Corinne Bernstein

When it comes to job prospects, big data may be bigger than many think. For the first time, jobs related to big data ranked high among the top IT skills on hiring executives’ wish lists for 2013, a new study from career site Dice.com shows. Big data jobs such as data analysis/analytics, which did not […]

A Divided Vote Nearly half (48 percent) of IT leaders surveyed said they anticipate growth in their organizations’ 2013 IT budgets. The other 52 percent expect it either to remain the same (27 percent), decline (16 percent) or responded that they didn’t know (9 percent). Top Challenge: Acquiring Needed Budgets More than half (54 percent) […]

Social Networks Come of Age While 88 percent of job seekers have at least one social networking profile, 64 percent have two and 44 percent have three, according to a survey conducted in September by Jobvite, which provides a software as a service-based recruiting platform. “Social networks have become part of the mainstream for job […]

Google Pays the Most Google software engineers reported the highest base salary this year, $128,336, up nearly 12 percent from $114,596 in 2011. Facebook Is a Close Second Though still behind Google in software engineers’ salaries by about 3.8 percent, Facebook is closing the gap. This year Facebook is paying its software engineers $123,626 on […]

Tech pros give President Barack Obama an edge over Gov. Mitt Romney in the upcoming election, according to the findings of a survey conducted by IT career site Dice. However, the study results released Oct. 29 shows that support for the incumbent president has fallen significantly from four years ago. The poll of more than […]

Developers Always in Demand Although demand for skills such as “software development” or “developer” has grown modestly year-over-year, this is a huge category, said Hill. She added that hiring managers want candidates with a full “understanding of the software development lifecycle.”Skill: Software development or developerSkill requests as of Oct. 1: 14,616Growth from a year earlier: […]

In the employment search, the power of the word—or the keyword, actually—should not be taken for granted, whether the job hunter is just out of college or a seasoned pro. Job seekers need to incorporate keywords representing their skills into their resumes because frequently the first impression they make is not on a human but […]

MITRE What the company does: a nonprofit organization focused on systems engineering, information technology, operational concepts and enterprise modernization What one employee said: “Work-life balance is very real and everyone is encouraged to take time off and keep their work hours under control.” Agilent Technologies What the company does: electronic test and measurement instruments manufacturer […]

Engaging Everyone Engagement programs should involve and have an impact on the entire team and every aspect of the business. Not Just a Contingency Plan Contingent workers account for a growing percentage of the average company’s team. So engagement programs should take into account contingent as well as full-time employees. Being More Social Social networking […]

The Lure of Email Not surprisingly, email is the most common tool employees can access outside the office, and it seems to be addicting. Workers can’t seem to pass up the urge to check their business email early in the morning. The study showed that one in five log into their email by 7 a.m. […]