Deborah Rothberg

IT Workers Want More Support From Boss Tech workers are lacking in career support from their superiors, according to a study released Nov. 14 by Dice.com, a New York-based online career site for technology professionals. Eighty-two percent of IT professionals said that being able to keep their skills up-to-date was their biggest concern. Yet, one-third […]

At a price tag of $65 million, IBM announced Nov. 22 that it had agreed to settle all claims in an overtime pay class action lawsuit filed by current and former IBM technical support employees in federal district court in the Northern District of California in January 2006. Should the settlement meet the approval of […]

Shortened workdays before big holidays are an increasingly rare occurrence, finds a survey released Nov. 15 by Hudson Employment, a New York-based staffing and outsourcing company. Half of the workers surveyed responded that their companies do not offer them any extra flexibility around the holidays, and 54 percent say their office is no more casual […]

Fueled by greater demand for qualified IT workers, online opportunities in New York climbed in October, according to the local employment index released by online career and recruitment resource Monster Worldwide on Nov. 20. Heightened demand for temporary workers and generally tighter labor market conditions contributed to an increase in online recruitment activity in 22 […]

In response to strong demand among students and the potential job market growth, Kaplan University School of Information Systems and Technology in Davenport, Iowa, announced Nov. 15 two new bachelors degree programs in IT systems. The B.S. in Networking Technology focuses on students learning to install and manage operating systems and wireless devices, configure routers […]

Its difficult to get 10 pages into a human resources magazine or two clicks into an IT workplace site without coming across the often-spoken-of-but-rarely-defined catch phrase “career path.” It can be even more enlightening to browse different descriptions of the term. From the “defined track a person follows in the pursuit of professional goals” to […]

Tech workers are sorely lacking in career support from their superiors, according to a study released Nov. 14 by a New York-based online career site for technology professionals, Dice.com. Eighty-two percent of IT professionals responded that being able to keep their skills up-to-date was their biggest concern. Yet, one-third of respondents said their employers encouragement […]

With a loss of 1,800 workers, IT employment pulled back in October, according to a report released Nov. 10 by the National Association of Computer Consultant Businesses. This .05 percent decline in October came one month after the NACCB, an Alexandria, Va. trade association that represents IT staffing and solutions firms, announced that IT hiring […]

The unemployment rate among veterans ages 20 to 24, at 15.8 percent, is twice the rate of non-veterans in that age group, which is particularly staggering in light of the 250,000 veterans that transition out of the military every year and the 17 million veterans in the work force already. Contrary to the predominant view, […]

Thirty-eight percent of IT professionals surveyed said they were likely to look for a new job in the third quarter of 2006, and the number is expected to grow in the fourth quarter, according to a survey released Oct. 23 by Spherion, a recruiting and staffing firm. “Job-hunting times peak here in the fourth quarter […]