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Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Managing Layoffs: Surviving the Transition

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It was one of the most challenging things Billy McCarter ever did as an insurance carrier CIO, and he admits to having butterflies as he walked up to the podium. The venue was business-like rather than opulent, in order to suit the occasion. It was also large enough to accommodate the roughly 550 people in the audience. These were McCarter's employees, and he was about to tell them that they no ...

Indian Software Companies To Hire More Foreign Engineers

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BANGALORE, India — Indian technology services companies are reportedly poised to hire more foreign engineers as they seek to position themselves as job creators in overseas markets where they have operations. According to a report this week in The Economic Times, Infosys Technologies and Wipro Technologies want to increase their foreign workforce to as much as 15 percent of their total ...

Microsoft Lays Off Thousands, More Could Be Coming

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Microsoft Tuesday laid off several thousand employees and said it has almost finished eliminating 5,000 positions as part of a $1.5 billion cost-cutting effort. But Microsoft left the door open to additional layoffs, which suggests that company officials expect the weak economy to continue gnawing away at revenue. In an e-mail sent to Microsoft employees, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said ...

ST's Q1 Loss Widens; Wireless JV To Cut 1,200 Jobs

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SAN FRANCISCO—STMicroelectronics NV Wednesday (April 29) reported that its first quarter loss widened on a decline in revenue and announced its wireless joint venture with Ericsson would eliminate 1,200 jobs. ST's first quarter revenue fell to $1.66 billion in the first quarter, down 27 percent from the previous quarter and 33 percent compared with the same period of 2008, the company said ...

Snagging a Great Internship: 3 Resume-Writing Tips

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It's not uncommon for an intern-hopeful to feel shocked after realizing that they need to create a resume in order to apply for a position. Because many on-campus jobs are obtainable without a resume, some students never assume they will need it to apply for an internship. They're wrong. The truth is many large companies require that their internship candidates submit resumes and cover letters ...

Are You Truly Maximizing?

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Are you making the best possible use of everything you've got? Are you getting the best return on everything you're investing in your business -- your money, your effort, and above all, your time? Everybody knows at least one highly productive person, someone for whom there seems to be more than 24 hours in a day. This person is 10 times more productive than her competitor because she ...