Deb Perelman

Unsettled Workers on This Side of the H-1B Fence

The last several bits of H-1B news that have trickled across the wire have seemed, at least on the surface, to be good things for IT professionals. In late June, the immigration bill went up in flames, taking with it a provision to raise the set cap on the skilled worker visas. A few days […]

Fiscal Worries Shake IT Confidence

Though bad news was slightly offset by an increase in expected hiring, the outlook for IT professionals on their job market and personal finances slipped noticeably in August, according to Hudsons Employment Index released Sept. 5. The dive of 7.6 points to 105.1 in August came over a four-month period of sliding confidence, from a […]

Hey Genius: Wooing Young, Hip Microserfs

As part of an update to its college information and application site, Microsoft announced today via its JobsBlog that it has created “an AWESOME interactive site to go along with it” titled “Hey Genius.” Using terms like “hip,” “hidden gems” and “cool,” not once but twice, the site unabashedly aspires to get Microsoft in with […]

IT Workers Battle to Keep Skills Current

That workers often feel stressed and harried while on the job is nothing new. Mounting workloads, hurried paces and at times colliding demands on employees times are typical expectations of the workplace today. However, IT workers claim they have it worse, reporting that they are in a constant state of “running races to keep up” […]

At IBM, Workers’ Delight

Will you be at work today until 5 p.m. or beyond while all of your buddies are already at the bar or on the road to the shore, their holiday weekends in progress while you’ve got hours of the grind to go? Do you dream of working at a company that lets you take as […]

IT Workers Second-Guess Career Choice

Though it has come a long way from the gloom-and-doom days of the dot-com bust, the state of the IT workplace isnt shiny and happy. If you ask an IT pro what they think of their chosen career path, a surprising number might pause before giving you a litany of reasons that the technology workplace […]

Get Ready for the Fall Job Hunting Season

In the job hunting world, there are two peak seasons yearly in which most disenchanted workers set their marks and get set to go. The first is in early January, on the heels of New Years resolutions by bored workers across the land promising themselves theyll find more inspiring work that year. The second is […]

Same IT Stereotype, Different Day

Among the range of projects, hacks, tricks and life tips on Wired.com’s new collaborative site, IT support makes the list of critical coworkers worth “sucking up to.” Having these people on your side will make your life easier, the post reads; creating an enemy of them can make your life miserable. Of course, the reasoning […]

IT Could Use More Support

If employees in your organization are so familiar with the ‘Please Continue to Hold’ help desk hold music they’re starting to make special requests, it should come as no surprise to you that CIOs agree that IT could use more support. In fact, IT help desks are not just understaffed, but significantly so: 1,400 CIOs […]

Did You Learn Anything Useful in School?

As part of a series of back-to-school and back-to-the-daily-grind articles, eWEEK editors want know what the most important thing you learned in school was–that is, the thing that you have been able to apply in countless ways, or keep coming back to, at work everyday. For some, it might be some core time management skills. […]