Trading Your Job for a Career

For some, IT is their job. For others (those in the geek category, perhaps) it is their life. In between we have categories like trade, vocation, livelihood, line of business, occupation, calling, pursuit and living. But, for most of us, IT is our career—even if we didn't view it that way when we first started out.
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(06/14/02)

Programmer/Analyst Is the Skill Most in Demand

For the third month in a row, application programmer/analyst was the most popular job title posted on IT job board Dice.com.
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(06/14/02)

FBI most wanted: new IT priorities

The FBI failed to execute on that basic IT principle -- aligning its technology with business goals. And the government failed to leverage a massive technology investment funded by tax dollars.
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(06/03/02)

IT Work Force Shrinks

First, the bad news: The U.S. IT work force shrank by an aggregate of 528,496 workers in 2001, with companies hiring 2.1 million IT workers while laying off about 2.6 million, according to an industry study. Next, the hopeful news: IT hiring managers are forecasting happy days around the corner.
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(05/10/02)

When Job Hunting, It Pays to Be Outstanding

Once, IT job seekers could post their résumés on Monster.com or HotJobs.com andexpect at least a trickle, if not a deluge, of offers. No more. Now IT candidates need to refine their résumés so they stand out.
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(05/02/02)

Grads Expect Few Tech Job Offers

Internet and technology-related jobs would be among the most attractive to college students entering the job market--if they could find them, that is - according to a new survey by careers Web site Monster.com.
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(04/24/02)

Balancing act: Employee freedom vs. IT security

Many companies are increasingly classifying employee e-mail and Internet privileges as potential security hazards, distractions, and costly legal dangers in the making. Larger enterprises, in particular, are considering curtailing or even abolishing such on-the-job freedoms. The objective is clear, security advisers say. A healthy dose of IT prevention can eradicate debilitating e-mail worms.
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(04/15/02)

Androids

Do androids dream of first amendment rights? A Net-controlled robot reporter from MIT may be headed for Afghanistan.
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(03/29/02)

IT Jobs

The days when IT hiring managers would hire primarily on the basis of experience without requiring skills certification are over, blown away by the stagnant economy and slow IT hiring environment. Attitudes toward IT certifications have changed from "nice but not necessary" to "don't leave home without it."
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(03/15/02)