Tech Job Market Increased 22% In First Quarter
According to a new report, job postings at tech job site Dice.com rose 22 percent in the first three months of the year. Most of the growth in job openings were in the New York and Washington D.C....
View ArticleReport Blasts Cost Effectiveness of IT Outsourcing
Deloitte and Touche has released the results of a new study that reveals the truth behind IT outsourcing. According to the survey of IT outsourcing client companies, 70% percent had negative...
View ArticleNumber of Software Developers in China and India Increasing Fast
According to a new study released by IDC, China and India are experiencing massive growth in the number of professional software developers between 2003 and 2008, with compound annual growth rates of...
View ArticleYou Are Asking For Identity Theft By Posting Your Resume Online
The World Privacy Forum is warning job seekers about posting their personal information and résumés on Internet job sites. Criminals are using this type of information to commit identity theft and...
View ArticleOffshore Outsourcing Hit By Security Worries
According to a new report by Gartner, security and privacy are becoming major concerns for companies looking to outsource their IT operations. The main concerns include foreign government interception...
View ArticleBill Gates Wants To Eliminate H1-B Quotas
Bill Gates spoke at the Library of Congress and said that he wanted to see H1-B quotas, which currently stand at 65,000 per year, be eliminated. He said that H1-B quotas pose a great threat America's...
View ArticleIBM To Cut 10,000 to 13,000 Jobs
IBM today announced that it will cut between 10,000 and 13,000 jobs and attempt to reorganize its management. According to an article two weeks ago in Forbes magazine, in recent quarters IBM was booted...
View ArticleTech Hiring Improving
According to the latest data from the U.S. Labor Department as well as anecdotal evidence from technical recruiters, tech hiring was up significantly in April, and salaries are rising steadily. In...
View ArticleNew Tech Start-Ups Getting More Venture Capital
Venture capitalists have been raising new funds and moving back into tech start-ups. Among the hot areas for investing are energy, open source, RSS, blogging, and podcasting. Although hiring at...
View ArticleCritical Shortage of IT Professionals Predicted
According to IBM, there will be a critical shortage of qualified IT people in the U.S. over the next five years. The company says that an additional 2.2 million people will be needed in information...
View ArticleCustomer Satisfaction in IT Outsourcing Plummets
A new report on technology outsourcing has found that the number of customers satisfied with their offshoring providers has dropped from 79% to 62%. In addition, the number of customers prematurely...
View ArticleIT Job Market Looking Up
According to a new study by technology recruiting firm Robert Half, the U.S. information technology job market is improving steadily. The percentage of CIOs planning to add full-time IT staff in the...
View ArticleTech Hiring Up In July
According to the most recent U.S. Department of Labor statistics and other surveys by staffing firms, the job market for technical professionals improved considerably in July...
View ArticleIndia Outsourcing Reign May Be Ending
According to an article at CNN/Money, India's dominance of offshore outsourcing may be coming to an and, as wages for IT and other professionals in India continue to climb. These conclusions come from...
View ArticleAvoiding Oblivion in Your Tech Career
O'Reilly Network has published an article about preventing your IT career from imploding. Some of the recommendations include keeping up with the latest programming languages, keeping your mind sharp...
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