Doing the (job) rain dance

From an industry and job growth perspective I keep hearing good news. Whether it’s articles like this one about companies looking for military vets to fill IT roles, to reports of better than average hiring numbers in Texas (unemployment is down to an average of...
Computer Science is hot again!

Computer Science is hot again!

I was very happy to see this report come out yesterday about last year’s 8.1% rise in enrollment in Computer Science programs. Computer Science enrollment dropped by almost half after the dot-com bust, and this is the first sign of a turnaround. There are some great...
Computer Science is hot again!

Should job seekers utilize facebook?

I came across this article on McKinsey’s Quarterly, the same day I received my first job related request in my Facebook inbox. The requester, who attended a school I used to attend, was asking for guidance in getting a job with a company where I used to work.When I...