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Collaborate on an Employment Manual With HR

whitepaper Corporate attorneys often work together with human resources personnel to develop employment and policy manuals. These manuals set expectations and guidelines for employees and must adhere to governing employment laws.

Tags: hr

[11 May 2008]

The Home Office Deduction

whitepaper The savings from an office-in-home deduction can be significant, particularly in the case of a taxpayer who is subject to both income and self-employment taxes. However, before including this deduction on the client's return, one should help him...

Tags: planning and services

[11 May 2008]

Techies: 'We're worth more than last year'

News Almost two-thirds (65 per cent) of respondents said they are looking abroad for employment opportunities, and 87 per cent of those said this would be to secure a better quality job. UK IT workers are not letting economic woes get them down...

Tags: salary, jobs, skills

[02 May 2008]

Indian techies snubbing US jobs in favour of home

News The survey of 667 IITians found this was being fuelled by shifting attitudes, between 1964 and 2001 60 per cent believed developed countries offered the best employment prospects but this fell to 51 per cent between 2002 and 2008, with 49 per...

Tags: it, india, outsourcing

[29 Apr 2008]

The Weekly Round-Up: 25.04.08

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.

Tags: open source, zx spectrum, apple, london

[25 Apr 2008]

Miserable at work? Live in London? Join the club

News Yet UK earnings are high and jobs are plentiful: 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.

Tags: work, staff, london, survey

[21 Apr 2008]

Setting Up a Help Desk: Students Learning From Experience

whitepaper Obtaining employment on a Help Desk is often a "Catch twenty-two situation" for students. Most advertised jobs in this area state "Prior experience an advantage". In a regional city, there are limited opportunities for students whilst studying to...

Tags: customer support services

[12 Apr 2008]

Chile's Government Procurement E-System

whitepaper The UTIC was given the mandate of coordinating, promoting, and advising the Chilean Government on the development of IT in the areas of employment, information and communications. Recognizing the potential benefits of IT, the Chilean Government...

Tags: procurement and sourcing, firms, procurement, opportunities

[10 Apr 2008]

Phishers attack social networking generation

News Symantec Australia managing director Craig Scroggie said social-networking sites are a treasure trove of personal data, listing information such as birthdays, location and employment history. The report reveals that, for the second half of 2007...

Tags: social networking, phishers

[09 Apr 2008]

Shell accused of keeping staff in dark over job losses

News Transferred Shell staff will not retain their existing employment contract rights and redundancy packages under their new employers, with Shell estimating existing rights will expire after about two years.

Tags: outsourcing, shell, ito

[03 Apr 2008]

The Economic Impact of IT, Software, and the Microsoft Ecosystem on the Global Economy

whitepaper Microsoft-related employment is 42% of global IT employment. This study shows that the IT industry plays a critical role in economic growth throughout the world and that the economic impact of the software sector is much greater than its proportion...

Tags: infrastructure management

[03 Apr 2008]

The Naked CIO: IT staff disloyalty

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.

Tags: recruitment, loyalty, skills, offshoring

[31 Mar 2008]

EDF Group Achieves Greater Flexibility and Increases Performance Within Its Internal Employment Market

whitepaper EDF Group wanted to create a human resource management information system capable of supporting the group's initiatives, including mobility management and labor force and skills management programs and promote a full-employment policy and elevate...

Tags: hr

[24 Mar 2008]

Collaborating in Virtual Worlds

whitepaper Hear him share his views on the importance of a communal office space (either real or virtual), the historical role of real-life objects in communication, the future of work, Hollywood-style employment models, cost-efficiency, going green, and...

Tags: knowledge and data management, style, virtual, environments

[16 Mar 2008]

ID cards chief defends u-turn

News It also emerged that employers of the "trusted workers" who will get the cards first, such as BAA, are likely to continue picking up the bill for pre-employment checks under the ID card system. James Hall, director of the Identity and Passport...

Tags: id cards, security, identity, british

[10 Mar 2008]

Multicampus College Lowers IT Costs With Centralized Management and Security

whitepaper Offering degrees and diplomas in career-track programs, Remington College teaches real-world skills that translate into real-world employment opportunities. The college operates 21 campuses across the United States.

Tags: application servers

[08 Mar 2008]

Facebook founder talks 'Google-isation' and aggressive growth…

News On whether Sandberg's employment will help advertiser confidence… Facebook has announced it has hired six-year Google veteran Sheryl Sandberg as its chief operating officer, a big move as the hot social network attempts to convince people it's here...

Tags: facebook, zuckerberg , google, role

[06 Mar 2008]

Server Consolidation Improves IT's Capacity Utilization

whitepaper In an economic expansion, 85 percent capacity utilization is considered full employment. Whether one's company has 300 employees or 30,000, chances are that the data center has far more servers than one actually need.

Tags: data center

[29 Feb 2008]

ID cards plan: Airport union wants answers

News We want the process to be transparent, they [the BAA] would have to be able to substantiate the reason why workers are not able to get employment or an ID card. If the cards are necessary for continued employment at BAA they also need to make sure...

Tags: id cards, no2id, card, cards

[20 Feb 2008]

Indian tech booming with a healthy spring in its step

News The Nasscom study found the tech industry has also fuelled a 36 per cent increase in direct exports and a boosted direct employment by a compound annual growth rate of 26 per cent over the past decade.

Tags: nasscom, economy, revenue, offshoring

[13 Feb 2008]

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