The UK faces a shortage of 33,300 skilled IT and tech workers by 2050 due to a skills deficit, an ageing workforce and restrictive migration policies, according to recruitment firm Randstad Technologies. The firm based its findings on the ...
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Internal emails at Apple, Google, Intel and a number of other high-profile technology companies suggest organisations have been discussing potential anti-poaching agreements, with an apparent intention of dampening competition between ...
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The unemployment rate among U.S. IT workers stood at 3.3% in the fourth quarter of 2012, significantly lower than the overall unemployment rate of 7.8%, according to tech job board Dice. The technology consulting industry in the U.S. ...
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Apple gave CEO Tim Cook a 55% salary increase for 2012 and awarded him a $2.8 million bonus but said his overall compensation for the year was still down by 99% compared with 2011 levels. In fact, Apple said, Cook's pay is "significantly ...
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Revenue at Infosys grew in the fourth quarter, but profit fell as a result of a wage rise and investments in newer businesses. Revenue for the quarter was $1.9 billion, up 5.8% from the same quarter last year, helped by the company's ...
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For fourth-quarter 2012, GigOptix Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (a fabless supplier of analog semiconductor and optical components enabling high-speed end-to-end information streaming over optical fiber and wireless networks) has reported ...
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In a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), LED chip and component maker SemiLEDs Corp of Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan has declared that, on 2 January, David Young resigned as its chief financial officer. ...
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The inventor of the Dyson vacuum cleaner, Sir James Dyson, has urged the government to do more to help engineering and science firms and focus less on the "glamour of web fads" coming out of Silicon Roundabout. Dyson believes that ...
Kumba Iron Ore (Kumba) confirms that engagement is continuing with the less than 300 employees who embarked on an illegal strike on Wednesday, 3 October 2012, at the Company's Sishen Mine in the Northern Cape. The strikers are demanding a ...
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Apple raised CEO Tim Cook's salary by 55% for 2012 and awarded him a $2.8 million bonus, but said the chief executive's pay was still "significantly below the median" of comparable firms. "Mr. Cook remains significantly below the median ...
Network World - Cisco CEO John Chambers says he may retire in two to four years and named several executives who could succeed him, according to Bloomberg. There are as many as 10 candidates to assumed leadership of Cisco when Chambers ...
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Network World-Be honest,you salivate when you see those stories about mega rich people.You are a bit envious,definitely jealous but then say to yourself that you must have a better quality of life than that millionaire.Anything to ...
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CIO - If you lead an IT shop today, chances are at least some of the employees who report to you are millennials--young adults in their 20s. Millennials--also known as Generation Y--think about life and work differently than older boom and ...
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Graduates who have completed a three-month internship are likely to earn£1,500 more in their first year of work than those who have not,a study has found. The research from Inspiring Interns found that graduates who had secured a ...
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The construction industry shed 2.2 million workers between January 2007 and last year. So now there's an overabundance of them eager for jobs, right? Wrong. Contractors are struggling with shortages of workers as the home-building market ...
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