Deb Perelman

If you work in network or desktop security, the next year will be a great year for you according to a new salary guide, which rates yours as the job category with the most growth within IT departments in 2008. The 2008 IT Salary Guide from Robert Half Technology, released on Oct. 22, is based […]

IT certifications once had a guaranteed value. In the wake of the dot-com bust, large numbers of IT professionals stocked up on letters after their names to improve their job security and prove to their business departments that they had value. In return, they were paid at a higher premium for those letters. Years later, […]

More than 90,000 cases of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, known as MRSA, were reported in 2005, according to a study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Oct. 16, one of several recent reports that have schools, day-care centers, hospitals and workplaces in a tizzy in recent weeks. A report in the Journal of […]

At a breakfast roundtable discussion at Forrester’s Forum in Nashville in May, CIOs discussed problems they had run into in their vendor relationships. One of the biggest was what one called the “bait-and-switch,” where a vendor promised them one quality of work while actually working at much lower standards. In what is being seen by […]

IT Planner : 5 Steps to Better Job Security”> In an age of cost containment, a looming economic slowdown, outsourcing, offshoring, the impending retirement of a bulk of the IT professional population, and declining enrollments in math, technology, engineering and science classes, it comes as little surprise that IT professionals are an insecure bunch. Many […]

Retention is one of those rare workplace topics that seem to resonate equally on both sides of the employment fence. Businesses that take personnel retention seriously by actively implementing policies to discourage their employees from fleeing to greener workplace pastures stand to save a lot of money because employee turnover is costly. The Department of […]

Some people argue that the golden age of software offshoring ended in 2005. Between 1995 and 2005, when the dollar was strong and the post-communist countries were felled by low wages, there was often a 5-to-1 cost advantage borne by outsourcing IT development projects. In 2007, reports of rising wages, high turnover and the fact […]

If you’re an IT manager or an experienced IT staffer, it’s a shame you’re not living in Switzerland, because according to a report released Oct. 17 by human resources consulting firm Mercer, their IT salaries tower over the rest of the world. An IT manager in Switzerland averages an annual pay of $140,960 and an […]

The generation gap has always made its presence felt at the office. The old guard inching toward retirement mixes with the “new kids” fresh out of college and several subsets in between, each walking in with their own sets of beliefs, priorities and approaches to work. But a confluence of factors, most notably an aging […]

AOL will lay off 2,000 employees, or about 20 percent of its worldwide work force, the company announced Oct. 15, as the struggling Internet/media outfit tries to realign costs. About 1,200 of the affected workers are based in the United States, with 750 from AOLs Northern Virginia offices, including Dulles, the companys longtime headquarters, according […]