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Recruiting Specialists: Tips for Successfully Marketing Your Open Positions

whitepaper What steps will one take to ensure that the job descriptions stand out amid all the other similar open positions on the market? The job posting needs to sell to potential employees one's group, one's mission, and the key function that the job plays...

Tags: it hr - staffing - training

[12 May 2008]

Top IT job at NHS split into two

News The decision to double up the IT roles was taken as part of an ongoing review of effective information use in the NHS amid a £12.4bn overhaul of IT in the NHS known as Connecting for Health. IT at the NHS will now be overseen by two £200,000-per...

Tags: richard granger, cfh, nhs

[28 Apr 2008]

The ISO is right to back Microsoft's OOXML

Comment The Naked CIO: Shadow of the job axe Amid anger and disbelief, it emerged this week the ISO is ratifying Microsoft's OOXML as a standard. News this week that Microsoft's OOXML document format has been adopted as an ISO standard has sparked outcry...

Tags: xml, office, microsoft, standards

[04 Apr 2008]

Dell does AMD deal

News We'll have the flexibility to price more effectively," he said, adding there are no plans for job cuts. Dell's decision to abandon its long-standing all-Intel policy comes amid less-than-stellar profits for its first quarter.

Tags: dell computer, dell

[19 May 2006]

Job-loss fears hit US techies

News Hudson also reported a drop in its job confidence measurement for US workers overall, amid heightened job-security concerns and weaker job satisfaction. The summer doldrums hit US techies in August, thanks partly to job-loss fears.

Tags: jobl loss

[01 Sep 2005]

IT staff confidence growing

News The report comes amid mixed signals about the job scene for tech professionals, who are seeing companies become healthier but are also witnessing some work being sent overseas. Tech workers' optimism about the job market improved in June from a low...

Tags: confidence, hudson

[07 Jul 2005]

Shaheen: 'Siebel can do better'

Shaheen: 'Siebel can do better'

News We can do a better job of reacting to our customers' needs," he said. Siebel's newly appointed chief executive has defended his company amid speculation that it is an acquisition target, but admitted that the CRM specialist has made costly mistakes...

Tags: siebel

[18 Apr 2005]

IT workers' confidence plummets

IT workers' confidence plummets

News The report comes amid conflicting signs about the job situation for technology professionals, who have been struggling to recover from major job cuts in recent years and who also face the threat of offshore outsourcing.

[07 Oct 2004]

IT workers chuffed with <strong>job</strong> market progress

IT workers chuffed with job market progress

News The report comes amid conflicting signs about the job situation for technology professionals, who have been struggling to recover from major job cuts in recent years and who also face the threat of offshore outsourcing.

[02 Sep 2004]

IT <strong>job</strong> hiring picking up in US - but slowly

IT job hiring picking up in US - but slowly

News The report comes amid conflicting signs about the job situation for technology professionals, who have been struggling to recover from major job cuts in recent years and who also face the threat of offshore outsourcing.

Tags: it jobs

[27 Aug 2004]

CA interim CEO takes new job

News Computer Associates' interim CEO Kenneth Cron has taken a new job as chairman of the board at games company Midway Games. The fact Cron has such a strong CV, suited to the games industry, made some question his appointment at CA as interim CEO...

[16 Jun 2004]

Just two per cent of <strong>job</strong> losses down to offshoring

Just two per cent of job losses down to offshoring

News Questions on job loss related to the movement of work were added to the Labour Department's research programme in January, amid nationwide anxiety about sending work abroad. Only a tiny fraction of workers hit by mass layoffs earlier this year lost...

[11 Jun 2004]

5 years ago... Vivendi confirms bid for One2One

News Mass store closures and job losses were among the unwanted milestones on the company's road to redemption, following its £8.4bn purchase by Deutsche Telekom in 1999. In the summer of 2002 Messier was forced to resign amid serious accounting...

[12 May 2004]

Breaking news: CA boss loses top job amid scandal

News Sanjay Kumar, chairman and CEO of Computer Associates has stepped down from both positions with the company. However CA was quick to deny the move implied any wrongdoing on Kumar's part related to ongoing SEC and DoJ investigations.

[21 Apr 2004]

CA fires nine legal and finance staff

CA fires nine legal and finance staff

News Some have questioned whether Kumar's job is on the line amid several probes by regulators and prosecutors into the company's actions. Computer Associates International has fired nine people in its legal and finance departments as it continues an...

Tags: computer associates, cai, ca

[20 Apr 2004]

Yahoo! CEO nets $60m

Yahoo! CEO nets $60m

News The management team has done a phenomenal job since taking over, led by Mr. Those grants, however, came amid Yahoo! Semel, just weeks shy of his three-year anniversary as Yahoo! s chief, this week sold 1.5 million options priced between $54.88 and...

[15 Apr 2004]

Offshoring and IT skills gap leave UK lagging behind

Offshoring and IT skills gap leave UK lagging behind

News Is offshoring a threat to your job? The other main issue the committee is investigating is the impact of offshore outsourcing, amid concerns that not only has the promised 'knowledge economy' jobs boom not materialised but many of those positions...

[18 Feb 2004]

Security gnaws at Gates' bottom line

News Rosoff said Microsoft will need to do a better job of articulating its plans if it expects large customers to essentially buy the company's software in advance. The software giant said late on Thursday that companies were reluctant to sign new long...

Tags: results, security, microsoft, bottom line

[24 Oct 2003]

Gates: Dot-com dreams will come true

Gates: Dot-com dreams will come true

News Basically, no," he said, adding that there are plenty of job opportunities for computer science graduates, including at Microsoft. The move comes amid clamouring by investors for Microsoft to return some of a $49bn cash hoard it has built up to them.

Tags: dreams, rashid, forecast, ce

[29 Jul 2003]

Outsourcing and offshoring - consultants look to fill their boots

Comment He expects the controversy over domestic job losses to grow in the next six to 12 months. Atwood, whose staff has grown by 30 per cent this year amid a surge in offshore deals, said an Everest official has already taken three trips to India in 2003...

Tags: shaw pittman, neoit, san ramon, offshoring

[27 May 2003]

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