Features

• Get the IT career you want: Develop business value

  By Al Kuebler | 25 August, 2011 03:17

  A lot of technology professionals are frustrated with the IT profession. They can't find a job or move into the position that they want. They're always hearing that demand exists, but that's not what their personal experience has shown them. They feel they have the skills for the job, and have even put in the time it takes to be qualified or certified in the technologies in demand. But the requirements for IT career development remain elusive.

• A daughter follows her father into a mainframe career

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 05 August, 2010 05:59

  Kristine Harper and her father, Tom, both work on mainframe computers. BOSTON - Kristine Harper was about 12-years-old when her father took her to his office to take part of a "take your daughter to work day." Tom Harper said his daughter was less than enthusiastic about his profession that day.

• Stupid mobile tricks: 7 stories of smartphone horror

  By JR Raphael | 06 August, 2010 07:52

  For a device with "smart" in its name, a smartphone sure can help you do a lot of stupid things. Whether it's racking up thousands of dollars in international roaming fees or encouraging dozens of eye rolls with your misrouted voice dialing -- I'm looking at you, guy who calls Ben O'Lynn in accounting every time he means to call Bennigan's for lunch -- our modern-day mobile devices provide plenty of opportunities for tech-tinged embarrassment.

• Eight ways a job interview can take a turn for the worse

  By Meridith Levinson | 08 May, 2010 05:26

  So you arrive at a big job interview confident and prepared. It starts off strong. Conversation flows smoothly. You're saying all the right things.

• Stepping forward

  By Divina Paredes | 16 March, 2010 04:28

  Tanya Harris was head of human resources at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand in Wellington when she made a lateral career move.

• CIOs fear mass IT exodus following economic recovery

  By Denise Dubie | 19 November, 2009 08:32

  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.

• What Star Wars Teaches Us About Career Management

  By Thomas Wailgum | 29 October, 2009 09:27

  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.

• Hot data centre jobs: Cloud, Virtualization, Green

  By Robert Lemos | 27 May, 2009 05:31

  In recent days, "less bad" has become the favored description of much of the economy, including the IT industry. However, the number of positions needed for efficient operation of data centers has remained strong, continuing to show overall growth even in a down economy.