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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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- My pick for the Yahoo CEO job . . .
- If I were Yahoo I would try to recruit Sean Maloney, Intel's executive vice president and Chief of Sales and Marketing. Mr Maloney has had a lot of experience turning around troubled Intel business groups and he is easily one of the most competent executives in the...
- Tags: Job, Yahoo! Inc., Mr., Intel Corp., Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Tech czar job: CTO or CIO?
- Is the national "chief technology officer" job promised by Obama going to be more of CTO or CIO job? The consensus seems to be leading towards the latter. The Washington Post quotes Gary Arlen of Arlen Communications: It seems to be much...
- Tags: Job, CIO, CTO, Information Technology, Government, Recruitment & Selection, Vertical Industries, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Who will lead Obama-era FCC?
- Monday morning may continue the speculation that Hillary Clinton will be named Secretary of State, but in more technical climes the wagers are on what will happen with the Federal Communications Commission. Ars Technica talked to telecom attorney Andrew Lipman, who expects Obama to move fast. Why? The issues the...
- Tags: FCC, Job, Broadband, Federal Government, Telecommunications, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-11-16
- Can flagging industries be replaced by BPO services?
- President-Elect Obama is facing a massive task to redeploy workers in consolidating and declining industries, such as automotive manufacturing. Could creating BPO jobs we an answer? Could the USA become a competitive BPO location? by Phil Fersht
- Tags: BPO, Industry, President-Elect Obama, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Outsourcing, It Services, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Phil Fersht, Job, Chrysler LLC, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Blog posts 2008-11-16
- Tech workforce pinched by economy, feeling like 2003
- That economic doom-and-gloom has finally hit the tech sector and it looks like job cuts in the electronics, telecom and computer industries could be flirting with numbers they haven't seen in years. According to Challenger, Gray and Christmas, a global outplacement firm that tracks daily job cut...
- Tags: Job, Technology Sector, Industry, Job Cut, Workforce, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- The mass exodus of the technology industry
- Everywhere I look at the moment there are job cuts here, mass lay-off's there, unemployment rising and a crumbling global economy. Whilst students are working their arses off trying to cram for pre-Christmas exams, it opens up a world full of worry for students who are...
- Tags: Job, Technology Company, Industry, U.K., Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Computers make the case for globalization
- The United States has long been sliding towards trade skepticism, a process that has merely been exaggerated by the recent troubles in financial markets. Low-cost computers and its associated market size makes one of the best cases for globalization, however. Most of us wouldn't have jobs if computers...
- Tags: Computer, Globalization, Productivity, Strategy, Management, John Carroll, Job, Laptop Computer
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Sun cuts 5,000 to 6,000 jobs
- Sun said Friday that it will lay off 15 percent to 18 percent of its workforce--or 5,000 to 6,000 people--as it restructures amid weak demand, a series of poor quarters and a business model that rallies around open source software. Add it up and Sun is looking...
- Tags: Job, Sun Microsystems Inc., Operational Accounting, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- 'The devil you know' keeps worried workers in place
- So, let's say that you're one of the lucky ones who slip out from under the economic downturn's merciless grip, and you get to keep your job. Aside from keeping your head down and by all means, not audibly cheering your good fortune, what do you do? by Deb Perelman
- Tags: Worker, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Deb Perelman, Job
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- Spoke resorts to fear tactics, loses credibility
- Other companies, especially Web 2.0 and social networking companies, can learn a valuable lesson from Spoke's antics. by Jennifer Leggio
- Tags: Web 2.0, Social Networking, Networking, Internet, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Jennifer Leggio, Job, E-mail
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- Schmidt says no to CTO job
- Schmidt says no to CTO jobSchmidt will not take a full time job - an advisory board position YES.He can make a bigger difference staying at Google. Together with the founders, they will be doing a lot of very interesting things.
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, job
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- Schmidt says no to CTO job
- Photo by WorldWidePhotography Fresh from his stint on Barack Obama's economic transition team, Google CEO Eric Schmidt made an appearance on Jim Cramer's "Mad Money", where he put to rest speculation -- like that from TechRepublic's Jason Hiner -- that he would be the top pick for...
- Tags: Job, Google Inc., Eric Schmidt, CTO, Schmidt, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- Despite weak economy, strong demand for community managers
- Looking for a new gig? Apparently the market is hot for community managers. Even though the job market seems to be pretty soft these days, the demand for community managers doesn't seem to be waning. According to ReadWriteWeb: It's a hot job. We only expect it...
- Tags: Job, Community Manager, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Joe Brockmeier
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- DHL ends U.S. operations, cuts 9,500 jobs
- DHL ends U.S. operations, cuts 9,500 jobsI won't miss them!!!!!!As a Dell customer, I am constantly receiving shipments from DHL. They might be fast, but their service is TERRIBLE - I live in an upstairs apartment, and they just throw the delivery in the door in the downstairs entranceway!...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, DHL, Dell Computer Corp., job
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- DHL ends U.S. operations, cuts 9,500 jobs
- In what may have a catastrophic effect on gadget delivery nationwide, global delivery company DHL has announced that it will be cutting 9,500 jobs and suspending domestic mailing operations. UPS, FedEx, USPS: We hope you've got enough trucks and airplanes to go around! ...
- Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., U.S., Job, Federal Express, DHL, DHL U.S., Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- Papermaster temporarily blocked from Apple job
- Papermaster temporarily blocked from Apple jobHow does that tie him to IBMfor his entire career? I can see an issue if you are earning 70,000 dollars a year, but the salaries some of these division heads earn are in the million dollar range, and I am sure job offerings are...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Apple Inc., Papermaster, job, IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- Papermaster temporarily blocked from Apple job
- A federal judge granted a temporary injunction blocking former IBM exec Mark Papermaster from working for Apple. IBM asserts Papermaster possesses trade secrets and a non-compete agreement prevents him from working in the industry for a year. by Richard Koman
- Tags: Job, Apple Inc., IBM Corp., Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management, Richard Koman, Trade Secret, Agreement
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- Memo to the President-elect: Environmental responsibility and economic revitalization go hand-in-hand
- No matter their political affiliation, most people who have an opinion about what President-elect Barack Obama should do first after he's sworn into office point to the country's economic identity crisis as his first order of business. And given how much the latest jobs report rattled the...
- Tags: Job, Clean Technology, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-11-08
- GM, Chrysler, and one specific IT Job
- GM just announced a huge loss, Toyota's American operation is in financial trouble, Chrysler is thought to be the worst off of the them all - what's really causing this, what can be done to help, and who's job is at risk? Roger's job - and in this context we...
- Tags: Job, Information Technology, Chrysler LLC, General Motors Corp., Roger, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Paul Murphy, Vehicle, Automobile Company, Third World, Manufacturing
- Blog posts 2008-11-08
- 80% of Americans think technologies have improved their ability to do their job
- 80% of Americans think technologies have improved their ability to do their joband 50% said.. "how do i use this survey?"budumpchaseriously.. training is still a big problem.. people dont know how to use their software with even 80% efficiency. I train people, other people train people.. they still ask...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, job
- Discussion threads 2008-11-06
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