Deborah Rothberg

Average salaries for all IT positions has remained relatively the same (0.05 percent) over the last year, falling slightly (-0.04 percent) to $75,126 in midsized companies and edging up (1.01 percent) to $81,078 in large ones, according to the June 2006 IT Salary Survey from Janco Associates released June 19. Yet, the survey evidences a […]

There is a ferocious debate among business, employment, technology and urban planning publications of late over the location of the next big U.S. technology hub. Some put their money on the Rocky Mountain region, others point to massive land purchases by Google and Microsoft in potato country, but one of the things almost unanimously agreed […]

Dismissing industry claims to the contrary, a study released on June 14 asserts that the technology market is actually in a “jobless recovery.” The study was released by the CUED (Center for Urban Economic Development) at the University of Illinois, Chicago on behalf of the WashTech/CWA (Washington Alliance of Technology Workers, an affiliate union of […]

CIOs anticipate a “moderate uptick” in the hiring of technology workers in the third quarter of 2006, according to a hiring and skills report released June 14 by Robert Half Technology, a provider of IT professional services, based in Menlo Park, Calif. Although only 13 percent of the executives polled said they plan to add […]

A report released June 7 by the Computer Science Teachers Association Curriculum Improvement Taskforce criticized U.S. high schools for not uniformly requiring students to take computer science classes. The report argued that the United States is “sitting quietly on the sidelines while other countries make improvements to ensure their high school graduates will be ready […]

By choice or perceived necessity, a staggering 27 percent of the workforce will pack their laptops, cell phones and PDAs along with their flip-flops, beach hats and sunscreen this summer, according CareerBuilder.coms annual vacation survey released June 7. While down from 33 percent in 2005, the number is a far cry from the days when […]

Despite considerable progress, industry leaders and gender advocates make no bones about stating that women are still largely underrepresented in technology, put off by uneven salaries, difficulties balancing home life with the long hours demanded, and a perception that IT is still very much an all boys environment. Yet, much of this is changing as […]

IT employment accelerated in May, according to the National Association of Computer Consultant Businesses IT Employment Index, released June 5, just days after the Labor Departments May 2006 employment numbers failed to meet expectations. In May 2006, according to the NACCB, employment of IT workers increased 24,900 from the previous month to 3,653,200, up 5.6 […]

The risk of losing high-end IT jobs to offshoring is lower than widely believed, argues a report released June 2 by American Sentinel University. “Studies from consulting groups during the stagnant job growth years of 2002 to 2004 stoked very pessimistic views of the future for IT professionals,” Jeremy Leonard, chief economist at American Sentinel […]

Were going to take a shot in the dark and assume that you are sitting in front of a computer monitor while you read this article. Are your shoulders hunched? Your wrists arched back? How about your neck: Is it craned forward? Is your back aligned with your chair back? Are your feet flat on […]