Donald Sears

Office Space this is not. Some companies may not enforce confidentiality agreements, but not finanicial giant Goldman Sachs. Some employees give employers good reason to monitor and copy whatever is done on their computers, especially where propietary software is being used to make the company truckloads of money. Take the case of Sergey Aleynikov, a […]

How you answer questions posed to you in job interviews could mean the difference between getting the job and not getting a call back at all. The nature of interview questions can be there to see how you deal with adversity, how you play with others and how well you can communicate about yourself–and potentially […]

June’s monthly jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics came out today, along with the weekly Department of Labor unemployment numbers. The verdict: The unemployment rate is now 9.5 percent and another 467,000 are off of payrolls for the month. That puts the total number of people on unemployment at 14.7 million. All of […]

Management consulting company Janco Associates has recently released its 2009 Mid Year IT Salary Survey. The results are what you’d expect: Wages, in salary and bonus, are down, employees are swallowing more of the health care costs, and people aren’t retiring as much. But what you may not realize is that high-performing middle managers and […]

Computer Economics has put out its latest research on IT spending and staffing, and the numbers are mixed. The research—2009/2010 IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks—looks at 18 different industry sectors and subsectors showing metrics that can be used for budgeting and to get a wide snapshot of the IT landscape of your peers. Some of […]

Whatever your opinion on H-1B visas and foreign workers–and for many, this issue gets under people’s skin–please understand this: The law around these temporary worker visas is complex and not without its issues in understanding and enforcement. A recent CIO Insight article written by an immigration lawyer gives a pretty full picture of what an […]

Want a break from the recession? Me too. How about the Department of Labor take a few weeks off and report on these things a whole lot less frequently, because this careers blogger is getting tired of having to report the crap-tastic news every week. That would be awesome. But, no, Wall Street and economy […]

Oh, social media. You’re taking up so much of our time and energy that companies need to tell us how to behave. On one hand, it seems silly. Most of these guidelines are common sense, but common sense may not be enough where personal opinions and legal and human resource departments collide. I don’t blame […]

When the economy turns around–which could take a lot longer than anyone imagined–will you stay at your current job, or will you gladly try and get out as fast as possible? A study from Adecco Group appears to be showing that most people want a new gig and more money, and have no sense of […]

Looking for work or would like a new gig in technology? Too often the resume for the technologist is a grocery list of skills, certifications and acronyms. What about your impact on the business, a project or a team? As told in the article Searching for an IT Job: The Do’s and Don’ts: “Applicants “tend […]