It’s a frequent debate for employers large and small: should they pay for tech professionals’ certifications and continuing education? When it comes to open-source technologies—which drive much of the modern cloud and web—nearly half of...
As a hiring manager or recruiter, it’s tempting to think that job candidates will want to stay at marquee firms for as long as possible. The idea certainly makes sense: once you’ve gotten your foot...
Over the past 12 months, many employers have seen salaries for technology professionals with specialized skills (most notably in database and networking technology) creep upwards. There’s a straightforward explanation for that: the database and networking...
Can you be a people person and a numbers person at the same time? If you’re an HR person, it doesn't really matter whether you can or can’t. Sugarcoat it as much as...
The way we engage professionally via social media is offering new opportunities in the world of work. However, it's also limiting the overarching control that companies have on employees’ ability to communicate. At the SHRM...
A very hot topic of discussion in the blogger lounge at this year's SHRM National Conference was whether or not your company should have a social media policy. John Sumser (@johnsumser), founder of...
Rackspace is one of those young companies, like Google, Facebook, Zynga, and Zappos that has a culture of fun. It’s a great talent attractor. At the Talent Net Live conference at SXSW, I asked Michael...
One of the most vital relationships in the workplace is between managers and their staff. In fact, eight in 10 tech professionals say their boss plays an important role in the decision to stay or...
Resolutions aside, we can all stand to make a few improvements to how we manage our time at work and at play. Despite our most determined efforts, I’m sure we’ve all been accused of failing...
Among his 2012 talent-management predictions at ere.net, John Sullivan, a former Silicon Valley talent pro and now a professor at San Francisco State University, predicts that "retention issues will increase dramatically." It's a big issue...
