Deb Perelman

Nary a day goes by that a press release doesn’t cross eWEEK inboxes about the aging of the IT work force, and the potential havoc that will be wrecked upon the workplace when Baby Boomers retire, taking their substantial business knowledge and bulging head count with them. A Forrester study released this week further investigated […]

In what appears to be the first big corporation to create formal guidelines governing employee behavior in virtual worlds, IBM has taken the unusual step of establishing official guidelines for its more than 5,000 employees who inhabit Second Life, the San Francisco 3-D virtual world owned by Linden Lab, and other online universes, reports the […]

In a move that some pundits argue better arms Yahoo for an all-out media war, the internet giant appointed telecom executive Maggie Wilderotter to its Board of Directors July 27. The CEO and Chairmen of Citizens Communication, the second-largest local exchange telephone company in the country, Wilderotter has “more than 25 years of experience in […]

Engineering and business students at an increasing number of public universities are finding themselves faced with a surcharge for their choice of studies, reports the New York Times (registration required) July 29. Confronting rising costs and lagging state support, more and more public universities are choosing to make certain degrees more expensive. The fees are […]

In the span of a few month, IBM has been hit with two overtime lawsuits from former employees. The first was filed July 9 and the second was filed just last week. The most recent suit, filed July 20 in the U.S. District Court for Eastern California by John Bennett, Bill Graham, and Peter Stanger […]

Whats it like to have a job where you have regular roundtable discussions with executives and have a barbeque in the backyard of the richest man in the world? Is it possible to work with a company that is so eager to invest in your ideas you feel that as big as you can dream […]

The proliferation of wireless technology has made it easier for employees across countless specialties to work from home or other remote locations. Workers who are able to take advantage of these opportunities fairly consistently report greater efficiency without in-office distractions, a better work-life balance and even more satisfaction from their jobs. Yet, telecommuting uptake rates […]

Technology and engineering unemployment is at 1.7 percent, the lowest level since 2000, and is at less than one percent for petroleum engineers (0.7 percent), architects (0.8 percent) and civil engineers (0.8 percent), according to the Tech/Engineering Staffing Growth Assessment released July 24, by the research and analysis firm Staffing Industry Analysts, located in Los […]

No Talent : Solution Providers Despair Over Job Seekers”> Ask a channel executive if its hard to get good help these days and get ready for an earful. Just when the need for qualified IT technicians is greater than ever, the talent pool is thinnest, according to channel employers and analysts. Observers attributed this to […]

Workers who have lost their jobs because the jobs were moved offshore or were lost to foreign workers might have a new chance to recover their losses through a Senate bill introduced July 23. Proposed by Sens. Max Baucus, D-Mont., chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, the bill seeks expansion of […]