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Firms vet staff using Facebook
The use of social networking sites to scan potential applicants is rife.
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National IT academy launches
The National Skills Academy for IT looks to recruit and train more IT pros for the sector.
10 per cent of jobs to go at eBay
The online marketplace will cut a thousand jobs after reporting weaker-than-expected revenue results.
Financial IT contractors’ pay at five year low
Pay rates have fallen by 12 per cent for IT workers in the finacial sector, according to new research.
Service management pros confident despite downturn
No job cuts are expected by service desk workers, but that sector can expect a hiring freeze, a study has shown.
Week in Review: Cloudy times for Microsoft
This week in the IT world, Microsoft plunges into the cloud, Nokia goes all touchy-feely, and James Bond goes Facebook.
Facebook heads for the Emerald Isle
The social network has revealed it will establish an operations centre in Dublin, with reports of a staff size of 70.
Process optimisation faces skills challenges
Gartner says organisations lack the entire complement of skills needed to run BPM projects.
MI6 uses Facebook to recruit spies
The secret service agency is looking to social networking to find more diverse recruits.
New software certification to stem vulnerabilities
Security education group looks at new certification which will make sure software developers are doing the right things to keep out the bugs.
New mainframe apprenticeship looks to fill skills gap
Some 18 students will get hands-on experience running a mainframe system with a new programme developed with help from the IT industry.
Lloyds TSB union calls for end to offshoring
LTU is calling for a halt to Indian offshoring at the banking giant after it completes its takeover of HBOS.
HP axe falls on almost 25,000 jobs
Acquisition aftermath results in 7.5 per cent of the workforce heading for the door.
Axe to fall on HP jobs?
Concern mounts that some jobs are for the chop as a result of the recent EDS acquisition.
IT Job Board launches Facebook contest
£250 in prize money up for grabs in the Facebook-based competition to find Britain's top IT brain.
Immigration changes to hit IT skills
Proposals to allow fewer foreign workers to immigrate to the UK are likely to make the UK IT skills shortage and demand worse.
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SOS Bletchley Park
A very significant part of our computing and national heritage – Bletchley Park – is in dire need of the industry’s help.
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