Deborah Rothberg

CIOs anticipate a rise in IT hiring in the first quarter of 2007, according to the IT Hiring and Skills Report released Dec. 11 by Robert Half Technology, a tech placement firm based in Menlo Park, Calif. Sixteen percent of executives polled plan to add IT staff in the next three months and only 2 […]

Most IT professionals believe that the current IT boom has little juice left, according to a monthly report on the state of the tech job market published Dec. 4 by New York-based Dice, an IT careers site. Sixty-two percent of respondents said they dont have confidence that the current IT boom would last much longer. […]

Theres a reason a lot of workers dread holiday parties and its because “fun” and “making sure you can continue to pay your bills” rarely mix in a copasetic manner. Can you drink? Must you wear a tie? What if you say the wrong thing? What if your manager says you should loosen up but […]

Forty-seven companies—more than half of which are U.S.-based and 19 of which are IT-focused—were awarded status as Technology Pioneers 2007, announced the World Economic Forum, a Geneva-based independent organization that seeks to improve the state of the world, on Dec. 4. Products from the companies include microscopic pill cameras, bio-sensors that can localize land mines […]

A record low number of layoffs led to a surge in IT worker confidence in November, according an index released by Hudson, a New York-based staffing and outsourcing company. The increase in tech worker confidence—up 6.2 Index points to 115.8—is attributed to improved sentiments regarding personal finance as well as decreased concern about job security. […]

According to the World Health Organization, the number of cases of avian flu have nearly tripled since 2005 and with Februarys flu season peak edging closer, many organizations are playing the “what if” game this time of year. Yet a new survey finds that most organizations have few contingency plans in the event that large […]

The themes of the 2006 IT professional world could be summed up as the following: H-1B visas, certifications, a job market that either rocked or was awful; and the Baby Boomer-Generation Y gap in the workplace. Not bad for a years work, eh? eWEEK caught up with IT workforce experts and asked them what they […]

The number of U.S. workers applying for jobless benefits climbed to their highest level in over a year, according to the Labor Department report released November 29. With 357,000 seasonally-adjusted claims logged, up from a revised 323,000 the week before, first time claims for state unemployment benefits rose 34,000 during the Thanksgiving week ending Nov. […]

Atlanta-based ComputerJobs.com announced Nov. 29 that it was acquired by JobServe.com, an Essex, England-based Internet recruiting site. ComputerJobs.com was founded in 1995 “by and for information technology professionals,” according to its mission statement, focusing its computer-related job opportunities and career-related content into 18 vertical skill sets with more than 19 metropolitan markets. It boasts job […]

Did you eschew the Black Friday crowds and buy a gift for someone online on Nov. 27? If so, you entered yourself into the ranks of Cyber Monday shoppers. But you wouldnt have the endorsement of IT security pros. According to a study by nCircle, 59 percent of IT security professionals said they are much […]