Information Technology Worker
35 Stories
Firms can ease staff anxiety in downturn
News Employers should play role in helping to alleviate stress level of their workers, as fears over job cuts loom at back of employees' minds in current economic climate.
Tags: Conflict resolution, HR policies and procedures, Layoffs, Career, Staff, Training, IT Professional, Singapore, information technology worker, Conflict resolution
Job hunting tips for retrenched IT workers
News Jobseekers should use variety of job hunting methods, and consider new industries as well as roles that fit their experience and skills, say recruiters.
Tags: Recruiting, Layoffs, IT Professional, Jobseeker, information technology worker, Environment, Worker, e-mail, career, job
Report: Still jobs for retrenched IT workers
News Despite downturn, opportunities remain for retrenched IT candidates in Asia-Pacific region, where companies face skills shortage, says recruitment firm Randstad.
Tags: Human resources, Employer, COO, IT Professional, Tool, business analysis, information technology worker, social networking, career, job
Aust hacker jailed for three years
News A computer engineer who crashed several government services and caused millions of dollars of damage has reportedly been jailed for three years.
Tags: Hacking, IP, computer, information technology worker, David Anthony McIntosh, Microsoft Windows NT, Hacker, U.S. Supreme Court, team, Hacking
Jobless techies turning to crime
News The credit crunch will drive impoverished techies and IT workers to sell corporate data and use crimeware, forensic experts have warned.
Tags: Hacking, Spam and phishing, Network security, Business security, Phishing, Security, Finjan Software Inc., Fraud, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, information technology worker
Demand for IT jobs falls in UK
News The drop in vacancies for IT and computing staff is showing up in both permanent and temporary positions, according to a report from KPMG.
Tags: Human resources, Trends, Hewlett-Packard Co., accountant, Accenture Ltd., information technology worker, business service, job loss, KPMG Consulting Inc., job
UK female IT workers face pay gap of one-fifth
News An equal-pay survey has found salary discrepancies are still an issue for female techies in the United Kingdom, although there are signs the situation may be improving.
Tags: Human resources, Benefits, Survey, information technology worker, London, Silicon.com, program manager, U.K., audit, industry
Fewer ads, but IT jobs still available
News Seasonality and the credit crunch may have hit appointment advertising volumes in Hong Kong and Singapore during the third quarter, but companies are still seeking tech professionals.
Tags: Trends, Recruiting, Hong Kong, Singapore, Advertisement, information technology worker, outsource, financial, job, managing director
HSBC job cuts to hit techies
News HSBC has confirmed IT workers will be hit by the 1,100 job cuts the bank announced on Friday, as fallout from the global credit crunch continues.
Tags: Layoffs, Banking, Job Cut, Back-office, information technology worker, London, Silicon.com, job, bank, information technology
Fujitsu staff could strike over pensions, pay
News U.K. union is balloting members to test the temperature for industrial action over the proposed closure of the company's final salary pension scheme.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Officer, information technology worker, Worker, recession, Fujitsu Ltd., financial service, Notebooks and tablets
Microsoft shelves plans for management package
News Says it will continue with existing lineup of management products, as well as some add-ons, rather than complete unified System Center product.
Tags: Content management
Hotmail spam filters block outgoing email
News Ben Johnson has been sending email for months from his Hotmail account, but he just discovered that some of them were diverted to the trash before arriving at their destination.
Hotmail spam filters block outgoing email
News Ben Johnson has been sending e-mail for months from his Hotmail account, but he just discovered that some of them were diverted to the trash before arriving at their destination.
Computer services jobs up in US
Insight Almost 10,000 jobs in systems design were added in November in the US, but jobs in computer and electronics product manufacturing have shrunk.
Tags: Web services
US survey: tech worker job confidence rebounds
Insight While job confidence slipped across the United States last month, tech workers are feeling more upbeat about their employment prospects, according to a new survey.
Tags: Human resources
