Monday, May 10, 2010

About Tech Careers: Nearshore IT Outsourcing and Your Job

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From Patricia Pickett, your Guide to Tech Careers
Check out this week's articles: a look at nearshore IT outsourcing's impact on the local tech job market, and how Microsoft's Elevate America technology training initiative is faring so far. Also learn more about how the Department of Justice has been investigating some major tech companies for allegedly implementing questionable hiring practices. There are plenty of opportunities to provide your feedback, so please do - I'd love to hear from you!

Nearshore IT Outsourcing and Your Job
Some companies opt for nearshore IT outsourcing so they can avoid severe backlash from customers and the general public who don't like the idea of sending work to a much more distant location. But do you think the effects of nearshoring on the IT job market are much different from those of offshore IT outsourcing?... Read more

Has Microsoft Helped Elevate America?
Have any readers been able to take advantage of some of the free technology training offered through Microsoft's Elevate America program? If so, how helpful has it been in terms of allowing you to differentiate yourself in your tech job search?... Read more

Tech Giants' Hiring Practices Under Investigation
Last month the Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. Department of Justice is probing into the hiring practices of several large Silicon Valley tech firms. The companies, which include Google, Intel, Apple and IBM, are alleged to have set up agreements with each other in which they promise not to hire each others' staff... Read more

The Role of the Information Systems Security Manager
Learn more about how to become an information systems security manager. Large IT security departments will typically hire one to fill a supervisory role and to shoulder management and training responsibilities for the rest of security staff... Read more

 


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