When you go to buy a car, you usually do a little research in advance: comparison shopping on price, features vs. necessities, expectations of value over the long term, and so on. The idea is that you don’t want to blindly walk onto a lot, with its multitudes of makes and models, and randomly […]
According to the March 2015 LINE (Leading Indicators of National Employment) from the Society for Human Resource Management, recruiting difficulty had increased in both the manufacturing and services sectors in February 2015. What are organizations to do in order to stay competitive? Focus on top notch recruiting efforts. Is recruiting an art that deserves […]
Yes, your iPhone is a technological marvel, and has changed how the world works in innumerable ways. And there are certainly many, many STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) graduates behind making that happen. But chances are a few liberal arts grads were in on the act too. “It’s in Apple’s DNA that technology alone […]
Demand outpaces supply for today’s technology workers, and researchers at Georgetown University estimate that by 2020 nearly 5 million tech jobs will go unfilled. Preparing the pipeline is a challenge — the US has always struggled with educating our students in STEM (science, technology, engineering, math), as well as with ongoing retraining and retooling. In addition, […]
While it appears sluggish in some places, the US economy is chugging along, with the US Department of Labor reporting the October unemployment rate down to 5.8% and an average of more than 200,000 jobs created every month in 2014. The industry trade group TechServe Alliance identified that IT hiring grew by 7,800 jobs in […]