Will it be impossible to change jobs this year?
Career Builder said last week that nearly one-in-five workers plan to change jobs in 2009, a percentage unchanged from the year. The lack of variation surprised me.
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How to be a better techie in 2009
In 2009, this could be you.... Cure cancer, run that three-minute mile, save the whales...
The sweet lure of tomorrow
Do you feel like this when you get back from a holiday break?Just sending out your holiday cards today?
The steep price of good technology
What was good for the Netflix customer -- a less buggy experience, courtesy of Microsoft's Silverlight -- was bad for the 50 technical specialists laid off when their services were no longer needed.
Nobody works for a dollar
Not the executives at Chrysler, Ford and GM and not the CEOs of Apple, Google and Yahoo. Oh, and especially not this writer.
The most slacking-est time of the year
Is this what your office looks like from November to January?Statistically speaking, you're not doing any work today -- or so poll after poll out this time of year about "lost productivity hours" and "distracted workers" claims.
'The devil you know' keeps worried workers in place
So, let's say that you're one of the lucky ones who slip out from under the economic downturn's merciless grip, and you get to keep your job. Aside from keeping your head down and by all means, not audibly cheering your good fortune, what do you do?
Is there a better way to be handed a pink slip?
Sadly, we're talking about the other kind of pink slip.I know what you're probably thinking: What a ridiculous question.
My Awesome IT Job: Enterprise Architect, IBM
Hey, we all complain about work from time to time; we've all had lousy jobs. But before you call it a day and head off to the support group that meets at the bar, here are a few words from an IT pro that loves their work.
No rest for the weary techie
Does your workload make you want to do this?The state of the economy, and the job market that it is dragging down with it, may or may not have affected you yet.