We Need to Find IT Jobs for Our Veterans
The program created by the White House and several tech companies to help service members earn IT certifications is a good first step, but we need to do more.
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Thursday, May 16, 2013 08:40 AM
Thursday, April 11, 2013 14:30 PM
Overworked, Overstressed and Underpaid
After years of downsizing, rightsizing, budget cuts and always-on office connections, most of us are approaching the breaking point.
Thursday, March 28, 2013 12:15 PM
Seven Ways to Waste Everyone's Time
These seven approaches will ensure that you waste everyone's valuable time and wind up on your colleagues' blacklists.
Monday, January 28, 2013 12:35 PM
Predicting the End of Work
The demand for IT and computing science jobs is on the rise, but individuals in a dizzying array of other fields must retool and retrain or face a grim future.
Monday, December 17, 2012 07:30 AM
Learning to Be Digital
What's emerging is a new digital learning model that's based on just-in-time data and information. This model incorporates an array of tools and technologies.
Monday, March 26, 2012 09:03 AM
A Blatant Violation of Privacy
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....
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 08:03 AM
We're All Overworked
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 tec....
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 10:03 AM
Where Are All the Jobs?
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.....
Monday, February 13, 2012 12:02 PM
Love, Telecommuting Style
By Tim Moran Love is in the air for Valentine's Day, but being able to work at home might trump flowers and candy. According to the results of one recent survey, if your significant other is really hell-b....
Thursday, February 09, 2012 12:02 PM
Spell "F" for Education
By Samuel Greengard It takes only a glance at high school graduation rates to see how off-kilter things are in this country. The State of Oregon just reported that one-third of high school students failed....
Friday, February 18, 2011 10:02 AM
Yes, I'm Ignoring You
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 virtu....
Thursday, January 13, 2011 11:01 AM
In Which We Are Clueless Management Stooges
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....
Tuesday, November 02, 2010 10:11 AM
Flexible Work Breeds Loyal Workers
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, m....
Monday, August 16, 2010 11:08 AM
Computing Curriculum Off Track
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 micropro....
Wednesday, July 07, 2010 10:07 AM
IT as Job-Killer
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 mean....
