How microcertifications work for IT job seekers and employers
By: Sharon Florentine Organizations struggling to fill high-demand tech roles — like Linux or cybersecurity, for instance — often look at certifications to benchmark a candidate’s skills and real-world experience and gauge their potential for success on the job. But for job seekers, certifications are expensive, time-consuming and often don’t accurately assess the hands-on skills […]
ERPSI Wins $45M Contract to Support U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), has awarded Enterprise Resource Planned System International, LLC (ERPSI) — a joint venture team between Planned Systems International, Inc. (PSI) and ERP International, LLC (ERP) — the Flexible Agile Development Services II (FADS II) contract. Under the contract, PSI will support the USCIS […]
How unfilled tech jobs impact the U.S. economy
By: Sharon Florentine With IT industry unemployment hovering at around 2.8 percent (as of Q3 2016) and organizations struggling to find talent, many companies find themselves with open, unfilled jobs. That’s a problem not just for individual companies, but for the U.S. economy as a whole. “Filling open jobs doesn’t just help workers. It also […]
Healthcare firms plan to increase security spending
By: Maria Korolov After several high-profile breaches over the past couple of years, the healthcare industry plans to increase its spending on IT security more than other sectors. According to a survey released this Tuesday, 81 percent of U.S. healthcare companies plan to increase security spending this year, compared to an overall industry average of […]
Government workers fight Trump on his own turf — Twitter
By: Matt Kapko When government employees decided to fight back against the Trump administration’s crackdown on scientific research, they took to Trump’s favorite and most effective outlet President Donald Trump has effectively commandeered Twitter as his personal megaphone and federal employees who feel slighted or threatened by his policies have taken notice. Within days of […]
Top 10 recruiting software platforms
By: Sharon Florentine Finding a good recruiting software platform shouldn’t be guesswork, and selecting a option can’t just be based on features, bells and whistles. Ease of use, scalability and the capability to customize solutions to meet your individual company’s needs also are critical factors best discerned by talking to your peers and industry experts. […]
Why happy developers equal happy customers
By: Sharon Florentine In today’s digital, technology-driven marketplace, a company’s greatest competitive advantage is its ability to offer an incredible customer experience. But delivering that starts in what, on first blush, seems like an unlikely place: with your software development teams. “We’ve all been there, right? You’re trying to do your job, get work done […]
Where in the world are the best female developers?
By: Sharon Florentine As of 2015, women made up only about one-third of the tech talent pool in Silicon Valley. And despite much-ballyhooed diversity initiatives, the gender gap in tech isn’t growing noticeably smaller. Coding skills challenge platform HackerRank decided to analyze its data and figure out where, exactly, the best female developers in the […]
Why tech companies are uniting to fight Trump’s immigration ban
By: Matt Kapko In less than a month since being sworn in as the 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump has struck an emotional chord with tech companies, generating an unparalleled unifying force of opposition. The Trump administration’s executive order banning all people from seven predominantly Muslim countries from the entering the United […]
White House H-1B plan puts U.S. workers in front
By: Patrick Thibodeau A top White House adviser Sunday outlined two key principles underlying the administration’s approach to H-1B reform. It wants a system requiring employers to first consider U.S. workers for a job before hiring visa-holding workers, and it intends to distribute H-1B visas under a “merit-based” system. Stephen Miller, senior policy adviser for […]