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All it takes is five minutes to compile a lengthy list of reasons not to come to Silicon Valley. The cost of living is off the charts. Traffic stinks. Housing...San Jose Mercury News From ACM Careers | November 2, 2011
The slow pace of job creation has revived interest in getting promising new technologies out of university labs and into the marketplace. At Stanford University...National Public Radio From ACM Careers | November 2, 2011
While most candidates begin their job search online, the majority of the jobs in the United States and other countries are never advertised online. Here are a few...Glassdoor Blog From ACM CareerNews | October 12, 2011
Despite successful interventions to increase the numbers of women earning degrees in engineering, the field faces a problem retaining those female engineers. The...University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee From ACM Careers | October 31, 2011
Technisource's IT Employee Confidence Index fell in the third quarter to its lowest level in more than two years. The decline comes as a surprise because the U...eWeek From ACM TechNews | October 28, 2011
While the U.S. government and private sector urgently try to beef up cybersecurity efforts, the IT field that supplies talent remains largely a male domain. At...Stuff.co.nz From ACM Careers | October 28, 2011
From a marketability perspective, a technology professional's skill set has a two year half-life. That said, there are things that you can do to keep yourself...ITworld From ACM Careers | October 27, 2011
The difficulties of defending utilities, commerce and national security against cyberattacks, and what to do to change that situation, were major themes of a recent...Sandia National Laboratories From ACM Careers | October 27, 2011
A new study finds that much of the perceived wisdom about Gen Y's attitude and approach to work appears to be wrong. This means that much of what business leaders...Management-Issues From ACM CareerNews | October 7, 2011
Demand for technology professionals continues to rise, as the technology industry remains one of the fastest growing career fields. Broader use of technology across...Milwaukee Journal Sentinel From ACM CareerNews | October 13, 2011
Women are less likely than men to stay in engineering majors and to become engineers because they want to have families and are more insecure about their math abilities...American Sociological Association From ACM Careers | October 25, 2011
The newly released 2012 Salary Guides from Robert Half International project U.S. starting salaries for technology positions will increase 4.5 percent increase...Robert Half International From ACM Careers | October 25, 2011
A faltering economy explains much of the job shortage in America, but advancing technology has sharply magnified the effect, according to two researchers at the...The New York Times From ACM Careers | October 24, 2011
Schools nationwide have rushed to supply their classrooms with computers. But the contrarian point of view can be found at the epicenter of the tech economy,...The New York Times From ACM Careers | October 24, 2011
An innovative computer science program launched last year by Microsoft software engineer Kevin Wang now includes three dozen industry professionals who are volunteering...Sammamish Patch From ACM Careers | October 21, 2011
Companies like Google and Facebook are downplaying résumés and identifying talent in unusual ways. An excerpt from George Anders's book "The Rare Find."Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM Careers | October 20, 2011
Carol Spradling's life changed when she saw a computer application that could do her time-consuming accounting work in seconds. She was recently named the recipient...NewspressNow.com From ACM Careers | October 20, 2011
Leadership is one of the areas that many entrepreneurs tend to overlook. It turns out, the skills and talents necessary to guide your team in the right direction...Entrepreneur From ACM Careers | October 20, 2011
For eager, talented software developers, free/open source software offers considerably more richness of opportunity than anything else. It is everywhere, from...ITworld From ACM Careers | October 19, 2011
If you haven't seen the excellent post on Mountain Beltway—Words matter—you should head over there and take a look. The post brought up some interesting ideas about...Southern Fried Science From ACM Opinion | October 19, 2011