Information Technology professionals are being affected by job losses, offshoring and outsourcing in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Just take the recent news by Dell Ireland to move 1900 jobs from Limerick to Poland – no doubt some IT jobs are either included in this number or affected by it.
Apparently some Tokyo IT Headhunters have a sense of humour – judging by the “Pre Great Depression 2 Party” email I got from one I know quite well. It’s been a challenging 2008 for him and others here as many “Gaishikei” (foreign companies) have frozen both temp and permanent IT hiring plans. Ouch! Seems like [...]
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(Oct 2011 Update: I no longer offer personal coaching and the techcareerzigzag site is not operational.) Coming 25 Dec (or sooner, if my outsourced elves keep creating the digital pixie dust) is a unique career coaching and consultancy service for mid-career Information Technology Professionals. Click on Tech Career ZigZag and see if this is for [...]
For some months now I’ve been replying to career and coaching-related questions in the Q&A section of LinkedIn. I’m up to the grand total of 30 which impresses me but pales in comparison to those who do that many in one day! I’ve learned a lot from many of the comments left by others – [...]
