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IBM confirms layoffs, but won't say who or how many

Rumours have around 5,000 of IBM jobs being shipped off to India, but IBM is only admitting that it is informing some employees today that they've lost their jobs. The job losses are confined to North America, although IBM isn't disclosing the...

Published Thu, Mar 26 2009 5:03 PM by Briony Smith

Filed under: Bangalore bureau, Idg news service, Business services unit, Global business services

Out of work? Try teleworking.

Toronto-based work-from-home job search site WhyDoWork.com recently expanded its job search engine, making it the most comprehensive telework site out there. IT jobs are listed here as well. Managing partner Matthew Rivard said in a release, "Freelance...

Published Mon, Mar 23 2009 2:03 PM by Briony Smith

Filed under: Job search, User community, Economic uncertainty, Stability, Home-based employment

Recession means more all-star candidates

Job-hunters, polish up those resum és: according to a recent poll by career site Jobfox, employers think the recession is an opportunity to hire the best and the brightest. The site polled American 200 recruiters last December and found that 76 per cent...

Published Tue, Mar 10 2009 4:03 PM by Briony Smith

Filed under: Herald, Scarcity, Higher level

Would you apologize?

One of the videos making the rounds recently was of a woman throwing a massive hissy fit at the Hong Kong airport when she arrived too late at her gate and wasn't allowed to board her Cathay Pacific flight. The clip's been viewed over 5 million...

Published Fri, Mar 06 2009 6:03 PM by Briony Smith

Filed under: Comeuppance, Film

Two cool job titles: Chief Restructuring Officer - Chief Philanthropy Evangelist

Two recent announcements out of a couple of tech giants (well, including one felled IT giant) showed a pair of pretty cool job titles, showing once again the breadth of job opportunities for IT pros. The beleaguered Nortel is facing its troubles head...

Published Mon, Mar 02 2009 5:03 PM by Briony Smith

Filed under: Philanthropy, Giants, Megan smith, Business development

How to negotiate severance after being laid off

Being laid off can be a frustrating and scary time for any IT professional, but keeping a level head is vital – especially when it comes to negotiating your severance package. Even if you haven’t been laid off, it’s valuable to know your rights and your...

Published Fri, Feb 20 2009 10:02 AM by Rafael Ruffolo

Filed under: Severance package, Change careers

Intuit giving away QuickBooks for free

Who likes free stuff? Everyone! Intuit is tapping into this universal love of free stuff--and our sadly starving pocketbooks--and offering up copies of QuickBooks EasyStart Free Starter Edition. "Today's tough economy is challenging small businesses...

Published Tue, Feb 03 2009 7:02 PM by Briony Smith

Filed under: Starter edition, Vendors, Full-featured starter edition

VIDEO: Your weekly dose of doom n' gloom

Now, we here at Career Corner like spreading good news about the industry instead of gleefully spreading about the bad, but this week was chock-a-block enough with IT industry layoffs that we thought we should share. Monday: Texas Instruments slashes...

Published Fri, Jan 30 2009 6:01 PM by Briony Smith

Filed under: Spreading, Knowledge worker

U of T's Faculty of Information gets new dean

The University of Toronto announced last week the appointment of a new dean for its Faculty of Information, which includes the department of information studies, the Knowledg Media Design Institute, and the Adaptive Technology Resource Centre. Seamus...

Published Thu, Jan 29 2009 12:01 PM by Briony Smith

Filed under: Humanities, Ross, Humanities advanced technology, Founding

How to recession-proof your career

Cher Murphy PR sent along a list of tips —courtesy of business forecasting firm Kiplinger — on how to recession-proof your career, and we thought them useful enough to share here. 1. Remain noticeably active on the job. Regardless of what type of field...

Published Mon, Jan 26 2009 11:01 AM by Briony Smith

Filed under: Complain

Lotusphere yields IBM LotusLive

Coming out of IBM's Lotusphere conference this week was the announcement of IBM LotusLive, a "cloud-based portfolio of social networking and collaboration services designed for business." The portal will lead to all of the IBM lotus online...

Published Fri, Jan 23 2009 2:01 PM by Briony Smith

Filed under: Ibm lotus, Social networking, Linkedin, Collaboration, Conference

Cisco debuts Wireless Networking certification

Cisco announced recently an addition to its set of CCIE certifications, the CCIE Certification in Wireless Networking. This expert-level certification is for IT pros who can design, deploy, manage, and troubleshoot wireless networks. Areas of expertise...

Published Fri, Jan 16 2009 4:01 PM by Briony Smith

Filed under: Ccie certifications, Design, Expert-level, Wireless networking, Advanced wlan design

Apple's Steve Jobs going on medical leave

Apple founder and CEO Steve Jobs is embarking on medical leave until the end of June, according to a story in the Globe and Mail . The reason? His medical issues are "more complex" than he originally thought. He'll remain involved in major...

Published Thu, Jan 15 2009 12:01 PM by Briony Smith

Filed under: Apple, Ceo, Coo, Cook, Decisions, During, Embarking, Founder, Involved, Issues, June, Leave, Mail, Major, More complex, Originally, Price, Remain, Resulted, Share, Spring, Steve, Story, Strategic, Taking, Thought, Until, Yesterday

Yahoo! names new CEO

Former Autodesk CEO and chairperson Carol Bartz is taking over as CEO of Yahoo! after co-founder Jerry Yang stepped down two months ago, according to the Globe and Mail . Yang rebuffed Microsoft's advances (and a $47.5 billion offer), and, on the...

Published Wed, Jan 14 2009 1:01 PM by Briony Smith

Filed under: Chairperson, Autodesk, Globe

Zyrist allows pros to collaborate on projects

Finding partners to bounce ideas off can be hard, but new Web collaboration platform Zyrist will allow people to work together on ideas, and, ideally, eventually commercialize them. According to the release, "the Zyrist platform focuses on intellectual...

Published Fri, Jan 09 2009 11:01 AM by Briony Smith

Filed under: Intellectual assets, Platform, Premium services, Sourcing, Solving problems