Monday, March 26, 2012 9:49 AM/EST
By Samuel Greengard It's disturbing--and creepy--to learn that a growing number of employers are asking job applicants for their personal passwords to social media sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn. The Associated Press (AP) recently reported that during in-person interviews,...
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 8:45 AM/EST
>By Samuel Greengard Take a poll of your 10 closest friends and I'm willing to wager that, if they're working, they will complain about working way too much. Twenty years ago, we were reading about how technology could soon create...
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 10:59 AM/EST
By Eileen Feretic Why aren't Fortune 500 businesses hiring more staff when many of them are hoarding vast quantities of cash? That was a key issue raised at a recent Harvey Nash Leadership Lecture Series. The answer? They don't have...
Monday, February 13, 2012 12:07 PM/EST
Love is in the air for Valentine's Day, but being able to work at home might trump flowers and candy.
Thursday, February 09, 2012 12:59 PM/EST
America's educational system is outdated and completely unprepared to deal with today's needs.
Friday, February 18, 2011 10:54 AM/EST
Reader Art responds to Sam Greengard's post about people who ignore electronic communications by saying such ignorance is bliss: I fear that following this suggested code of conduct will assure that virtually NO work gets done. Currently over-communication is the...
Thursday, January 13, 2011 11:05 AM/EST
Reader Eugene takes issue with our recent feature on workaholics, specifically this sentence: "While a strong work ethic is valued, a lack of balance with your personal life can ultimately work against you in the long run." He writes: I...
Tuesday, November 02, 2010 10:50 AM/EST
by Samuel Greengard The ability of humans to invent technology far exceeds our ability to use it effectively. Today's topic: telework. You'd think that with all the blather about Web 2.0, smartphones, mobile connectivity and cloud computing, the modern enterprise...
Monday, August 16, 2010 11:09 AM/EST
by Tim Moran Do you recall the name Steve Furber? Back in the '80s, he worked at Acorn Computers Ltd., where he was one of the designers of the the BBC Micro microcomputer and the ARM 32-bit RISC microprocessor. Not...
Wednesday, July 07, 2010 10:55 AM/EST
by Tim Moran If you're educated, information technology can be good for you; if you're not, look out. That's the conclusion of a recently published research paper, according to an article, "More IT means lower salaries for uneducated workers," on...