Hiring
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Asia sees jump in hiring expectations
News Companies in most sectors optimistic about new hires, as HR priorities--especially in IT and telecoms--focus on developing and retaining talent, finds new report.
Tags: Recruiting, Employee communications, IT training, Survey, Information Technology, job, IT&T, Asia, Telecommunications, Hong Kong
Hong Kong hiring expectations 7-year low
News Only 20 percent of technology firms in the territory plan to grow headcount this quarter, down from 34 percent in last quarter, Hudson survey shows.
Tags: Compensation, Trends, Human resources, Recruiting, Business, Quarter, Asia, Headcount, Hong Kong, human resource agency
Fewer IT jobs in Asia this quarter
News At least one-fifth of region's IT and telecoms firms--and as high as 43 percent in Hong Kong--are set to reduce their hiring activities, finds new Hudson survey.
Tags: Recruiting, Trends, Asia, Headcount, Hong Kong, Singapore, auto company, Japan, job, China
Hire security pros based on reasoning and aptitude
Techguide In-house education--not resume bullet points--is the key to having the best possible employees.
Tags: Security Management, HR policies and procedures, Recruiting, Cookie, Bullet Point, Security, Human Resources Inc., job, Training, IP
US on hunt for 1,000 cybersecurity experts
News US Department of Homeland Security has been given the go-ahead to hire the staff in a push to improve the country's response to cyber incidents.
Tags: Data security, PC security, Security, Network security, Cybersecurity Expert, Cybersecurity, network, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Internet Attack, Information Security
Schmidt: Worst of recession over; Google hiring ahead
News Google CEO Eric Schmidt shares that worst of the recession is behind us and Google feels "confident about investing heavily in our future".
Tags: Internet advertising, Google Android, Google Inc., advertisement, revenue, mobile, Google Android, Investment, Wall Street, net income
Five reasons to hire open source developers
Techguide Afraid an open source developer will be a liability to your organization? TechRepublic's Jack Wallen offers some reasons to think otherwise.
Tags: Open source, Protocols and platforms, Human resources, Trends, Apache Software Foundation, Open-source Developer, Apache Web server, Open-source Community, Microsoft Windows, proprietary software
Report: Apple, Google agreed not to poach each other's workers
News The two companies are said to have had an agreement not to actively recruit each other's employees--at least that is before Eric Schmidt stepped down from Apple's board.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Worker, Eric Schmidt, antitrust, hiring, Business Strategies & Functions, IBM Corp., board, Apple Inc., Google Inc.
There will be IT jobs this quarter, just not too many
News IT departments across the United States won’t hire much this quarter, a survey finds, but they won’t be making significant cuts to their staff numbers.
Tags: Best strategies, Business plans, Workforce, Survey, CIO, Worker, financial, job, professional services, hiring
Steve Jobs on the greening of Apple
News In one of his first post-leave interviews, Apple CEO Jobs says the impact of products, not the emissions of factories, is what counts, and that it's time to focus on a company's results, not its lofty goals.
Tags: Green IT, Apple Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Supplier, Carbon Footprint, energy efficiency, hiring, Dell Computer Corp., PC, Steve Jobs
RIM 'sues' Motorola over hiring blocks
News Research in Motion claims Motorola is blocking it from hiring recently dismissed Motorola staff.
Tags: HR policies and procedures, Lawsuits, Motorola Inc., Research In Motion Ltd., Bloomberg L.P., hiring, blog, agreement, Lawsuits, HR policies and procedures
Microsoft nabs Sun chip executive
News Marc Tremblay, one of the main architects of the Sparc line of chips, is headed to Redmond as a "distinguished engineer" after 18 years at Sun.
Tags: Human resources, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Chip, Sun Sparc, Sun Microsystems Inc., mailing list, chief technology officer, software, New York Times Co.
Ballmer: Yahoo search deal better sooner than later
News Microsoft CEO touts the company's newly named online services chief and says having him on board would make a Yahoo search deal "somewhat simpler", according to a report.
Tags: Search, Software, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Advertisement, monetization, CEO, Yahoo Search
Yahoo plans layoff after profit plunges
News Several hundred employees will lose jobs in coming weeks as the online pioneer tries to change course.
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, Layoffs, Yahoo! Inc., Internet Search Advertising, layoff, Advertisement, cost management, cost control, cost reduction, net income
Microsoft expected to announce layoffs
News Another news report states the company is considering job cuts, a rare move at the software giant. The alleged cuts could come as early as next week.
Tags: Layoffs, Software, Sales/revenue, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Cisco Systems Inc., Workforce, payroll, layoff, job
