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Negotiating Salary Gets Easier

Published 02-06-2012 - More than a third of executives are more willing to negotiate salary with top candidates, a survey shows.

IT Executives Optimistic About the Future

Published 01-30-2012 - There???s tempered optimism heading into the first quarter, though longer-term prospects look more promising.

New Data Storage Certification Announced

Published 01-23-2012 - CompTIA and SNIA introduced a new exam and certification for IT professionals in the data storage arena.

Introducing a New Mobile App Developer Credential

Published 01-09-2012 - The credential, intended for mobile application developers, is being created by CompTIA and viaForensics.

IT Hiring Expected to Increase in Q1

Published 12-19-2011 - In a recent survey, CIOs across the country offer their hiring projections for the coming quarter.

New Credential for Health Care IT Workers

Published 12-12-2011 - The CompTIA Healthcare IT Technician specialty certification is a vendor- and technology-neutral credential.

Holiday Shopping Takes a Back Seat at Work

Published 12-05-2011 - Workers looking for holiday gifts will have a harder time browsing for bargains at the office.

How to Build a Values-Based HR Plan

In building an HR strategy, stay away from complicated programs peddled by the "consultocracy," writes Talent Management blogger Dan Bowling.

Kenexa Acquires e-Learning Provider

The deal is expected to expand Kenexa???s reach into the e-learning market and enable the company to provide a broader and deeper suite of talent management services.

Job Matching Services Partner to Launch Career Boot Camp

The collaboration between TheLadders and StreetWise Partners supported talent and economic growth in New York City for members of StreetWise, which provides job skills ...

Special Report: Employee Engagement

In a BlackBerry-fueled workplace, the line between work and life is blurry. What engages employees at work is no longer just a matter of if they like their boss; it's a ...

Evolution of the Engagement Survey

For some organizations, the extent of employee engagement programs is limited to the annual engagement survey. That model, featuring a survey filled with scores of ...

The Rules of Engagement

New challenges require talent managers to re-examine what matters to employees and partner with executives to create engagement programs that drive results.

Report: Staffing Industry Added 20,100 Jobs in January

A decline in staffing employment is normal for this time of year; from 2000 to 2010, the decline in staffing employment from December to January averaged 8.5 percent.

Fledgling Holyoke computer center gives $600,000 in grants

While it still has yet to have its own home built, the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center in Holyoke is already giving out grants, announcing $600,000 ...

Mass. puts $14.6M into Fall River biomanufacturing plant

True to its word from a year ago, the state of Massachusetts has ponied up nearly $15 million for a new biomanufacturing plant tied to UMass Dartmouth.

MIT teams with Wayra startup accelerator in Latin America

MIT is bringing Latin American tech startups to Cambridge, launching the Wayra Entrepreneurship Lab @ MIT, in partnership with communications giant Telef??nica.

MassBay, UMass, BU get notice for Alzheimer's research

MassBay Community College scientists, along with their collaborators at UMass-Lowell and Boston University, have discovered an early indicator for Alzheimer's disease.

MIT contestants to present climate-change economy ideas to UN, Congress

MIT Sloan School of Management's 2011 Climate CoLab contest winners will present their proposals on how the 21st century economy should evolve in light of climate-change ...

MIT Energy Lab founder David White dies

David Calvin White, a 40-year MIT faculty member and founding director of the MIT Energy Laboratory, died last week at the age of 89.

RI's Vertical Performance Partners expanding to Boston

Providence, R.I.-based Vertical Performance Partners plans to open a Boston office this quarter, as it grows its business for turning corporate training and marketing ...