Google's fast-growing tool for searching job listings has been a boon for employers and job boards starving for candidates, but several rival job-finding services contend anti-competitive behavior has fueled its rise and cost them users and profits
ICT leaders discuss key findings of the inaugural RWA Auckland IT Salaries report.
Pay rates add up but women still a minority and paid less for the same role, according to the inaugural salary survey by RWA.
One of the big enterprise mobility stories of late is the ruling by a California court that companies who require employees to use their personal smartphones for work must reimburse those employees "a reasonable percentage" of their monthly bills. As CITEworld's Nancy Gohring reported last week, similar legal challenges are happening in other states, including Washington, New Jersey, and Michigan.
The former CIO of Google and founder and CEO of ZestCash, Dr Douglas Merrill, says companies stuck in traditional management practices risk becoming irrelevant and leaders should not be afraid to do 'dumb' things.
Deal to generate millions of dollars
As Clear Communications moves from being a traditional telco into the online world it's coming up with initiatives to retain and attract skilled staff. Kirstin Mills spoke to Clear's director of business transformation and human resources Peter Merry about the changes he's introduced since coming on board last year.
A CIO writes: "I used to work for a dysfunctional nonprofit organisation. When the CEO finally caused the human resources manager to have a nervous breakdown, we hired a consultant to look at the process of hiring a replacement employee.
Hoo boy! Last week I suggested — among other things — cutting the human resources department out of the IT-shop hiring loop. I might as well have wired every copy of Computerworld straight to wall current.