Microsoft, one of the tech industry’s giants, has started the new year with news no employee wants to hear: layoffs. While job cuts have become something of a recurring theme in the post-pandemic tech world, this time, Microsoft’s strategy has taken an intriguingly surgical approach...
The professional world is like a game of chess—those with the right moves rise to the top. If there's one move that never fails, it’s stacking up on certifications! With technology evolving faster than the Windows 11 boot-up screen (and that's saying something), staying relevant in today's job...
I'm presently exploring a position as a software engineer at one of the large software firms (Microsoft, Apple, Google, and so on), where I'd eventually like to work on product development, but I'm concerned going directly for that sort of job would be pretty difficult.
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Google cloud certifications offer IT pros the ability to prepare for the evolving job market, director, Google Cloud Learning and Enablement, Rochana Golani says.
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The 2016 Global Knowledge IT Skills & Salary Survey report contains a fairly comprehensive roadmap of the current employment landscape (both and out of IT) and what will improve anyone's chances of retaining a job or increasing their compensation.
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A recent review of job vacancy postings on popular sites like Monster.com, CareerBuilder and Craigslist revealed hundreds that said employers would consider (or at least “strongly prefer”) only people currently employed or just recently laid off.
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Looking ahead to 2011, you may be wondering: Does the job market have brighter days in its forecast?
While not all the news is good news (the unemployment rate is expected to remain high), there are employment experts who believe things are looking up in certain industries.
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Unemployed Man Working on Staying Unemployed
For millions of Americans, unemployment is a nightmare. For one, however, it's been a dream come true.
Meet Franklin Schneider, a 32-year-old man who's been fired from 10 crummy jobs in 10 years and couldn't be more delighted.
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