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Employers Favor State Schools For Hires
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Employers Favor State Schools For Hires

A Wall Street Journal study found that U.S. companies largely favor graduates of large state universities over Ivy League and other elite liberal-arts schools when...

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How to Make a Lateral Move

Making a lateral move within an organization can be one way to unlock new challenges and better position you for long-term career growth. Lateral moves also save...

Census: Women Closing in on Male-Dominated Fields
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Census: Women Closing in on Male-Dominated Fields

Younger generations of women are closing the gender gap in science and business and now account for nearly half of those college majors traditionally dominated...

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Saying High-Tech Is a Meritocracy Doesn't Make It So

It is hard to support the assertion that Silicon Valley is a meritocracy that rewards good ideas regardless of gender, according to Caroline Simard, leader of the...

Black Computer Scientists in Academe: An Endangered Species?
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Black Computer Scientists in Academe: An Endangered Species?

African-Americans account for just 1.3 percent of computer science faculty at U.S. colleges and universities, and only 1.6 percent of computer science doctorate...

Booming China Lures Key Professors Home From U.s.
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Booming China Lures Key Professors Home From U.s.

Weiping Li came from China in 1982 to study engineering at Stanford University. But earlier this year, he left the U.S. to work in a country where the economy...

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How Do You Answer 'Tell Me About Yourself' in a Job Interview?

For IT job candidates, one of the most stressful points in an interview is "Tell Me About Yourself." You want to be ready with about a one-minute summary or your...

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How to Save ­.s. It Jobs

Leading academics and analysts, consultants and IT services executives weigh in on what the federal government ought to do to help create IT jobs and maintain U...

Prestigious College Degrees Give No Edge to Ceos' Performance
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Prestigious College Degrees Give No Edge to Ceos' Performance

Whether or not a company's CEO holds a college degree from a top U.S. school has no bearing on the firm's long-term performance. And CEOs with degrees from prestigious...

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11 Hot Skills For 2011

Computerworld recently conducted a survey and found 11 skills that IT managers are looking for when hiring new employees. About 45 percent of respondents said...

More Satisfied at Work with Higher Level of Emotional Intelligence
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More Satisfied at Work with Higher Level of Emotional Intelligence

Employees with a high level of emotional intelligence are more dedicated and satisfied at work compared to other employees, according to a new study from the...

Silicon Valley's Dark Secret: It's All About Age
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Silicon Valley's Dark Secret: It's All About Age

Vivek Wadhwa, an entrepreneur and noted academic, weighs in on a paradox of the U.S. technology world: there appears to be both a shortage and a surplus of engineers...

Business World's Ambivalence Contributes to Continuing Pay Gap
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Business World's Ambivalence Contributes to Continuing Pay Gap

The gender gap continues to persist in the technology sector, where women continue to earn less than their male peers, even when experience and skills are comparable...

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Nonprofits a Surprising Bright Spot in National Jobs Picture

Nonprofit employers are providing one of the few bright spots in the United States' dismal employment picture, according to new data released by researchers at...

How Best to Measure Worker Productivity?
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How Best to Measure Worker Productivity?

Companies need new and better tools to measure employee productivity and evaluate investments in employee health.

Managers Matter: Researcher Finds That Bad Leadership Wrecks Companies
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Managers Matter: Researcher Finds That Bad Leadership Wrecks Companies

CEOs often blame something other than their own performance when companies go out of business, but a new study by a University of Iowa researcher suggests they...

Getting More Indian Women to Study Science
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Getting More Indian Women to Study Science

On Thursday (August 26), the U.S. embassy in New Delhi organized a one-day workshop on women in science with the support of the Indo-U.S. Science and Technology...

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Ready For 2020? Advice For Every Career Stage

The information technology industry is expected to undergo major changes in the next decade that will impact the career plans of every generation of IT worker....

Improving the Odds For Changing Jobs
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Improving the Odds For Changing Jobs

Many people are actively seeking out new career opportunities in the hope of landing a new job. However, employment experts caution that moving too quickly could...

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How to Thrive in Today's Job Market: Five Tips For It Professionals

To improve their career prospects, IT professionals need to seek out leadership roles, take initiative when making decisions and understand the core business of...
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