Articles by Elisabeth Greenbaum Kasson
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How to Get Hired by Deloitte
Deloitte LLP -- the audit, financial advisory, tax and consulting firm and its subsidiaries -- has about 60,000 employees in more than 100 offices across the country. Its technology practice invo… -
Increasing Demand for Oracle DBAs
Employment for DBAs is projected to grow 15 percent between 2012 and 2022, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. While that’s a slightly slower gain than is anticipated for some other area… -
Here’s An Interview Question With One Right Answer
How does Michael Heyward, the 26-year-old founder of secret-sharing app Whisper, identify employees who have the innate excitement to drive the company forward? He asks them about Ohio. Specifica… -
Air-Sickness Bags? Unusual Ways Geeks Spend Their Off Time
While the archaic stereotype of a sweaty, plugged into the motherboard kind of geek continues to disintegrate, we’re still stuck on the one that posits that a 16-hour work day trumps any kind of… -
Uber’s Travis Kalanick Likes ‘Experiential’ Hiring
San Francisco-based Uber, brainchild of serial entrepreneur/CEO Travis Kalanick, is currently valued at $3.5 billion. Despite having been stymied by regulators in several key markets, the nearly… -
Why Your Tech Job May Be Killing You
Research is finally backing up once-empirical evidence that an office job can be as hazardous to your health as one that’s out in the field. Recently, Business Insider published a comprehensive l… -
Krishna Gupta: Building Startups From the Web to Your Cup
Krishna Gupta is a Los Angeles-based technology entrepreneur, occasional hard-rock guitarist, whiskey aficionado, real estate mensch and all around good-idea manufacturer. He has his dad to thank… -
After 30 Years in IT, One Woman Sees More to Do
Sandra Ashworth, Unisys’s global director of channel relations and warranty, is an evangelist for women in IT. A member of CompTIA for more than 20 years, she’s currently the chair of the organiz… -
Kaplan to Launch Ruby on Rails Boot Camp
National education and training heavyweight Kaplan Test Prep has teamed up with thoughtbot, a consulting firm that makes Web and mobile apps, to launch a Ruby on Rails immersive boot camp called… -
How to Get Hired at Educational Platform 2U
Founded in 2008, 2U, Inc., is on the cutting edge of online education. The company partners with universities like Brandeis, Boston College, Emory, UC Berkeley, Northwestern and Notre Dame to pre…