Posts Tagged ‘Employment’

IT Spending to increase in 2012

Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

  InformationWeek’s annual Outlook 2012 Survey displayed a very bullish outlook on 2012. The report, which queries 605 business technology professionals on their plans for IT spending and hiring in 2012, found that 25 percent of companies are planning to expand IT staff and only nine percent will be cutting back. That’s in stark comparison

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Labor law posters: Are yours up to date?

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012

As we leave the old year behind and look to the new, take a minute to check out your employment bulletin boards. Are the notices yellowing and curling with age? How current are they? State and federal labor laws require certain employment notices to be posted in a place available to all your staff. Several

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“What will the IT dept look like in 2015?”

Tuesday, October 25th, 2011

After posing the question at a recent TechRepublic meeting, Editor-in-chief Jason Hiner answered it himself by blogging that “the oversized, centralized IT department of 2011 is a relic that’s never coming back.” Hiner went on to explain that ten years ago, IT departments were busy helping set up “a lot of new stuff” and were assisting

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How fit is your profile?

Friday, October 21st, 2011

Have you looked at your profile lately? Not the one in the mirror; although if that one isn’t looking up to par, you might be interested in one of these 13 digital fitness tools for getting into physical shape. What about your professional profile? Have you looked at that lately? LinkedIn, the leading professional social networking site,

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What’s Your Tipping Point?

Tuesday, October 18th, 2011

The face of the American workforce is changing. In 1997, Daniel Pink explored the developing trend of free agents– people who for whatever reason, “are abandoning one of the Industrial Revolution’s most enduring legacies–the “job”–and forging new ways to work”. By 2008, according to one study, 26% of the American workforce described themselves as free

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A Commonsense Guide to What to Bring to an Interview

Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

You’ve landed the interview. Now what? Let’s take a look at the items you should bring with you to the interview. Identification – Bring your drivers license or other form of government issued ID with your photo. Resume – Bring several copies of your professional resume, printed on resume paper. You should have a copy

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