IT Industry Update
February 26, 2010
February 26th
Your weekly IT update!
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- Categories: Employee Engagement, Employee attraction, Technology Industry
IT Industry Update
February 22, 2010
February 22nd
Your weekly IT update!
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Social Media Traffic Growing
February 19, 2010
As Social Media begins to play an even greater role in the world today, it will be important that we realize the benefits that it can offer. In an article published this week by CIO.com it stated that Facebook has now become the second most popular site on the web, passing Yahoo with only Google ahead of them. Facebook’s 133.6 million unique visitors gives credibility to the exposure that social media provides and the different ways it can help businesses advertise and hire. These numbers further emphasize the importance of sites like Facebook and why organizations need to embrace social media and not let the benefits it can bring slip past them.
- Categories: Articles
Higher Broadband Speeds-More Jobs?
February 16, 2010
The BusinessWeek article below focuses on the ties between broadband speeds and job creation. As the article states, “In 2006, the Commerce Dept. found that broadband access enhances economic growth and performance, and that its economic impacts were both real and measurable. Broadband helps users go online with greater ease and helps eliminate job search and placement barriers.” Read more about how broadband speeds can influence the job market here:
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/feb2010/tc20100212_572043.htm
CareerBuilder Announces the Release of Q1 2010 U.S. Hiring Forecast
February 15, 2010
February 15th
“The encouraging news regarding the economy may be easing hiring fears, as employers signal an increase in their plans to hire in the new year, according to Careerbuilder’s 2010 Job Forecast.”
Check out the the forecast by clicking on the link below. IT is expected to increase hiring more than any other industry.
- Categories: Economy, Employee attraction, Technology Industry
Google attempts to break into social networking
February 11, 2010
“Google Buzz” is Google’s latest attempt to enter into the social networking game. Can they compete with facebook and twitter?
Read more here http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/10/technology/internet/10social.html?em
- Categories: Articles
Google’s Broadband Plan
February 11, 2010
Cecelia Kang of the Washington Post reported the upcoming plan Google has to super-size your internet connection.
Read the Washington Post article here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/10/AR2010021001649.html
- Categories: Uncategorized
Recession-Proof IT Skills
February 9, 2010
February 9th
“For people with the right skills and the right attitude, this is a fantastic time to be in the data center space,” says Dwight Gibbs, senior vice president of technology at Input, a Reston, Va., market intelligence firm.”
http://www.cio.com/article/533767/10_Recession_Proof_IT_Skills?page=1&taxonomyId=3112
- Categories: Articles, Technology Industry
Best IT Jobs Right Now!
February 4, 2010
February 4th
- Categories: Articles, Technology Industry
Worst Cities To Work in IT across the World
January 28, 2010
January 28th
“You think you’ve got it bad working your IT job in Detroit, Anchorage or Cleveland? Check out our global list of the riskiest and most toxic work environments — then count your blessings.”
- Categories: Technology Industry