Build Your Career: Career Watch BYC Newsfeed http://www.computer.org/portal/web/buildyourcareer/news/-/blogs/freelance-mobile-app-developers-in-demand 2012-05-02T00:17:13Z 2012-05-02T00:17:13Z

Demand for mobile application developers continues to grow as smart phone adoption shows no sign of slowing. In Freelancer.com's annual list of the Top 50 most-in-demand skillsets, mobile phone

BYC Newsfeed 2012-05-02T00:17:13Z BYC Newsfeed http://www.computer.org/portal/web/buildyourcareer/news/-/blogs/new-cybersecurity-training-launched-for-veterans 2012-05-01T16:49:05Z 2012-05-01T16:49:05Z

A new nonprofit organization has been formed to provide career training that links returning US veterans to employers in need of qualified cyber security professionals through training and career

BYC Newsfeed 2012-05-01T16:49:05Z BYC Newsfeed http://www.computer.org/portal/web/buildyourcareer/news/-/blogs/altran-plans-expansion-in-india 2012-04-26T17:59:19Z 2012-04-26T17:57:37Z

High-tech engineering consultant Altran plans to significantly expand its India operations in order to tap the domestic market as well as support its global clients. The Altran group employs 17,000

BYC Newsfeed 2012-04-26T17:57:37Z BYC Newsfeed http://www.computer.org/portal/web/buildyourcareer/news/-/blogs/it-workers-salaries-register-6-2-percent-gain 2012-04-26T17:22:26Z 2012-04-26T17:22:26Z

The average salary for IT workers registered a 6.2-percent gain in Global Knowledge and TechRepublic's fifth annual IT Skills and Salary Survey--the highest increase in the survey's history. The

BYC Newsfeed 2012-04-26T17:22:26Z BYC Newsfeed http://www.computer.org/portal/web/buildyourcareer/news/-/blogs/support-staff-detail-unusual-requests 2012-04-26T17:59:57Z 2012-04-13T20:58:26Z

"Can you help me fix my toilet?" was just one of the unusual requests chief information officers (CIOs) said they or their support staff have received, according to a new Robert Half Technology

BYC Newsfeed 2012-04-13T20:58:26Z BYC Newsfeed http://www.computer.org/portal/web/buildyourcareer/news/-/blogs/economy-causing-many-to-consider-career-changes 2012-04-13T20:52:10Z 2012-04-13T20:52:10Z

More than half of respondents to a global Monster poll are considering making a career switch in response to the current economy, while nearly one-third would consider a move if they could find a

BYC Newsfeed 2012-04-13T20:52:10Z BYC Newsfeed http://www.computer.org/portal/web/buildyourcareer/news/-/blogs/companies-join-open-stack-alliance 2012-04-13T20:22:07Z 2012-04-13T20:22:07Z

Nineteen technology companies are joining the foundation for OpenStack, the open source cloud operating system, to provide technical and financial resources in furtherance of the project's long-term

BYC Newsfeed 2012-04-13T20:22:07Z BYC Newsfeed http://www.computer.org/portal/web/buildyourcareer/news/-/blogs/national-online-cyber-quest-contest-opens 2012-04-06T16:42:36Z 2012-04-06T16:42:36Z

The National Board of Information Security Examiners, through the US Cyber Challenge Initiative, is holding a Cyber Quest competition open to US high school and college students who will compete

BYC Newsfeed 2012-04-06T16:42:36Z BYC Newsfeed http://www.computer.org/portal/web/buildyourcareer/news/-/blogs/more-mergers-for-financial-software-firms 2012-04-04T20:21:49Z 2012-04-04T20:21:49Z

Software targeted to financial firms was one of the most active segments for mergers and acquisitions, according to Berkery Noyes' First Quarter Mergers and Acquisitions Trend Report for the Software

BYC Newsfeed 2012-04-04T20:21:49Z BYC Newsfeed http://www.computer.org/portal/web/buildyourcareer/news/-/blogs/class-of-2012-seeks-higher-salaries 2012-04-03T19:16:26Z 2012-04-03T19:16:26Z

Students are seeking higher salaries for entry-level jobs--and are using social networks such as LinkedIn for job searches, according to a survey by Achievers, an employee rewards and recognition

