Deb Perelman

Since World War II, the United States has been the main driver of the global STEM economy, but a new study warns that this is no longer the case. China has replaced the United States as the leader in what the study, conducted by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, calls Technological Standing, or […]

Is Your IT Job Safe? Is Your IT Job Safe? – Networking Skills As the IT department has become increasingly responsible for supporting a remote workforce through BlackBerrys, Treos and other smart phones, the need for networking skills has become non-negotiable. “Networking skills had been No. 2 in previous hiring index results and recently took […]

The software industry continues to do well and drive much of the tech economy, but needs legislative support, said a report released Jan. 24 by the Washington-based Software Information and Industry Association. Though the industry employs more than 2.7 million U.S. workers, up 17 percent between 1996 and 2006 in high-wage jobs, with an average […]

Every time a new job board springs up, the release inevitably begins with the line “the problem with all other job sites is ___” and fills in the blank with anything from a lack of feedback, that they don’t reach people who aren’t actively looking or don’t meet the candidates where they are. Add another […]

If there has been one theme in outsourcing commentary from the last year, it is this: offshoring is not a panacea. Between 1995 and 2005, however, it seemed as if it was. The dollar was strong enough that it was nearly impossible for IT professionals to be price-completive with foreign workers and almost equally impossible […]

A new patent filed by Microsoft describing plans to develop a system that would allow managers to monitor workers’ physiological states through their computers with the ostensible goal of helping them if they become frustrated has left observers feeling anything but reassured. The patent hopes to address what Microsoft sees as “relatively inefficient” communications between […]

The majority of employees in large organizations are required to sit through at least one diversity training initiative a year. The conventional wisdom holds that education, sensitivity and awareness are key to reducing discrimination and creating a more inclusive workplace. However, it is rare that the workers themselves agree; most find sitting through them to […]

Ever have the help ticket that will not go away? Can you imagine it coming back to haunt you 10 years later? Microsoft can probably tell you all about it because in a story that will probably be coming back to haunt them for at least another 10 years, a blogger reported Jan. 13 that […]

Venture capitalists raised $34.7 billion in funds in 2007, an increase of 9.4 percent and the most the industry has raised since 2001, when it raised $38.8 billion. These numbers were compiled in a report released Jan. 14 by Thomson Financial and the NVCA (National Venture Capital Association), which also noted that the number of […]

There are few more active job-hunting months of the year than January, when new years resolutes, brimming with hope that the new year will bring fresh career challenges, set off to find new employment. Should their search be met with success, what this also means is that the first few months of the year yield […]