According to the latest salary survey from Janco Associates, salaries and demand for IT professionals is down. Here are the more interesting results of the survey.
IT hiring and salaries are down
- Date: July 3rd, 2009
- Author: Toni Bowers
- Category: General
- Tags: Hiring, Information Technology, IT Professional, Salary, Toni Bowers
Lessons in leadership from the military
- Date: July 1st, 2009
- Author: Toni Bowers
- Category: Leadership
- Tags: Leader, Military, Military Leadership, Military Leader, Leadership, Team Management, Management, Toni Bowers
While it is true that the military has practices that wouldn't necessarily work well in the civilian world, we could all take some direction from military leaders on how to lead our teams.
Woman sues to have name of anonymous web poster revealed
- Date: June 29th, 2009
- Author: Toni Bowers
- Category: General
- Tags: Newspaper, Web, Lawsuit, Web Site Development, Internet, Toni Bowers
A woman sues a daily newspaper for an anonymous comment made in the discussion forum. She also wanted the name of the anonymous commenter exposed. What happens with this case and others like it could shape the future of online forums.
Should you avoid tweeting that you've been laid off?
- Date: June 24th, 2009
- Author: Toni Bowers
- Category: Firing, layoff
- Tags: Job, Social Engineering, Twitter, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Toni Bowers
Should you avoid tweeting about the fact that you were just fired? Should you refrain from mentioning your recent layoff in Facebook? Toni Bowers weighs in on these questions.
Outsourcing out, insourcing in
- Date: June 22nd, 2009
- Author: Toni Bowers
- Category: Career
- Tags: Information Technology, Outsource, IT Outsourcing, Outsourcing, Managed Hosting, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Toni Bowers
Gartner reports that only 9% of CIOs plan to increase their outsourcing this year. With this trend comes an increase in insourcing.
City wants job applicants to turn over Facebook user names and passwords
- Date: June 19th, 2009
- Author: Toni Bowers
- Category: Interviews
- Tags: Job, Facebook, Job Applicant, Password, Bozeman, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Toni Bowers
Officials in the city of Bozeman, Montana are asking job applicants to turn over their user names and passwords to social networking sites like Facebook as part of their background checks.
Poll: How do you feel about your job?
- Date: June 18th, 2009
- Author: Toni Bowers
- Category: Career
- Tags: Job, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Toni Bowers
Bad economic times affect workers in more ways than layoffs. Many people stay in jobs they don't like because there's nowhere else to go. Take our poll and tell us about your current situation.
Google, Yahoo, Genentech, and others investigated for hiring practices
- Date: June 17th, 2009
- Author: Toni Bowers
- Category: General
- Tags: Hiring, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Genentech Inc., Agreement, Recruitment & Selection, Professional Development, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Career
In an area and in an industry that is famous for poaching top talent, companies in Silicon Valley are facing investigation into their monopoly-type hiring practices.
Familiarity can breed contempt among co-workers
- Date: June 15th, 2009
- Author: Toni Bowers
- Category: Coworkers, Job Satisfaction, Morale, Workplace
- Tags: Contempt, Familiarity, Behavior, Quality, Recruitment & Selection, Business Operations, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Toni Bowers
If familiarity breeds contempt, then the modern workplace is a veritable petri dish for derision. Since many of us spend most of our days in the company of co-workers, how can we resist the urge to let everything about them irritate us?
32 online tools that can help your tech freelancing career
- Date: June 11th, 2009
- Author: Toni Bowers
- Category: Career, Personal Development, layoff
- Tags: Career, Client, Tool, Productivity, Toni Bowers
Out of necessity or out of choice, many tech professionals are choosing to go the freelance routes in the current economy. Here are 32 online tools that can make the venture easier.
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