recruitment & staffing

Webcasts

Low Wages And High Unemployment For U.S. Men

August 19, 2011 12:00am PDT

In this webcast, the presenter discusses disturbing trends for men in the U.S. work force today: nearly one man in five is unemployed, wages for men who do have jobs are historically low, and...

Provided by: Brookings Institution

White Papers

Managing Data Transfers in Computer Clusters With Orchestra

August 19, 2011 12:00am PDT

Cluster computing applications like MapReduce and Dryad transfer massive amounts of data between their computation stages. These transfers can have a significant impact on job performance,...

Provided by: Association for Computing Machinery

Blog Post

GE thumbs its nose at outsourcing, builds world-class data center

August 18, 2011 8:52pm PDT

While most companies are rushing to outsource as much of their IT as possible, GE just made a huge investment in its IT operations with one of the world's state-of-the-art data centers.

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Blog Post

The 10 worst ways to communicate with end users

August 16, 2011 12:40pm PDT

To be a successful support tech, you have to be a skilled communicator. See if you recognize any of these common communication missteps.

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Blog Post

Five tips for fitting in when you start a new job

August 11, 2011 12:50pm PDT

When you begin a new job, it's easy to get a little carried away trying to impress your boss and coworkers. Here's some practical advice for getting off to the right start.

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Blog Post

The interview and answering the no-win question

August 10, 2011 4:09am PDT

Salary negotiations are difficult for many people looking for a job. A new book offers some practical advice for getting the results you want.

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Blog Post

You might be a workaholic if...

August 8, 2011 4:31am PDT

Here's a quiz that may tell you whether you're a workaholic.

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Blog Post

Embrace the cloud and hosted services... with some rules

August 8, 2011 4:10am PDT

Scott Lowe shares some of the steps his organization takes when they research initiatives for individual units.

White Papers

Static Scheduling in Clouds

August 8, 2011 12:00am PDT

Cloud computing aims to give users virtually unlimited pay-per-use computing resources without the burden of managing the underlying infrastructure. The authors present a new job execution...

Provided by: Institute of Science and Technology

Blog Post

Five tips for controlling procrastination

August 5, 2011 12:00pm PDT

Some people say procrastination works for them, keeping them sharp and efficient. But for others, it's self-defeating, guilt-inducing, and demoralizing.

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White Papers

Provisioning Spot Market Cloud Resources to Create Cost-Effective Virtual Clusters

August 5, 2011 12:00am PDT

Infrastructure-as-a-Service providers are offering their unused resources in the form of variable-priced Virtual Machines (VMs), known as "Spot instances", at prices significantly lower than their...

Provided by: University of Melbourne

Blog Post

Five little things that count in a job search

August 3, 2011 4:45am PDT

Here are five small suggestions that will serve you well in a job search.

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Blog Post

Are you the person other people see?

August 1, 2011 9:36am PDT

Do you think you know how you come across to other people? It's a job-finding liability if you don't.

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Blog Post

Outsourcing and offshoring, revisited

August 1, 2011 9:21am PDT

Patrick Gray discusses the comments that he received after writing about his fondness for outsourcing and offshoring.

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Image Gallery

Pantech Pursuit II photos

July 29, 2011 6:00pm PDT

The Pantech Pursuit II is not much better than its predecessor, but if all you want is an affordable and functional messaging phone from AT&T, the Pursuit II gets the job done.

Blog Post

Please tell me they didn't

July 28, 2011 5:35am PDT

In either the funniest spoof or the scariest bit of reality, a marketing professional has posted some videotaped interviews he did with applicants for a fake job. Steinar Skipsnes wanted to see...

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Downloads

IT Security for the Mobile Workforce

July 28, 2011 12:00am PDT

Securing your company's network and protecting its sensitive data is a constant battle. TechRepublic's IT Security for the Mobile Workforce is designed to help you protect your organization from...

Provided by: TechRepublic Pro

Blog Post

Eight ways companies can make the hiring process better

July 27, 2011 10:04am PDT

Here are eight things employers can do to make the interviewing and hiring process easier for job candidates.

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Blog Post

Five free mobile apps that can make your job search easier

July 27, 2011 6:04am PDT

There's no denying that looking for a job is hard work. But if you have a smartphone, here are some apps that can make the chore a little bit easier.

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Blog Post

Why I love offshoring and outsourcing

July 26, 2011 5:23am PDT

Most IT employees look at offshoring and outsourcing with begrudging acceptance to thinly veiled (or outright) xenophobia, but Patrick Gray believes they have made the IT profession stronger and...

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