Donald Sears

As part of the economic stimulus funds from 2009, the U.S. Health and Human Services is upping the ante on electronic health records (EHR) and the workers who will be needed to manage the technology and administration within healthcare organizations like hospitals, clinics and medical centers. In news announced on Feb 12, nearly a billion […]

Human Resources and technology workers are not on the same page when it comes to what motivates them, according to the February Dice Report. The monthly technology job board’s look at a major issue for technology personnel highlights the elephant in the room: Compensation. When asked to rank the “impediments to enhancing the motivation of […]

If you read all the headlines for studies about IT worker confidence and technology spending expectations like I do for this freelance writing gig, 2010 would seem like the year technology workers are on a full jobs rebound. Yet, when you get into the meat of those reports, there is usually an underlying thread of […]

A January Forbes article got me thinking on what is considered low-level work in technology these days. Ed Sperling’s piece “Rebalancing Your IT Staff” is a smart article aimed at CIOs explaining to them that the real value of outsourcing is the ability to free your technology staff to become a richer part of a […]

Does your career feel stagnant? Recent research from the Conference Board showed job satisfaction levels at the lowest levels in 22 years. Only 45 percent of 5,000 respondents are satisfied in their jobs, compared with 61 percent back in 1987. “While one in 10 Americans is now unemployed, their working compatriots of all ages and […]

Two recent Forrester research reports point to increased spending in security in 2010. What are the security skills companies need? Forrester’s research points to demands for the enterprise in network security, mobile systems, and device management and compliance. The insecurity of smartphones is of particular concern to small and medium-sized businesses. Technology analyst David Foote […]

In tougher economic times where competition for full time work with benefits is fierce, how do you stand out from a crowded pack of IT workers? For starters, you need a resume that speaks results, say resume writing experts. It’s not enough anymore to simply rest on your skills and experience, you need to put […]

Bob Lewis, president of IT Catalysts and a prolific writer on technology issues, is not afraid to tell you what he thinks is wrong with how most IT shops are run, and how CIOs and the business side are asking for the wrong things from IT. In his recent article for InfoWorld, “Run IT as […]

Claiming an abundance of jobs in Linux, the Linux Foundation is launching a new job board specifically for open-source-related employment on the Linux.com site (jobs.linux.com). Since 2005, jobs in open-source technologies have grown some 80 percent, according to online recruiter JobThread, which the Linux Foundation has partnered with for job postings. “Linux’s increasing use across […]

The annual RSA conference in March is generally considered the largest vendor-centric security conference for technology professionals of the year. In an effort to show its understanding of those who have been afflicted by the recession, RSA is giving away 25 free attendance slots to the event held at San Francisco’s Moscone Center to unemployed […]