WESTPORT, Conn. -- A new survey on compensation for information technology positions indicates that salary alone is no longer a sufficient lure to help companies attract and retain IT talent.
ITHACA, N.Y. - Workers in the burgeoning Internet/digital design industry jockey for survival in one of the fastest growing employment sectors in the United States. Confronted with rapid changes in "new media" markets and technology, these highly-skilled professionals - as well as their employers - face serious labor challenges, according to Susan Christopherson, a professor of city and regional planning at Cornell University. She is one of four co-authors of a new report called "Net Working: Work Patterns and Workforce Policies for the New Media Industry."
As high tech workers gain increased numbers and visibility at so many companies, it is inevitable that many of them will start migrating to the management side.
Traditional companies, ones that have spent the last few years considering their e-business strategy and technology infrastructure, are about to enter the second phase of the e-business revolution.
In just the last few years, the notion of quickly training a new or established employee for a position has gone by the wayside. Now companies have to take a more holistic approach to their employees' needs and wants.
Delta Airlines, like most major carriers, is reporting record operating losses, so knowing the economics of the airline industry has become a major preoccupation among employees of the Atlanta-based company.
As Latino immigration transforms much of the U.S., more Americans find themselves confronted in the workplace by Spanish, now the nation's second-most-spoken language. In response, the Washington Post reports, a small but growing number of workers are trying to learn at least "survival Spanish."
Sure, you have all the rules for the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) committed to memory--well, okay, a lot of them, enough to know about reasonable accommodation. That's great. But what about your managers?
DigitalThink, a pioneer in providing e-learning solutions, and SFWorks, a leader in welfare-to-work, are introducing their joint program, "WELFARE-TO-WEB."
