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Round-Up All this despair despite high UK earnings and plentiful jobs: labour market figures show employment at its highest level since records began in 1971, average earnings have increased and vacancies are at a record high.
[25 Apr 2008]
Comment The issues with offshoring and outsourcing that are having such an impact on IT employment are a result of this casual attitude in the UK's IT worker community. Gone are the days when loyalty to your employer counted for something.
[31 Mar 2008]
Comment Having left the IT sector five years ago due to not being able to find suitable contract or permanent employment due, I think, to my age - 57 - I reskilled and became a driving instructor. What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards...
[31 Jan 2008]
Comment I consider private and personal use of employer's time, and using employer's equipment and electricity/bandwidth - unless specifically and contractually agreed in employment terms - is theft! Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are...
[10 Jan 2008]
Comment The employment game Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views on the site. I'm on the plane. UK in-flight calls get green light Why oh why are they bothering with this.
[25 Oct 2007]
AS Analysis He is clearly someone who meets the Agenda Setters criteria of influence and longevity - and his place of employment doesn't hurt. The striking absence of the heads of some of the biggest organisations in comms continues in 2007.
[12 Oct 2007]
Comment They seem an ideal fit for everything from social action groups and information sharing, to influencing retail, services, employment conditions, politics, and law and order. Written at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, UK, and dispatched via a free wi-fi...
[18 Sep 2007]
Comment Self-employment is about being your own boss - and that means there's no one else to deal with the paperwork and bureaucracy. When I had a day job, I felt pretty organised but my skills weren't good enough to get me through the first six weeks of...
[19 Apr 2007]
Round-Up Also hoping 2007 might be a little more promising than 2006 are a number of university graduates who have struggled to find employment in their chosen fields. In fact, going off on something of a tangent, the Round-Up can't help suspecting there...
[05 Jan 2007]
Comment Our responsibility is to make sure we have the right employment and opportunities for the future for the right number of people. Jim Marsh took over as head of the UK's 'second telco' following the departure of then-CEO Francisco Caio in April.
[14 Sep 2006]
Leader Given that, according to employment arbitration body Acas almost a quarter of companies specify maximum recruitment ages and many also use age to fix a starting salary, major chances are afoot. How much of a problem is ageism in IT?
[11 Sep 2006]
Leader From the days when the landed gentry looked down on the oiks that made their money from new-fangled steam engines, the British have never really shaken off the idea that business isn't a suitable employment for a gentleman.
[13 Jun 2006]
Round-Up Employment opportunities have dried up following the conclusion of the Lord of the Rings films and while some orcs recently enjoyed unprecedented success in the Eurovision Song Contest, the lot of the average, present-day man-goblin is beset on...
[26 May 2006]
Comment The Employment Code of Practice states that employees should be informed if they are being monitored; have a right to respect for their autonomy and privacy in the workplace; and have a right to expect a degree of trust from their employers.
[10 May 2006]
Comment The government is planning to outlaw age discrimination in employment. All this kind of thing means that there are plentiful opportunities for ageing IT specialists - pushed out of the traditional employment market - to find challenging work.
[13 Dec 2005]
Leader Firstly the official UK employment statistics from the Office for National Statistics show that IT and call centre positions have grown at three times the rate of the national average since 2001 and that redundancy levels have been consistently...
[08 Sep 2005]
Comment It seems that they get an idea, see an opportunity, while at the same time suffering the constraints of employment. Written from Estes Park, Colorado, on a very thin dial-up pipe I just hiked the 2.25km from Longs Peak Ranger Station (in Colorado...
[20 Jul 2005]
Leader It also points to an insatiable need for IT workers, saying employment in the industry will grow five to eight times faster than the UK average.e-skills recommends a lot of sensible-sounding if not earth-shattering proposals, such as making IT...
[14 Jun 2005]
Comment Overall the employment scene is looking brighter than in recent years with unemployment down sharply to 1.8 per cent of respondents - compared to 5.3 per cent in 2004 and 2.2 per cent in 2003. The more things change the more they stay the same.
[29 Apr 2005]
Comment Having suddenly had their employment terminated by American companies and corporations they had no choice - it was time to go home. Peter Cochrane, inspired by a recent visit and conference on the US West Coast, asks whether there is hope for...
[31 Mar 2005]
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