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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, IT&T, Information Technology, job, Asia, Telecommunications, Hong Kong
Way to employee's heart isn't always cash
Blogs Big old Microsoft faced some harsh criticism this week after it tried to reclaim excess severance pay that was mistakenl...
Asia's bright spark shines from the Web
Blogs Refreshed from the long Lunar New Year weekend break, I returned to the office this week determined to stay away from bl...
Microsoft cuts 800 more jobs
News The latest workers to have their jobs eliminated are being notified, in what Microsoft said completes personnel reductions announced earlier this year.
Tags: Layoffs, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Money, Microsoft Corp., job, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Windows Live OneCare, Small Business, layoff, Silicon Valley
Extending the job hunt to Web world
Blogs Over the past month, I've been scouring resumes of job applicants and have yet to come across one that points me to a so...
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
User stories: The starting point in agile development
Techguide Rick Freedman explains how user stories can help agile developers understand users' expectations. He also discusses the three Cs, user role modeling and epic stories.
Tags: IT project management, Software engineering/development, User Story, Story, NEC Corp., Detail, Development Effort, Confirmation Element, C, Rick Freedman
S'pore workers job-hunting, IT professionals in high demand
News Though Singapore's unemployment rates are near a four-year high, more workers are looking to change jobs while IT and financial companies find employees hard to come by, finds survey.
Tags: Recruiting, Personnel management, Business Strategies & Functions, Unemployment Rate, Worker, construction industry, Employer, Survey, Information Technology, Human Resources Inc.
Chip market shows signs of life
News Analyst firm Future Horizons suggests chip market could be about to break a key psychological barrier, after last year's "severe overreaction" to financial uncertainty.
Tags: Mobile processors, Processors, Chip, Europe, Sales, Notebook, financial, job, notebook computer, Netbook
Why don't we want to pay our teachers more?
Blogs In March 2007, I got the opportunity to visit the Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai. It was interesting to visit ...
Microsoft local chief, top execs grab 'separation' package
Blogs When Rafael "Pepeng" Rollan, managing director of Microsoft Philippines, told the local IT press on May 17 that the comp...
Survey: Over half of US workplaces block social networks
News A survey of companies' chief information officers reveals that only 10 percent of companies allow unlimited personal social-networking activity on the job and over half block it altogether.
Tags: Web 2.0, Facebook, Social Networking, Workplace, Twitter Inc., Survey, U.S., independent research firm, network, U.S. company
Long contracts more popular than wads of cash
News Contract length is top of contractors' priorities, with 20 percent of survey respondents saying it is the current most important factor for them, new survey finds.
Tags: Outsourcing, IT outsourcing, Priority, Survey, IT Contractor, London, Silicon.com, job, managing director, information technology
GoodGuide gets into gastronomy with food ratings
News Ratings site has added food to its list of earth- and body-friendly products.
Tags: Web sites, Cookie, Food Item, Database, GoodGuide, food, job, founder, Earth, Web sites
Show up the money, really
Blogs Governments worldwide have been stepping in and scurrying to help their local business community ride out this current e...