BYC Newsfeed 2012-04-03T19:16:26Z BYC Newsfeed http://www.computer.org/portal/web/buildyourcareer/news/-/blogs/retirement-programs-bigger-lure-for-younger-workers 2012-03-29T16:36:52Z 2012-03-29T16:36:52Z

The percentage of younger US workers who say an employer-sponsored retirement program is important for either joining or staying with an employer has jumped sharply in the past two years, especially

BYC Newsfeed 2012-03-29T16:36:52Z BYC Newsfeed http://www.computer.org/portal/web/buildyourcareer/news/-/blogs/videogame-company-seeks-coders-based-on-ability-not-education 2012-03-29T16:24:56Z 2012-03-29T16:24:56Z

Videogame maker IGN Entertainment has kicked off its Code-Foo Challenge – a "no resumes allowed" recruitment program aimed at finding coding talent, regardless of educational background, college

BYC Newsfeed 2012-03-29T16:24:56Z BYC Newsfeed http://www.computer.org/portal/web/buildyourcareer/news/-/blogs/rutgers-launches-hpc-center-for-big-data 2012-03-27T16:00:30Z 2012-03-27T16:00:30Z

Rutgers has launched a high-performance computing (HPC) center at the university focused on the application of "Big Data" analytics in life sciences, finance, and other industries. The center is aimed

BYC Newsfeed 2012-03-27T16:00:30Z BYC Newsfeed http://www.computer.org/portal/web/buildyourcareer/news/-/blogs/latin-american-companies-lead-cloud-computing-charge 2012-03-26T18:36:40Z 2012-03-26T18:35:46Z

Large companies in Latin America and Asia Pacific are the most aggressive adopters of the cloud computing paradigm, while their European and US counterparts remain conservative about shifting

BYC Newsfeed 2012-03-26T18:35:46Z BYC Newsfeed http://www.computer.org/portal/web/buildyourcareer/news/-/blogs/indian-companies-employ-more-us-workers 2012-03-22T19:42:10Z 2012-03-22T19:42:10Z

India-based technology companies have doubled to 280,000 the number of people they directly and indirectly employ in their US operations in the last five years, according to a new study by the

BYC Newsfeed 2012-03-22T19:42:10Z BYC Newsfeed http://www.computer.org/portal/web/buildyourcareer/news/-/blogs/mobility-and-web-apps-are-high-priorities 2012-03-20T16:23:45Z 2012-03-20T16:23:45Z

IT budgets are on the rise, with mobility and web apps and aligning IT with business growth top priorities, according to ZDNet and TechRepublic's inaugural IT Priorities 2012 report. The report found

BYC Newsfeed 2012-03-20T16:23:45Z BYC Newsfeed http://www.computer.org/portal/web/buildyourcareer/news/-/blogs/infosys-spreads-software-training-to-detroit-colleges 2012-03-19T21:23:04Z 2012-03-19T21:23:04Z

Global consulting leader Infosys is offering its renowned software development training program to Wayne County Community College District to help grow Detroit's technology talent pool. Infosys which

BYC Newsfeed 2012-03-19T21:23:04Z BYC Newsfeed http://www.computer.org/portal/web/buildyourcareer/news/-/blogs/report-urges-changes-to-nasa-aeronautical-research 2012-03-19T17:01:59Z 2012-03-19T17:01:22Z

NASA needs to restart its highly successful flight research program, rather than devote most of its efforts to small-scale research, says a new report from the National Research Council. To accomplish

BYC Newsfeed 2012-03-19T17:01:22Z BYC Newsfeed http://www.computer.org/portal/web/buildyourcareer/news/-/blogs/one-in-five-candidates-nixed-due-to-social-media-profile 2012-03-16T16:39:36Z 2012-03-16T16:39:36Z

Almost one in five technology industry executives say that a candidate’s social media profile has caused them not to hire that person. This is revealed in the 2012 annual technology market survey

BYC Newsfeed 2012-03-16T16:39:36Z BYC Newsfeed http://www.computer.org/portal/web/buildyourcareer/news/-/blogs/silicon-valley-tech-workers-best-paid-in-us 2012-03-16T16:30:09Z 2012-03-16T16:30:09Z

Tech workers in California’s Silicon Valley are the best paid in the nation, according to a CyberCoders analysis. CyberCoders checked out some 3,000 tech jobs and salaries to come up with a list of

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