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Managing Employees Like Widgets

The dot.com era may be over but the hangover from hiring and firing so many employees, so quickly still...

The H1-B Quagmire?

With hidden costs, rising government fees, and increased regulation around hiring foreign workers, IT executives should beware. The H1-B employment...

The Devil You Know …

More technology executives stay in their current jobs out of fear, not loyalty, and this ungrounded apprehension may be...

Creating Diversity in Your IT Staff

Can your IT operations be at their peak without diversity? Compared to other industries, IT's record with race-bias lawsuits might...

Getting Your Game On

For IT executives wanting to be at the top of their game, executive coaches can be a tremendous tool...

Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?

Being the boss is tough enough but when subordinates are also friends, the working relationship may suffer unless you...

Is Any Job Better Than No Job?

When an unemployed IT manager looks at the career path ahead, a poor personal financial situation might force him...

Layoffs Slow For Fourth Month Straight

August marked the fourth consecutive month when companies announced fewer than 100,000 layoffs for U.S. workers, a trend not...

Turn a Job Interview Into a Contract

Trying to land a job interview these days can sometimes feel like a game of poker. Even if you've...

‘Certified’ MBA Arrives Amid Controversy

Techies wanting to obtain IT management executive positions sometimes turn to graduate school and MBAs as means of scaling...