5 tips to uncover a company’s culture before accepting a job
By: Sarah White You might think the perfect job is one that fits your skills, comes with the right salary and offers you the best benefits, but the evaluation doesn’t end there. There’s one more thing to consider, and that’s whether or not you’ll fit in with the company culture, which can differ greatly among […]
Get ready to say goodbye to T-Mobile
By: Bill Snyder Have you noticed how much better things are for customers of the major wireless carriers these days? Not many years ago, consumers were locked into two-year contracts, monthly charges kept going up, and there weren’t a lot of new services on offer. That’s changed, and a good deal of the credit belongs […]
IT Career Roadmap: Salesforce consultant
By: Sharon Florentine What is a Salesforce Consultant? Career: Salesforce Consultant Roles: Salesforce administrator, Salesforce developer, Salesforce consultant, various Salesforce certified credentials Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree, Salesforce training and certifications Relevant areas of study: Programming, marketing, sales, business, communications Technology skills: Salesforce.com, Java, C#, Apex, Visualforce Potential companies to work for: SMBs, large enterprises, PR/Advertising/Marketing […]
Top IT hiring trends for recent grads
By: Sarah White TEKsystems, a provider of IT staffing services, released the results of a survey highlighting the best IT jobs and key hiring trends for recent graduates. The survey asked more than 250 IT hiring managers across the U.S. what they’re looking for in entry-level IT candidates and what the best opportunities are for […]
Offshore and Immigrant Labor: A Protectionism Conundrum
According to the recently released KPMG 4Q16 survey, there is “measured but growing optimism” regarding global economic conditions in 2017. Compared with last year, fewer respondents cited a weak economy or inadequate IT infrastructure as negative trends. As we relayed in Part 1 of this series, however, there is still concern related to potential policy […]
Facebook aims to let people type from their brain, hear with skin
By: John Ribeiro Facebook revealed Wednesday that it is working on technology to let people type straight from their brains at 100 words per minute. A team of over 60 scientists, engineers and others at its secretive Building 8 research lab are working in the area Facebook describes as silent speech communications. Another project is […]
How startups recruit, hire and retain software developers
By: Sarah White Coding Sans, a software development company, released its State of Software Development at Startups survey looking at 126 tech workers at startup companies. Of those polled, 35 percent cited hiring talent as one of the “biggest challenges in software development,” and 90 percent expect the demand for software developers will only grow […]
H-1B visa demand slips; analysts see Trump effect
By: Patrick Thibodeau The U.S. government today said it received 199,000 H-1B visa petitions for the upcoming 2018 fiscal year — 37,000 less than in 2016. The government will issue 85,000 visas distributed via a computer-generated lottery. The winners will be able to use their visas at the start of the federal fiscal year, which […]
Salesforce and Google make news for equal pay issues
By: Sharon Florentine April 4, was Equal Pay Day, recognizing the point in each year to which women must work to make as much as men in the previous year. The wage gap persists, though it’s arguably smaller in tech, and Silicon Valley companies are wrestling with the issue in different ways. Two of the […]
Job Cuts at Retail Stores Deepen as More Buyers Migrate Online
By: Anne DInnocenzio Retail stores are cutting jobs at the sharpest pace in more than seven years, evidence of a seemingly inexorable shift away from employee-heavy stores as Americans increasingly shop online. A combined 60,600 retail job losses over the past two months have had less to do with the health of U.S. consumer spending […]