| Will This Be Your Year? Posted: Another year has gone by. For some of you, it was filled with challenges. For others, the year brought some surprises. Wherever you are today, you are here because you said by your actions that you wanted to be here. Some of you set goals. Some of you wanted to wait to see what happened before you said what you wanted. Others told yourself that setting goals was not worthwhile. The ... |
| 5 Ways to Avoid Sabotaging Your Executive Job Search Posted: Of course, no one is looking for a way to sabotage their executive job search. However, it's pretty easy to do it unintentionally by taking a few missteps along the way. If you're concerned that you may be on the wrong track with your executive job search based on your response, of course, you may have the tough economy to blame. But it's also a good idea to look at your own actions throughout ... |
| Creating a Twitter Resume Posted: Are you as excited about Twitter as the rest of the world? You can not only find out what's going on with your friends on an hourly basis, but also peak into the lives of your favorite celebrities. People have definitely embraced Twitter as a major form of communication; however, because it only allows you to type 140 characters at a time, the communication can be a bit limited. This is ... |
| Disguising Your Age in Executive Resumes Posted: If you're looking for a position at the executive level, there's a chance that you've been in your career for quite some time. As you know, when competing for work, especially in a strained economy, some employers choose to go with candidates who present a greater promise of longevity – something a seasoned professional may not always bring to the table in their eyes. Of course, you know ... |
| Why use Social Branding to search for a job when you've already got a job? Posted: Searching for a job while you're employed is the best time to job search. Even though the job market is tough, there are great opportunities out there for people who can help companies solve their problems. Currently employed candidates…how can you brand yourself to reach the right audience, while protecting your existing position and business deals? To learn how Social Branding can help, ... |
| Salary Survey: What Ails Japanese Engineers? Posted: The struggle for relevance in a technology world that is rapidly shifting resources and manufacturing to China appears to be taking a heavy toll on Japanese engineers. Or perhaps it's more correct to say that Japanese EEs, jaded by years of painful restructuring actions that have failed repeatedly to deliver the hoped-for results, suspect their employers lack the skills and the tools to ... |
| Salary Survey: Chinese, Indian Engineers Expand Wish List Posted: Engineers in China and India want more--more money, more societal recognition, higher positions at their employers. And they want to establish their own companies, too, conceivably to compete with their onetime employers. Some of those wishes are already being granted, according to the 2009 EE Times Global Salary & Opinion Survey. Salaries for engineers in China and India have risen strongly ... |
| Workers Have Gone On 'Unlimited Strike' At Atmel's Fab Posted: PARIS — Angry workers at Atmel Corp.'s fab in Rousset, France, have gone on an unlimited strike. Started on Nov. 17, the 'unlimited strike' aims to protest against Atmel's decision to sell its site in Rousset without guaranteeing its employees that the plan, signed in March 2009, would be respected and implemented, according to French news websites L'Usine Nouvelle and Econostrum.. This ... |
| Infineon Returns To Profit In Q4 Posted: MUNICH, Germany — Being one of the last chip manufacturers to present its quarterly figures, Infineon reports a profit and a significant sales increase in the fourth quarter. On sales of €855 million (about $1.282 billion) the company achieved an income from continuing operations of €24 million, a significant improvement over the €26 million loss in the preceding quarter. The sales figure ... |
| Sematech Appoints Former IBM Executive To CEO Post Posted: LONDON — Sematech, a consortium of semiconductor manufacturers, has announced the appointment of Daniel Armbrust to serve as its president and chief executive officer. Armbrust, who served most recently as vice president of 300-mm semiconductor operation at IBM Corp., will succeed Michael Polcari, who has been appointed Sematech's chairman of the board. Armbrust, 47, was responsible for IBM's ... |
| 'Hot' Tech Markets Leave Chinese EEs Cold Posted: The globalization of engineering has made some geography-specific trends more difficult to spot. For example, asked to identify the technologies with the most promising future, about half of the respondents to the 2009 EE Times Global Salary & Opinion Survey included system-on-chip (SoC) among their choices, making it the most popular overall. Results showed the appeal of SoC was remarkably ... |
| Engineers Take A Bad Year In Stride Posted: I tip my hat TO ENGINEERs. Despite the toll of the past year on the economy in general and tech in particular, most EEs still love their jobs, wish to stay in the field and do not regret their investments in the profession. In the wake of the worst economic downturn since the Depression, and amid continued increases in outsourcing and offshoring, it wouldn't be surprising to find that ... |
| Ten Emerging Technologies To Watch In 2010 Posted: EE Times has compiled a list of emerging technologies that we think will be worth watching out for in 2010. Recessions are the times of change when R&D investments get pushed to the fore. It is well known that when markets and prosperity return they never return in exactly the same form that they went away. We have deliberately favored the hardware- and physically based side of the ... |
| Microchip Technology Opens New European Headquarters Posted: Part of a GBP 100 million development scheme for the Winnersh Triangle near Reading (UK), Microchip Technology's new headquarters have been purpose-built to house its European sales and support teams. CAMBRIDGE, UK — Part of a GBP 100 million development scheme for the Winnersh Triangle near Reading (UK), Microchip Technology's new headquarters have been purpose-built to house its European ... |
