Thursday, February 09, 2012
Rise of the career contractors A recruiting firm says a large portion of candidates are looking for short term work, in way that hasn't been this prevalent was before the global financial crisis in 2008
Friday, September 16, 2011
U.S. pays contractors twice as much as staff A non-partisan group has asked the U.S. Congress's Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to look into inflated contractor rates
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
U.S. IT workers: Under pressure and under-paid While there's reason to be hopeful, according to Computerworld U.S.'s 2011 Salary Survey, the skies still haven't completely cleared. Find out who makes what south of the border
Monday, January 03, 2011
How to co-exist with the cloud London, Ont. research firm Info-Tech says social media, mobile apps, analytics tools, desktop virtualization, content management systems and the cloud will be top of mind for business leaders this year. Find out how IT shops can make sure they are part of the discussion
Monday, September 13, 2010
Shortage of Windows 7 migration experts expected A Gartner report indicates that large and medium-sized businesses will migrate roughly 250 million PCs to Windows 7 over the next few years. The research firm said this demand exceeds the supply of qualified IT staffers
Thursday, June 03, 2010
M&A activity drives U.K. IT jobs growth Market data specialists and IT professionals business intelligence skills are also seeing a rise in demand for reasons ranging from cost control to business growth
Thursday, June 03, 2010
Keep staff happy with alternatives to pay rises: survey Want to make sure your skilled workers don't feel the need to look for new opportunities elsewhere? Paying a premium could be the solution, but not the only one
Thursday, March 25, 2010
BREAKING NEWS: New CEO at HP Canada Peter Galanis takes over the reins from long-time leader Paul Tsaparis
Thursday, March 18, 2010
The new normal for employment: A con job Not everyone will be able to "plug back in" this time at the same or higher salary than they left for just doing the same type of work as before. Some jobs will be bigger and require more hours than what you left
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Project management software, social apps swap features LiquidPlanner online management application gets collaboration tools and PBWorks wiki includes task management to its bag of tricks.Does this mean SaaS vendors are trying to be all things to all people? 
Monday, April 13, 2009
Microsoft opens up virtual desktop options Licensing remains expensive and complicated for enterprises, but Microsoft is allowing new usage scenarios
Monday, March 02, 2009
Laid-off IT workers can contract their skills IT professionals looking to contract their skills in lieu of full-time employment may like the advantages of being self-employed. The challenges facing full-timers turned entrepreneurs
Thursday, October 02, 2008
IBM vets ID management, access control on own systems At a recent IBM-hosted security event, software chief Steve Mills outlined the company's own identity management approach. Find out what he considers an "escape" and why it shouldn't happen
Sunday, October 22, 2006
US federal agencies start small on smart ID cards Several federal agencies said they will meet an Oct. 27 deadline for starting to issue smart ID cards to workers, but some of the initial rollouts will involve only a small number of cards.
Sunday, August 13, 2006
Consultant's competency questioned over city project A computer consultant who billed Philadelphia's government more than US$1.4 million (C$1.6) for her work on the Project Ocean water billing system has come under scrutiny from the city's controller.
Thursday, July 20, 2006
A tonic for e-mail server overloads Since electronic files aren’t likely to be getting smaller any time soon, companies are increasingly looking for alternative ways to share large ones and take some of the pressure off their e-mail servers.
Thursday, March 02, 2006
Tech workers’ loyalty on the rise: study IT employees are more loyal to their companies than they were three years ago, according to a study by Walker Information, and the dedication of workers in corporate IS departments has increased significantly as well. 
Monday, June 14, 2004
100 best IT workplaces in the U.S. Get ready to drool. If you worked at General Mills Inc. in Minneapolis, right now you'd be enjoying the many amenities of the company's newly built three-story employee services building, dubbed the Champions Center. 
Tuesday, May 18, 2004
An offshore alternative cMarket landed a big contract; it had to develop something quickly and on a tight budget. The firm needed to hire three programmers but rather than sending the work overseas, it posted the jobs in the U.S. for salaries comparable to those of offshore workers. Despite the lower wages, cMarket found no shortage of interest.
Tuesday, October 14, 2003
Gartner: Australian vendors face job obliteration A massive wave of IT redundancies will hit Australian shores in the next few years with local vendor-based jobs moving to offshore outsourcing markets on a "substantial" scale, a senior Gartner Inc. researcher has warned.
Wednesday, April 30, 2003
IDC: tumult in IT market subsiding The corporate knife that slashed staffing levels and budgets throughout the IT world a couple of years ago appears to have been put back in its sheath, says IDC.
Wednesday, April 02, 2003
Audit report to gov't: get close to suppliers A new report on the Australian federal government's IT outsourcing policies has given credit to the role of the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (DCITA) in monitoring the effectiveness of its contractors, but says the government should increase the department's scope to ensure suppliers meet Australian industry development requirements.
Thursday, February 06, 2003
Firm predicts IT jobs are moving to outsourcing As many as 35 per cent to 45 per cent of U.S. and Canadian IT workers will find themselves replaced by contractors, consultants, offshore technicians and part-time workers by 2005, according to a report issued this week by New Canaan, Conn.-based Foote Partners LLC.
Thursday, October 17, 2002
Sneaky tricks hit new lows as IT job queues grow Australian companies able to hire IT staff in the current technology market climate face new challenges as both candidates and recruitment firms swamp employers who advertise.