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Tech Innovation at the Heart of Retail
Technology is increasingly the differentiator among brands in retail, according to research firm Gartner, which pointed in a recent report to four forces — cloud, mobile, social and information — with the power to “either recreate businesses or level them.” “If you’re not familiar with it, you probably don’t realize how technologically advanced retail is,” says Jerry Sheldon, retail analyst with IHL Consulting Group. Indeed, the National Retail Federation has launched a “This is Retail” campaign to highlight and raise awareness of career… continue…
Tech Jobs Rise 2.6 Percent from April 2012
Management and technical consulting jobs continue to post strong growth, showing a nearly 6 percent gain in April over their performance a year ago, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.It was the best-performing sector in tech, where the number of jobs overall rose 2.6 percent. Not only was the sector the highest gainer for the month, but it’s posted consecutive monthly growth since the turn of the year. In January, there were nearly 1.16 million jobs in the area.… continue…
Engineers Are Less Optimistic About Jobs
Despite the low unemployment rate among technology workers, the Randstad Engineering Employee Confidence Index fell nearly 3 points — to 54.9 — in the first quarter. The confidence level of engineers declined across four of the five metric points used in the survey conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of Randstad Engineering. The survey questioned 112 U.S. engineering workers Here’s how the first quarter figures looked: Confidence in the Economy: 26 percent believe it’s getting stronger, down from 34 percent… continue…
Unemployment Gap Narrows for Women in IT
The gap in the unemployment rates for women and men in technology showed signs of narrowing during the first quarter: The unemployment rate for women in computer and mathematical occupations fell to 3.1 percent, compared with 3.7 percent for men, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But this seems to be more than a one-quarter thing. A 12-month moving average of unemployment rates between women and men in IT from the Economic Policy Institute shows the gender gap narrowing… continue…
Recruiters See Continued Strength in Tech Job Offers
Despite slowing somewhat, IT salaries continued to rise during the first quarter, in some cases pushed notably higher by a lack of professionals with the expertise needed to help businesses meet federal health-care mandates and varying business requirements. According to the PayScale Quarterly Index, the usual growth rate of IT pay of more than 1 percent per quarter stalled at just 0.2 percent during the first period of the year. In addition, overall wages in some tech-centric cities stalled or… continue…
Netbooks Will Die by 2015: Analyst
Netbooks Will Die by 2015: Analyst (via slashdot) It may take a few more years, but Apple’s iPad and its tablet progeny will eventually kill off the netbook. That’s the prediction of research firm IHS iSuppli, which suggests that precisely zero netbooks will ship in 2015—a significant dip from the 3.97 million estimated to ship this year, and… continue…
Windows 8 Partially Responsible for PC Implosion: IDC
Windows 8 Partially Responsible for PC Implosion: IDC (via slashdot) PC shipments are tumbling into the basement, and IDC partially blames Windows 8. The research firm estimated worldwide PC shipments in the first quarter of 2013 at 76.3 million units, down 13.9 percent from the same quarter in 2012. It was the worst quarter in IDC’s 19 years of tracking the PC market… continue…
Jobs in Computer Systems, Services Rise for 3rd Month
Computer-systems design and services jobs rose 5.1 percent year-over-year in February, the third-straight month of growth. Among the things driving the growth is demand for open cloud and Big Data solutions, especially Linux administrators. While the communications equipment, electronic instruments and telecommunications sectors showed declines year-on-year, more recent numbers hint at a different story: Each has increased hiring during the past three months. Communications-equipment jobs rose from 106,700 in December to 107,800 in February, electronic instruments jumped from 369,600 to 398,000,… continue…
Tech Salary Trends Reveal Surprising Winners, Losers
While overall tech salaries rose a relatively healthy 5 percent during 2012, closer study of the numbers reveals some clear — and surprising — winners and losers. Among the winners: Network managers, who posted a whopping 11.2 percent increase in their average salary, to $68,347. Help desk workers also fared well, with salaries rising just shy of 10 percent. Indicators that more companies may move support functions back onshore could partly account for that. Despite all the talk of business… continue…
High Demand Pushes Linux Salaries Higher
Salaries for people skilled with Linux are rising at nearly double the rate of other tech professionals, and job prospects are strong, too: Some 93 percent of hiring managers plan to recruit Linux talent in the next six months. Those are just two of the optimistic findings in The 2013 Linux Jobs Report, a global survey of 850 hiring managers and 2,600 Linux professionals conducted by Dice and the Linux Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to fostering the growth of the… continue…
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