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Workday expands service that surfaces employee skills
Workday has expanded the sources it can access to determine employee skill sets, which enables employers to search worker profiles to shepherd them toward the most critical areas of their business.
Tech salaries on the rise globally: report
Research from Hired.com has found that tech salaries are on the rise but, despite the increase, employees don’t believe their pay will keep pace with the cost of living crisis.
Yes, 'quiet quitting' is real
But there are things you can do about it — and you should.
Q&A: From parkourist to data analyst — how upskilling launched a tech career
Bailey Shaw, a 23-year-old parkour expert with no tech background or college degree, was able to land an entry-level job with a software vendor where he spent the next year learning low-code development tools. He's now a junior data...
How many jobs are available in technology?
The latest CompTIA jobs report found that the unemployment rate for the tech industry jumped in August, with the majority of new job postings for emerging tech positions. Meanwhile, remote-work positions have become a permanent part...
How to build a ‘citizen developer’ workforce
With a dearth of professional developer talent, and low-code and no-code platforms proliferating, organizations are turning to tech-savvy business users to solve application needs. But the shadow IT approach can be risky.
How Generation Z workers are different from everyone else
They're diverse, educated, and resourceful. And while they've grown up with screens everywhere, they crave the human touch more than their predecessors.
As frontline workers eye the exit, digital tools can aid staff retention
For many retail, hospitality, and transportation companies, employee retention has become a priority — and new digital tools are increasingly seen as an important way to keep frontline workers from leaving.
Q&A: Real estate exec sees '15-minute city' concept migrating from Europe to the US
As companies rethink how to use in-person office space, and in many cases shutter underutilized real estate, newer concepts are taking hold to offer employees daily urban necessities and amenities — all within a 15-minute foot or bike...
Companies move to drop college degree requirements for new hires, focus on skills
A new study shows employers are ending college degree requirements for many jobs openings, focusing instead on skills, experience, and personality traits. The sea change opens up tech jobs to a more diverse pool of candidates.
Q&A: Computer chip start-up CTO: Our business isn't boring — or a career dead end
As chip behemoths, such as Intel, Samsung and TSMC are moving operations back to the US — and custom chips are needed more than ever — industry execs want young talent to know there's nothing staid about chip design.
Tech hiring enters the Big Freeze
A growing number of tech companies are starting to put the brakes on hiring, but is now the time for them to be stepping back from investing in talent?
Compensation chasms remains for women, minorities — even as salary gaps close
While pay for employees has normalized over the past few decades, when it comes to gender and race, total compensation gaps are still wide — especially in technology fields.
Reports: Oracle makes a round of layoffs in the US
The layoffs have mostly hit the customer experience group and are part of a planned exercise to cut around $1 billion in expenditures according to reports from The Information and Bloomberg.
Swiss cities top ranking of best places to build tech careers
The two best cities in the world for technology career development are Bern and Zurich, while the top US city is Atlanta, according to a new report based on a variety of metrics.
Q&A: Chase CIO details what entry-level job-seekers need to succeed in Fintech
IT jobs at financial services and tech companies are among the most highly sought-after by new college graduates with STEM degrees. Chase CIO Gill Haus said he hires from a variety of educational backgrounds — traditional...
Inflation pushes some workers to new jobs — and some regrets
For some, the ‘Great Resignation’ has become the Great Regret. A new survey shows one in four workers who recently quit now regret their decisions, but most still believe they can make more money by switching jobs.
