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Naked CIO: Social networks are useless for finding a job
Comment So the question, 'can online social networks improve your ability to find suitable employment? Obviously, there are exceptions but as these sites become even more popular and these trends of anonymity... [04 Nov 2009]
Demand for UK tech and computing grads to soar
News The report, The Demand for STEM Graduates: some benchmark projections, was compiled by the Warwick Institute for Employment Research for the government's Department for Innovation Universities and Skills among others. [09 Feb 2009]
IBM chip guru agrees to join Apple
News An Apple representative declined to comment on the lawsuit or confirm Papermaster's pending employment with the company. IBM issued this statement: "Mr Papermaster's employment by Apple is a violation of... [31 Oct 2008]
Jobs of the future: No office, no paycheque
Comment He said: "This break with the present basis of employment based on location and time will see considerable change in the job contracts of the future, even for procedural operations. These are the same... [08 Oct 2008]
IT skills shortage hits 10-year high
News Perceived shortages in the industry jumped from 4.2 per cent last year to 6.8 per cent this year, the national survey of IT salaries and employment trends found. The annual poll of 244 organisations,... [11 Feb 2008]
Tech-savvy school-leavers 'lack basic skills'
News The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and Pertemps Employment Trends Survey found 92 per cent of employers are happy with the IT skills of GCSE students. School-leavers might be tech-savvy but they... [20 Aug 2007]
Teleworking a popular choice for the self-employed
News The ONS report Labour Market Trends: October 2005 said: "[Teleworking] potentially widens opportunities for people to participate and remain in employment. Working from home is on the rise in the UK,... [06 Oct 2005]
Offshore outsourcing has not hit UK jobs, says ONS
News The ONS' latest Labour Market Trends figures show that employment growth in call centre related occupations in the UK has been nearly three times the overall growth in employment, while... [08 Sep 2005]
Unions get £10m for technology boost
News Gerry Sutcliffe MP, parliamentary under secretary of state for Employment Relations, said: "I envisage that the size of the fund would be in the region of £5m to £10m in total, with expenditure spread over several years,... [18 Jul 2005]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Can education be saved?
Comment We have now reached a situation where the linking of money to student placements and employment of academic staff seems to have bastardised many basic principles of modern education. Quite perversely one of the most... [10 Mar 2005]
Techies wanted in the public sector
News The demand for IT workers in the public sector has soared, according to figures released on Wednesday by an employment trends research company. Statistics from the CWJobs quarterly IT skills index showed... [03 Mar 2005]
Delayed upgrades to drive IT pay boost in 2005
News The Foote Partners quarterly IT Insider Compensation Benchmarks and Employment Trends study of 1,860 employers found pay for 150 certified and non-certified IT skills dropped by 4.2 per cent and 0.5 per... [03 Dec 2004]
IT employment cycles hard to pin down
Comment IT employment may be cyclical but do the cycles have any consistency? While other sectors languished in the post-Y2K employment slump, the government was sucking up all the IT staff it could find. Then... [25 Oct 2004]
Devil's Advocate: Outsourcing just the latest fashion?
Comment One way is to worsen the terms of employment of the staff and another is to be more efficient. When we look carefully, it may be that the trends are much more a question of fashion rather than anything... [12 Oct 2004]
IT makes work less stressful
News Gerry Sutcliffe, the Employment Relations Minister said in a statement: “Using technology to work away from the traditional office environment has the potential to bring a wide range of benefits to both employers and... [01 Dec 2003]
