Thursday, June 23, 2011
One workforce plan? Time to think ahead What should be done to create an environment for these employees that sustains, rewards and challenges their abilities? The vice-president of client relations at talent provider Yoh explains
Thursday, January 13, 2011
U.S. IT hiring shows gains, but jobs may be shifting TechServe Alliance, an IT services industry group that analyzes U.S. Labor Department unemployment data, said the tech employment added 3,500 workers, or .09 per cent, bringing the overall IT workforce to 3.9 million
Friday, September 03, 2010
IT doesn't handle aging well The aging of the workforce is a fact of enterprise life, but IT doesn't always celebrate experience
Thursday, August 26, 2010
The shape of the IT workforce in 2010 Somewhere in the mid-'90s, work became very complicated. IT work in particular became semi-indefinable. Is someone who translates medical notes into insurance codes an IT worker?
Thursday, March 04, 2010
IBM layoffs blamed on offshoring IBM isn't commenting on its latest round of cuts and information about it comes from the Alliance@IBM/CWA Local 1701, which gathers its data directly from IBM employees and which has been trying to win bargaining rights for employees
Thursday, December 03, 2009
National IT skills academy awarded £7.9m grant The academy is being developed by sector skills council e-skills, alongside a number of businesses including British Airways, BT, Sainsbury's, EDS, IBM, Accenture, Oracle and Whitbread
Sunday, November 09, 2008
Massive Nortel layoff looms anew Anywhere from 3,000 to 5,000 jobs could be slashed by the network gear provider this week, according to analyst estimates
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
EDS shareholders approve sale to HP Another hurdle to HP’s acquisition of EDS was cleared Thursday at a shareholder meeting. The deal is expected to close later this year
Monday, July 07, 2008
Demand for IT pros grows in UK, despite downturn Recruitment firm says stats showing IT employment growing faster than average may make people switch jobs
Monday, June 30, 2008
5 Ways to Make Your Company Gen Y-Friendly Facing a potential onslaught of baby boomer retirements and a smaller pool of Generation X employees to replace them, IT managers who want to create or sustain a Best Place to Work environment will need the additional help of another group of professionals: Generation Y.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Africa needs 1.3 million IT pros, says Cisco exec Africa requires 1.3 million networking professionals by 2012 for technology in the region to operate effectively, according to a Cisco official. South Africa-based Cisco Systems area academic manager Elfie Hamid said in Lusaka, Zambia, recently that Africa is facing a massive shortage of ICT, both in industry and training institutions. 
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
IT skills shortage criticized in Australia Growth in Australia’s information and telecommunications industries is being hindered by skills shortages in key sectors, says a report
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Dell follows Ottawa layoffs by closing Edmonton centre More than 900 employees will be affected and offered other jobs within Dell or severance and career placement services as the vendor follows up its Ottawa-area layoffs
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Dell Canada cuts jobs at Ottawa call centre The company backtracks on plans to double the size of its workforce in Canada's capital city as part of an overall workforce reduction program
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Ken Cochrane CIO Government of Canada on social networking Social networking tools, like wikis and blogs, will have a place in what the CIO of the Government of Canada is calling a paradigm shift towards a Government 2.0 workplace. Ken Cochrane recently sat down with CIO Government Review editor Mari-Len De Guzman to share his thoughts on the changing face of public service, the aging workforce, and government's green initiatives.
Thursday, October 04, 2007
'Sizzling' IT careers market still evokes lukewarm response A career in Information Technology (IT) can be very rewarding for those who choose to pursue it, but sadly fewer Canadians today are making that choice. The "strange dichotomy" afflicting Canada's IT sector was highlighted by John Pickett, IT World Canada's vice-president and editorial director, at an event in Toronto.
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Canadian IT execs embrace telecommuting Wireless technologies and Internet applications that make it easier to be productive outside the office are empowering a remote access workforce, companies tell Robert Half Technology. Find out how many cite improved employee morale
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Career paths blocked by aging workforce IT managers and senior professionals are facing blocked career paths as the workforce ages, IT human resources analysts have warned
Sunday, November 19, 2006
AMD to axe 375 in wake of ATI buy, reports say Four weeks after beating Wall Street estimates for financial earnings, chip maker Advanced Micro Devices will lay off 375 workers, according to published reports. 
Sunday, June 11, 2006
Philippines has promise for outsourced design services The Philippines is a viable hub for outsourced engineering and design services given proper marketing and further improvement of local talent pool, according to an executive of software firm Autodesk.
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Propeller-heads giving IT staffs the wrong spin Hiring was hot in the late 1990s, as CIOs threw money around trying to find and retain top technical talent. But early in the new millennium hiring fizzled, and CIOs, pressured to cut costs and do more with less, outsourced much IT work and even fired employees.
Thursday, January 05, 2006
Security pros’ voices being heard by execs Security professionals are enjoying growing levels of influence inside corporate boardrooms, a new study has suggested. According to the second annual Global Information Security Workforce Study from IDC, sponsored by International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC)2, the trend is the result of security being seen as a business, rather than a purely IT, function.
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Flu pandemic — the next big threat A possible bird flu pandemic is causing growing alarm in many large Canadian organizations, say disaster recovery experts. Some are trying to put business continuity plans in place to cope with it. 
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Rogers mobilizes field workers with mForms Rogers Communications Inc. is targeting Canada's three million field service workers with the launch of a new wireless offering that the company says will transform paper-based business processes into electronic mobile transactions.