The potential for losing tech talent is on the rise these days. Thanks to an uptick in IT hiring and an increase in retirements among baby boomers, your A-team employee lineup may be in danger.
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Archive for September, 2010
Succession Planning for IT: Get Some Depth to Your Bench
September 29th, 2010Career Advice: Gain Credibility with Better Communication Skills
September 29th, 2010One of Computerworld’s Premier 100 IT leaders has advice on communicating more clearly, and dealing with a poorly performing peer.
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IBM buys Blade in a bid for data center dollars
September 29th, 2010IBM announced that it is purchasing Ethernet switch maker Blade Networks. The move is the latest in IBM’s 2010 buying frenzy, and continues the consolidation of the tech industry–pitting IBM, Cisco, HP, and Dell head to head in a variety of markets.
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Rhomobile brings iPhone app dev to Windows PCs
September 29th, 2010Mobile application development tools vendor Rhomobile plans to unveil on Wednesday an extension to its software-as-a-service platform that will enable developers to build applications for Apple’s iPhone via a Windows PC.
The RhoHub cloud platform now lets developers on both Macs and Windows boxes build native applications for iPhone, RIM BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and Google Android phones, Rhomobile said. Previously, iPhone development was restricted to Apple’s Mac.
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Wikipedia co-founder slams Wikileaks over Afghan documents
September 28th, 2010
Kuala Lumpur: The co-founder of online encyclopedia Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, on Tuesday slammed whistleblower WikiLeaks over its release of Afghan war documents which he said could “get people killed”.
Wales also expressed irritation over the website’s use of the term “Wiki” in its name, which refers to a site that allows different users to collaborate and make contributions.
“I would distance myself from WikiLeaks, I wish they wouldn’t use the name, they are not a Wiki. A big way they got famous in the first place was by using the word Wiki, which was unfortunate in my view,” he said at a business conference in Kuala Lumpur.
WikiLeaks, in collaboration with The New York Times, Britain’s Guardian and Der Spiegel of Germany, published 77,000 Afghan war documents in July and has said it will release another 15,000 related documents soon.
Earlier this month, WikiLeaks also announced plans to release a “massive cache” of classified US military field reports on the conflict in Iraq.
Wales, whose user-generated online encyclopedia has been a huge success, said such documents — which experts say constitute one of the biggest-ever leaks of military intelligence — must be handled responsibly.
“In the most recent round of leaks, the New York Times for example… actually redacted certain information that could put people in harm’s way whereas Wikileaks is planning to publish absolutely everything,” he said.
“I think it is really important when we have sensitive information, that we do rely on responsible journalists to sort through it for us… it’s much better than dumping all kinds of crazy information online and get people killed,” he added.
Wales said the documents could refer to “good-hearted people” working for civil society groups in Afghanistan, who would be affected if they were referred to in the leaked papers.
“It isn’t proof of anything but could be enough to get someone killed,” he said.
“I don’t think Julian Assange wants those people killed, however if he irresponsibly follows the policy of releasing absolutely everything, it’s incredibly dangerous for those people,” he said, referring to WikiLeaks’ spokesman.
Nato chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen has previously warned the release of classified Afghan war documents may endanger the safety of international and Afghan troops.
The United States and Nato have 152,000 troops in Afghanistan aiming to quell the insurgency that began soon after the Taliban regime was overthrown in a US-led invasion in late 2001.
Created in 2006, WikiLeaks first gained widespread notoriety with the release of a graphic video of a US military Apache helicopter strike in Baghdad in 2007 that killed two Reuters employees and a number of other people.
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Career Watch: the Skills That Pay
September 28th, 2010Melvin Evans, the IT director at law firm Hand Arendall, answers questions about advancing from the help desk, dealing with a boss who claims your ideas as his own, and coping with ’stupid’ users.
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How to Recruit and Hire Millennial Tech Employees
September 28th, 2010Due to a reporting error, the story “How to recruit and hire Millennial tech employees,” incorrectly stated Scot Melland’s job. He is CEO of Dice Holdings. The second headline and the second paragraph have been corrected on the wire and now read:
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Update: RIM jumps into tablet game
September 28th, 2010Look out, Apple. BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) is now in the tablet business.
And unlike Apple’s highly popular iPad tablet, RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook fully embraces Adobe’s Flash as well as Java.
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RIM shows off Web-based BlackBerry development platform
September 28th, 2010While declining to discuss rumors of a planned pad computer, Research In Motion (RIM) did roll out on Monday a Web-based application development platform for its BlackBerry smartphone, complementing the existing native development paradigm.
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10 companies hiring this week
September 28th, 2010
This week, a Mercer Workplace Survey revealed seemingly paradoxical findings, as Forbes reports: Workers believe the economy is improving (especially compared to their views three years ago), but they still have serious concerns about their current situation. Specifically, 36 percent of workers fear losing their jobs.
If they think the overall picture is rosier than it once was, how come they’re still concerned? Although analysts will have their says on what this all means, you might be able to boil it down to one thing: people are having difficulty finding jobs.
Even if you have a job, you probably know someone who doesn’t, and as long as the unemployment rate remains high, you’re going to be afraid of losing your job. If stock and real estate markets are up, you don’t feel as safe and secure as when you’re employed and aren’t worried about bringing home a paycheck. It’s simple and you can’t blame workers for being cautious in this economy.
With that in mind, we want to simplify your job search as much as possible. To do so, we pulled together a list of companies who are hiring right now. The following 10 companies have several openings and they need workers to help their businesses thrive in this economy. Take a look at this list of companies across several industries and states. You can click on the company names to see a complete list of openings.
Accountants International
Industry: Finance
Sample job titles: Tax accountant, accounts payable coordinator
CyberCoders Engineering
Industry: Engineering
Sample job titles: Java software engineer, Microsoft administrator
Dr. Pepper Snapple Group
Industry: Sales
Sample job titles: Merchandiser, sales development representative
Kelly Law Registry
Industry: Legal
Sample job titles: Paralegal/legal assistant (junior level), claims attorney
Kool Smiles
Industry: Health care
Sample job titles: Dentist, Community Relations Specialist
La Petite Academy
Industry: Education
Sample job titles: Certified pre-K teacher, child care assistant director
Pepsi Beverages Company
Industry: Manufacturing
Sample job titles: Product availability supervisor, vending/fountain equipment (field) technician
Pfizer
Industry: Biotechnology
Sample job titles: Director / senior manager – laboratory/bioinformatics, vaccine, scientist modeling and simulation
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Industry: Marketing
Sample job titles: Marketing manager, marketing and sales sr. associate
Saia, Inc.
Industry: Transportation
Sample job titles: Team drivers, diesel mechanic class A
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