Working for a startup may have lost its appeal to IT professionals who, after weathering the recent recession, are more interested in positions at medium-sized companies that offer a startup's innovative environment and a large company's stability.
IT execs say employees are getting ruder on the job, and they're blaming technology for the rise in bad manners.
Nearly twice as many CIOs are planning to expand their IT departments in the coming quarter than were three months ago, according to Robert Half Technology.
Tapping an outsider can bring fresh perspective and experience to the CIO's office, but it also can have a negative effect on companies' efforts to develop IT management talent internally
Mobile application developers and wireless network engineers can expect a 9% and 7.9% increase in starting salaries, respectively, says recruiting and staffing specialist Robert Half Technology.
Seasoned networking pros are in an enviable position, according to Robert Half Technology. The tech staffing firm includes systems and networking engineers among the top five tech professionals that companies are currently looking to hire.
Many CIOs predict that real-time communication technologies, such as instant messaging, <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9194962/SharePoint_sites_growing_like_weeds_need_governance">SharePoint</a> , <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9200238/Salesforce.com_rolls_out_free_version_of_Chatter">Chatter</a> and <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9179169/Alcatel_Lucent_gets_social_with_company_communication">Yammer</a> will overtake classic email in the workplace in the next five years.
While the majority of CIOs plan to maintain their current IT headcount, 12% are eyeing expansions and 6% are expecting cutbacks in the fourth quarter of 2011.
Worries about data security, technology upgrades and staffing are the most common concerns keeping IT pros awake at night, according to new research from Robert Half Technology.
Today's tech support teams are significantly understaffed, which leaves staffers juggling too many requests for help and end users suffering long wait times to get that help.
What are the key challenges for your career? As we look across the IT career landscape there are a number of new challenges. The whole IPv6 migration issue has changed some <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/030711-career-watch-six-promising-technology.html">job opportunities</a> for example. <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/supp/2011/enterprise1/020711-ecs-main.html">Cloud computing</a> offers to bring more IT jobs and <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2009/101609-cybersecurity-quiz.html">security</a> issues could change everyone’s job at some point. Here we take a look at some of the hot topics trending in the career world.