As an editor and tech gadfly I often come across stories and articles relevant to Red Canary readers
Why haven’t I collected and shared them with you before? I really have no idea.
Here’s this week’s scoop from the Interweb:
A Very Good Time forTech? (Fierce CIO)” . . . plenty of tech companies are strong and doing very well this year despite a disastrous economy and the market meltdown last fall”
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A chance to lure top tech talent (Channel Insider)Can small companies recruit top technology and sales professionals? Along with the lifestyle advantages of working for a smaller outfit—less travel and fewer relocation demands, for example—this security and telephony company found it had some leverage.
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A Recruiter Questions her Profession (Ere.net)Poorly written job descriptions and failure to respond to job candidates promptly are giving recruiters a bad reputation, writes recruiter Kristen Fife, who has been looking for a new job herself. “In my own search for a position in the last several months I am appalled at the lack of what I see as ‘professional courtesy," she writes.
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CEO Tips: How I Network At The Top (Forbes)Gary Burnison, CEO of staffing firm Korn/Ferry International, says that the challenge at the top isn’t building a network but keeping it up to date, keeping all the important connections in it current. He suggests that CEOs make that a regular part of their work schedule. “For better or worse, we CEOs are slaves to our calendars,” he observes. “If you schedule it, you are more likely to do it.“
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Faint Pulse Detected in IT Spending Plans (CFO.com)“Tech spending hasn’t been hurt as much as people think. The perception has been shaped by several IT layoffs, but the reality is that “the money is still there.” In fact, many firms have no choice but to continue to invest.”
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