If you turned on your Windows 7 computer this morning and suddenly websites are broken that worked fine yesterday, chances are that Windows auto-upgraded your computer to Internet Explorer 10. Microsoft is currently auto-updating Windows 7 users to Internet Explorer 10. It’s a huge improvement over older versions of Explorer. But it’s causing a few incompatibility issues with software that…
The word ‘hacker’ used to mean an online criminal. Nowadays, it’s practically a job title. We’ve all heard this one before: 18-year old hacker gets busted for virtual break-and-enter. A few years later, he’s travelling the world and making big bucks as an expert on network security. Not too long ago, companies were pretty discreet about hiring former hackers. But things have…
Parents of recent grads had multiple job offers, bonuses and regular raises when they graduated. But it’s a whole new ballgame for graduates entering the workforce now. Today’s grads have much different expectations about their job prospects. Employers are finding that many recent grads bring a great work ethic and excellent social media networking skills. Great Recession Graduates Cliff Oxford (founder of Oxford Center for Entrepreneurs)…
It seems that every year, we see new IT job titles popping up, some of which aren’t very self-descriptive. Here’s one: what exactly is a “cloud architect”? And what do they do that an infrastructure or systems architect doesn’t? Coming to a definition of a cloud architect, more or less Let’s forget about the other guys for a minute and…
When the Internet came of age, recruiters suddenly found themselves living in a much bigger world. But now we’re worried about it growing too fast. “Big data” is becoming a concern for many staffing agencies and HR departments. With the tools now available, searching for talent seems easier than ever, but the hard part is optimizing your search to find…
Pitching your business idea with zero assets of your own sounds like an all-or-nothing risk, but there are many forks along the IT startup road that can lead you to the perfect career. Getting noticed It’s a scene you’ll see all over Toronto these days: a mingling of young entrepreneurs with big ideas and venture capitalists looking for just the…
It’s that time again. If you’re an IT pro looking for a job in Canada, read on for the latest figures on what some of the top IT salaries are. Mobile is where it’s at In general, the hot stuff, emerging technology, is what’s paying big these days. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that mobile development…
You’re on the train and you meet an awesome mobile developer that you want to connect with for job opportunities. You reach in your pocket and pull out a crumpled up stack of business cards that went through the wash yesterday. No worries. It’s so much cooler to share your business card with a vCard exchange app like Cardcloud. Actually it seems kind of silly to carry…
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