IT Job Candidates: When to Hire – and When to Hold Out

The economic contraction that has plagued not only the IT industry but the entire country seems to be slowly resolving itself. But as market conditions change, so must the outlook of hiring managers. With competition for top talent once again on the rise, how do hiring managers know when to hire – and when to […]

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Employee Engagement: Why It Pays to Mix Business with Pleasure

According to a June 2012 study by The Conference Board, only 47% of Americans are happy at their jobs. In fact, to find the last time that a majority of Americans were satisfied at work, you’d have to go all the way back to 2005, when 52% of US employees reported being happy in the workplace. […]

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Don’t Take IT Employee Loyalty for Granted

According the latest numbers from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), IT workers have been an increasingly loyal bunch. Average time in a job has risen nearly 30% since 2010, up to the current 7.7-year stint. The national median for all occupations is only 4.6 years, so you could say that IT workers are […]

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CSS: Old Skill, New Demand

Everyone knows that Java and .Net are hot – nearly every article about IT mentions how desperately employers need candidates with those skills. But a not-so-new technology is pushing its way to the top of the “most-wanted” list as well. Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), created in 1997, has finally come into its own. Employers now […]

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Workaholics: Wonderful Employees or Weak Links?

The workaholic phenomenon is global: in the U.S., people are putting in 20% more work hours than they did in 1970. Statistics Canada reported in 2009 that one-third of Canadians considered themselves workaholics.  In the Netherlands, 3% of the population reports suffering from “leisure sickness”, where workers actually become physically ill on weekends and vacations […]

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Answering the Dreaded Salary Question When Applying Online

There is perhaps no question that strikes more fear in the heart of a job applicant than “what is your required/desired salary?” Answer too high, and you might price yourself out of a job. Answer too low, and you may leave money on the table. Don’t answer at all, and you risk not making it […]

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