who was laid […]

Andrew Joseph Stack, 53, an unemployed software engineer from Austin, Texas, intentionally flew a Piper Cherokee into the Austin branch of the IRS this morning at 9:40 a.m. Stack apparently had a beef with the Internal Revenue Service and resorted to an anger-fueled suicide mission, according to news reports. Nineteen people of 190 who work […]

As part of the economic stimulus funds from 2009, the U.S. Health and Human Services is upping the ante on electronic health records (EHR) and the workers who will be needed to manage the technology and administration within healthcare organizations like hospitals, clinics and medical centers. In news announced on Feb 12, nearly a billion […]

Human Resources and technology workers are not on the same page when it comes to what motivates them, according to the February Dice Report. The monthly technology job board’s look at a major issue for technology personnel highlights the elephant in the room: Compensation. When asked to rank the “impediments to enhancing the motivation of […]