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- Job
- A unit of work running in the computer. A job may be a single program or a group of programs that work together. Jobs can be batch programs...
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- Intuit cut 575 jobs - is this "user generated unemployment?"
- The other day I reported that Brad Smith, the CEO of Intuit, had asked his managers to see which jobs could be cut because there were volunteers among Intuit's 50m users that were doing a better job -- and for free. These seem to be the emerging business benefits from...
- Tags: Job, Intuit Inc., Unemployment, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Do college degrees get you anywhere?
- A lower return on investment for undergraduate degrees is manifesting itself in the forms of salary stagnation and underemployment. by Deb Perelman
- Tags: Job, Wall Street Journal, Degree, Salary, College Degree, Payroll Solutions, Benefits, Recruitment & Selection, Productivity, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Deb Perelman
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Apple's Mac shipments surge; Lowballs on outlook; Jobs health worries
- Updated: Apple on Monday reported fiscal third quarter earnings of $1.07 billion, or $1.19 a share, on revenue of $7.46 billion, well ahead of Wall Street estimates as Mac sales continued to surge. However, Apple lowered its outlook and failed to allay concerns about CEO Steve Jobs' health. ...
- Tags: Revenue, Apple iPhone, Job, Apple Macintosh, Health Care, Apple Inc., Steve, Operational Accounting, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- Ringleader of cybercrime group to be offered a job as cybercrime fighter
- Ringleader of cybercrime group to be offered a job as cybercrime fighter.....All this does is re-enforces that accountability for ones actions are almost non-existent and will only serve to encourage other miscreants to follow in this punks steps.As for the level of knowledge in the law sector... you seem about...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Web browsers, cybercrime fighter, Ringleader, cybercrime group, job
- Discussion threads 2008-07-16
- 78% of US employees feel burned out on the job
- 78% of American workers told CareerBuilder they feel burned out. 46% feel their workload has increased over the last six months. 45% described their current workload as heavy or too heavy. 23% said they are dissatisfied with their current work/life balance. 54% of workers said their companies offer some sort...
- Tags: Job, Workload, Worker, AM
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- Ringleader of cybercrime group to be offered a job as cybercrime fighter
- Owen Thor Walker, a 18 years old ringleader of an international cybercrime group, known as AKILL, part of the A-Team, a group of 8 script kiddies which were all caught in a operation called "Operation Bot Roast II" bust executed by the FBI and several international law enforcement agencies in...
- Tags: Job, Malware, Bot, Malware Bot, PRIVMSG, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- JobTabs Job Search and Resume (exe)
- Organize and execute a successful job search by having the perfect resume for every opportunity you pursue. Learn how to effortlessly manage multiple resumes, cover letters, and job leads. Save jobs listings from the internet and create custom job search agents for any site in the world. Use the job...
- Tags: Job, JobTabs, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Software downloads 2008-07-14
- Jobs, lawyer cleared of criminal charges
- Jobs, lawyer cleared of criminal chargesI wonder how much fury this news will muster?Pagan jimRE: Jobs, lawyer cleared of criminal chargesIf I had $10 billion... would I really need to be dishonest to get $10 billion more????(I wouldn't really need either amount.)RE: Jobs, lawyer cleared of criminal chargesBS. Steve Jobs...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, job
- Discussion threads 2008-07-11
- Jobs, lawyer cleared of criminal charges
- Steve Jobs is off the hook for options backdating charges, according to the Wall Street Journal. Not that he was ever really on the hook. More interesting is that former Apple lawyer Nancy Heinen has also been cleared on criminal charges although she still faces civil litigation with the SEC....
- Tags: Job, Board, Hook, Lawyer, Apple Inc., Backdating, Corporate Governance, Litigation, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-07-11
- From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe
- "Information engineering." had nothing to do with engineering, but tried to use the PC to draw, store, and link models of complex applications and auto-generate some of the COBOL code needed to implement the models using database products like IMS. by Paul Murphy
- Tags: Job, IBM Mainframe, Data, Data-processing, IBM IMS, IBM Corp., Research & Development, Recruitment & Selection, Mainframes, Development Tools, Business Operations, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Servers, Hardware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-07-11
- How should Microsoft fight Vista criticism? "We're sorry" is a good start
- How should Microsoft fight Vista criticism? "We're sorry" is a good startYour type of experience is in the minority.Everyone thinks the majority that are dissatisfied have never tried Vista. When the truth is those screaming the loudest against it used it and didn't like it.My main complaint is not Vista...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-10
- Virtual e-learning: the end of university?
- Virtual e-learning: the end of university?i disagree[i]Nowadays, a university degree or doctorate doesn’t guarantee you a job at the end of your course, whereas “learning as you work” is becoming more and more popular.[/i]As far as I understand it, University places have gone up considerably since the 80s (source: old...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, University Place, job, e-learning
- Discussion threads 2008-07-10
- Reports: You should have no trouble finding IT work
- Reports: You should have no trouble finding IT workIgnores the effect of the H-1B program.Any employment gains have been sucked up by the H-1B and L-1 programs long ago.. (over a million plus in the last six years.Stagnant wages while inflation is runing amok, increased unpaid overtime, layoffs.. all are...
- Tags: H-1B, Recruitment & Selection, job, job posting, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-07-09
- Reports: You should have no trouble finding IT work
- The employment situation in the U.S. may be shaky right now, but techies are on stable ground, find two new reports. by Deb Perelman
- Tags: Job, Information Technology, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Deb Perelman
- Blog posts 2008-07-09
- Enterprise IT and the hypercompetition boom
- Enterprise IT and the hypercompetition boomGood point about the rise in IT failures.Is it just coincidence or can a company get too big to provide quality IT in any fashion other than cookie cutter.Big is not always better. Especially in IT. Whether it's management or development, inefficiencies creep in...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, hypercompetition, Enterprise IT, information technology, job
- Discussion threads 2008-07-08
- Can't jump ship fast enough: Your worst IT jobs
- Can't jump ship fast enough: Your worst IT jobsIT has been good to me.I may be in the minority, but as jobs go, my experience in IT has been good. Every job has its low points and mine have been no different. But the high points dwarf the low.Before IT...
- Tags: Strategy, information technology, IT job, job
- Discussion threads 2008-07-08
- Can't jump ship fast enough: Your worst IT jobs
- You don't need to read Dilbert or watch Dirty Jobs to know that awful jobs are everywhere. Most likely, you've had one or five yourself. by Deb Perelman
- Tags: Job, Information Technology, Insult, Database Developer, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Deb Perelman
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- News to know: Open Office; Google; Security metrics; IT jobs
- Notable headlines: Dana Blankenhorn: What could Open Office do with a business model? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: First look at Ubuntu 8.10 - Intrepid Ibex. Gallery right Paul Murphy: Internet abuse and Cloud Computing An IT productivity horror story ...
- Tags: Job, Security, Google Inc., Power Management, Information Technology, Photograph, OpenOffice, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-07
- Amid ugly job picture, tech related employment holds up
- Amid ugly job picture, tech related employment holds upWhich Tech Jobs?I have taken a stab at answering this question for you, over at the Careers.Org blog. In a nutshell, Software/QA/DBA jobs have a distinct advantage over other portions of the tech sector.
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, job
- Discussion threads 2008-07-05
- Why tech jobs are beating the employment odds
- Why tech jobs are beating the employment oddsCan somebody tell me whenan economist has ever called it right? Every piece of economic news includes the line "more than" or "less than" what economists predicted.Why do we even listen to these folks?I'd have just put it more brutally...US companies have wanted...
- Tags: employment odd, tech job
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
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