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Lexmark to Slash 700 Jobs in Global Restructuring
Lexington, Ky.-based Lexmark has announced that it will slash 700 jobs — about seven percent of its workforce — as part of a global restructuring program. The restructuring follows the sale of Lexmark’s enterprise software business, including Perceptive, Kofax and ReadSoft to Thoma Bravo last May. Hyland Software, a
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Microsoft Layoffs Expected Amongst Talk of Restructured Cloud Sales
UPDATE: This story has been updated with confirmation of layoffs. Microsoft is expected to announce a major reorganization of its sales team today that will place renewed focus on its cloud-based products and will result in potential layoffs. According to reports from the Reuters news agency, staff at the Redmond,
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AI Will Impact Jobs, 4,000 Office Workers Tell Adobe
Time will tell how many jobs technologies like artificial intelligence will or will not kill. But in the meantime, workers don't seem all that concerned. In fact, most are looking forward to sharing office space and workloads with "robots." Some even envision AI as a muse that inspires their creativity.
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CompTIA Paints Rosy Outlook for Tech Jobs (With One Caveat)
Digital transformation is making tech workers rich, at least in comparison to their non-geeky counterparts. In 2016, the average technology professional earned $108,900 while their non-tech peers were paid $53,049. Not only that, but there's not much competition if you want a job (and have the skills).
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Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be … Computer Programmers?
Back in 1975 Patsy Bruce and her husband Ed shared their heartfelt sentiments about bad career choices in a song called, "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys.
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3 Things to Know Before You Hire Across State Lines
The competition for talent is getting stronger by the day. Organizations are turning to remote work policies as a way to broaden their workforces. By expanding recruiting efforts beyond corporate headquarters, organizations increase the opportunities to capture the most skilled and talented employees — without demanding relocation.
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Stay Hungry, Goof Up & Other Ways to Advance Your Career
SACRAMENTO — The path to your dream job doesn’t have to be a straight one. It’s OK if you divert into the wilderness because it may be the happiest place for you. A panel of IT leaders offered their own versions of this narrative at the Interface conference here.
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Glassdoor Targets Online Job Seekers With Splashy Redesign
Glassdoor launched a revamped job experience on its site today, with the goal of greater transparency for those looking to replace their soul-crushing jobs with more fulfilling offers.
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6 IT Skills Employers Will Pay Anything To Get
IT skills are in high-demand anyway but some skills are so rare that the person who has them can write their own ticket.
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Why There Are So Many Unfilled IT Jobs
The secret is this: companies just don't want to acknowledge they are on the losing end of a supply-demand equation for IT skills.
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Would You Let Your 16-Year-Old Quit High School?
Change. Innovation. Disruption. Sure, we all know the business buzzwords. But can you walk the walk, talk the talk — and have the courage to really embrace a new way of thinking when it gets personal? Salt Lake City programmer Joe Eames did.
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Are You as Relevant as a Robot?
The robots are coming for tech jobs too. Here's what to do. By now we know the drill about robots. They are getting smarter and more agile. Cute even. And did I say smarter ? They are, in short, able to take over almost any type of job and perform
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Not in Silicon Valley? You Can Still Hire Great Coders
Who says you have to have a Silicon Valley-based company to hire the best coding talent? Certainly not Erik Trautman, CEO of the new online-only coding bootcamp, Viking School. In fact, he started the school not only to make learning how to code more accessible to students nationwide —
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Money and More: It Pays To Be a B*DAS* Developer [Infographic]
With big data and analytics being all the rage, hiring a Big Data, Analytics Software (thus the term B*DAS*) developer is no easy task. “Developers are the kingmakers,” explained Matt Asay, vice president of mobile at Adobe. At the time he said that, he was working at MongoDB. And the
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