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RSS unemploymentRecession hitting low paid IT jobs
News states that unemployment rates for IT grads rose by 4.2 percentage points to 13.7 per cent last year. In the main IT industry wages look to be weathering the economic storm, according to this year's silicon.com Skills... [24 Nov 2009]
Successful Security Strategies for Retailers in a Challenging Economy
White Paper With increased unemployment and fewer customers, retailers have had to look for new ways to meet financial goals. Off late economic environment has been challenging for many retailers. At the same time, rising incidences... [13 Nov 2009]
Tech grads finding it harder to land job in IT
News The unemployment rate for 2008's IT students around six months after graduation was 13.7 per cent - up from 9.5 per cent the year before. The number of IT graduates able to land a job in the industry has slumped,... [12 Nov 2009]
Predictive Analytics in Perilous Times
White Paper In the past year, housing markets have collapsed, credit markets have frozen, venerable Wall Street firms have evaporated, the nation's automakers have approached the brink of failure, GDP has contracted, and... [16 Sep 2009]
IT unemployment hits five-year high
News Unemployment in the IT and telecoms industry has hit a five-year high, new research from industry skills body e-skills has found. In the first quarter of this year, the unemployment rate among ICT... [06 Aug 2009]
IT grads worst hit by recession
News In related news, a report by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (Hesa), looking at employment rates among last year's higher education leavers with known destinations, reveals computer science graduates have the highest rates of... [06 Jul 2009]
Wolfram Alpha: The Google rival that aims to dig deeper
News One example: "When comparing Santa Clara county data to the national unemployment rate, it becomes clear not only that Santa Clara's peak during 2002-2003 was really dramatic, but also that the recent increase is a bit... [29 Apr 2009]
Recession bringing offshored work back to UK
News According to Citigroup's Cramb, in the short term public attitudes to rising unemployment and a growing protectionist outlook towards domestic jobs in the West would lead to fewer jobs being offshored. [28 Apr 2009]
ID cards to remain unreadable until next year
News We are in discussions with DWP [Department for Work and Pensions] about remote authentication for processing unemployment benefits and the like. The UK will have no way of reading the data stored on ID cards until next... [07 Apr 2009]
Enhancing Services to Taxpayers and Citizens in Need
White Paper Minnesota residents who lose their jobs because of downsizing or other reasons beyond their control turned to the state's Unemployment Insurance (UI) Program for help. The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic... [01 Apr 2009]
Naked CIO: Buy British
Comment More than this they can't seem to see that a bad British economy fuelled by raging unemployment will do more harm than good for their company revenues and future growth. Offshoring IT jobs is bad for the UK, says the... [23 Mar 2009]
The IT skills that will beat the downturn
News UK unemployment is rising towards the two million mark but IT pros with the right skills could still be sitting pretty in 2009. Alex Farrell, managing director of The IT Job Board, believes certain IT specialisms will... [21 Jan 2009]
Everything you need to land that new job
News Instead, 2009 seems to be shaping up as a year of job cuts and rising unemployment as companies seek to cut costs to survive the downturn. With the advent of the new year, techies thoughts often turn to job... [14 Jan 2009]
Economy and patriotism keeps work on home turf
News The NOA also believes some businesses may want to use UK-based companies for "patriotic" reasons and to contribute to relieving unemployment. The economic downturn is likely to see UK businesses look closer to home when... [09 Jan 2009]
Techies: Should you be job-hunting this January?
News Instead, 2009 seems to be shaping up as a year of job cuts and rising unemployment as companies seek to cut costs to survive the downturn. January is traditionally a time for job hunting but this year you'd be forgiven... [09 Jan 2009]
