The largest addition of jobs in the country came in the IT services and BPO industries
India added 487,000 jobs in its IT and BPO (business process outsourcing) export industries in the quarter ended Dec. 31, despite the global recession, according to a Quarterly Quick Employment Survey by the country's labor bureau.
CEO Ron Hovsepian's total compensation fell in 2009
Novell president and CEO Ron Hovsepian's total compensation fell 17% in 2009, amid declining annual revenue and a wider net loss.
Iannotti will run the application, outsourcing and business process services for HP
Hewlett-Packard on Tuesday shuffled executives, tapping an internal candidate, Tom Iannotti, to run the enterprise services business for the company.
Under the deal, Monster will provide job listings info on Yahoo's Web sites for three years
Job-hunting service provider Monster Worldwide is to buy Yahoo's HotJobs Web site for US$225 million under an agreement announced between the companies on Wednesday.
Relationship advice for IT pros, with nine tips from end-users
If the question "What do you want from me?" screams in your head throughout the day, it might be time to re-assess the relationship you have with the rest of your organization."
Tips from CIOs on making ITpart of the discussion at every level
CIOs at Eaton, Bain and Thomson Reuters market IT value by emphasizing operations, teaming on strategy and getting staff comfortable with the business.
KNowing what team skills you have may help navigate a tough year
Many businesses want an exact map of their IT skills as they enter a potentially tough year, according to the findings of a large survey by the British Computer Society.
Offices in Finland and Denmark are affected, it said.
Mobile phone giant Nokia on Friday said it will cut up to 330 people from its research and development staff.
Recovery may be no different in terms of employee turnover than previous downturns
IT professionals asked to do more work for less pay and fewer benefits might be able to forgive their employers' financial choices, but industry watchers say high-tech workers won't soon forget being treated poorly during the most recent economic recession and will look to find other employment opportunities as soon as the recovery gets under way.
The layoffs follow a poor earnings report from the operator
Sprint Nextel expects to lay off as many as 2,500 people by year’s end, on the heels of reporting that it lost 545,000 customers in its third quarter.
The move may reflect a rebound in outsourcing to India
Accenture said on Monday that it plans to add 8,000 staff in India, indicating that outsourcing to India may be on the rebound.
Local jobs could be affected by the company's second wave of job cuts in about a year
Adobe Systems will lay off 680 staff, or 9 percent of its workforce, in its latest move to cut costs, the company confirmed Tuesday.
Signs of hope after nearly 12 months of steady job losses, but pay may be declining
The apparent turn in the U.S. economy may have put the brakes on the IT job loss freefall, according to some new data.
Be ready to try something radical and different with your career choices.
It's been really difficult using the Force to convince your HR manager or boss to see things your way: Your threats of turning fellow workers to the Dark Side sound hollow and that Jedi mind trick you've been working on for the past six months doesn't seem to be getting you anywhere. Your big promotion? You might as well be working in the Spice Mines of Kessel.
Chairman and CEO Chambers was awarded a "discretionary incentive payment" of more than $US2 million
Cisco Systems gave Chairman and CEO John Chambers a discretionary incentive payment of more than US$2 million for the company's 2009 fiscal year, despite the fact that net income fell nearly 24 percent from the previous year on sales that were down almost 9 percent.
