Channel Insider Staff

As a hiring manager, I have to interview 200 people to find five qualified candidates. The truth is that even though technology changes quickly, developers don’t always keep up with it. Many do not do any learning on their own and only "learn" when their current employer starts using a new technology. It’s easy to […]

I don’t think companies want you to apply. When they get a few dozen rejections, they get an H1-B Visa employee by saying "we can’t get anyone in the U.S. to take the job." Well, talent shortage is a myth. There is, however, a shortage of companies who a willing to pay for talent. Nothing […]

I have been the victim of two layoffs in the past two years, and with 15 years of IT channel sales experience, I am very surprised to hear that the channel is facing a shortage. I am finding it very difficult, even with countless contacts, and LinkedIn resources, there are no IT sales jobs available […]

What I see is a systemic problem. HR folks and recruiters put square pegs in square holes. They don’t really understand specific job skills in most cases. They understand word matches. This problem gets amplified in today’s world of web applications and database sorts for candidates. Many of the very best candidates are "left out" […]

Simply put, training should be absolutely implicit in the cost of tech business. Your own people will be irrelevant in two years without it. The technology practitioners on the ground are chasing the fastest moving employment skill set on the planet—doctors, lawyers, accountants. Who else has to maintain the pace of the tech industry? Today’s […]

It’s simple: pay people what they are worth, and stop this stupid "I can’t find skilled people" or "can’t match salaries." All this outsourcing has lead to totally unrealistic expectations. And when they do outsource, it is hit or miss. Many companies have to re-outsource a project multiple times just to "get it right" or […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – As personal computers go, the new rash of ultra-mini laptops are full of geeky goodness. Light, portable and powerful, they are almost perfect. Almost. But like a rowboat in your backyard or a flat-screen TV in a blackout, most of these new PCs suffer when removed from a critical element. Specifically […]

The preliminary results of the Channel Insider/Amazon Consulting Channel Talent Study produced some not so shocking results: Vendors and solution providers agree that finding the right technology and sales talent and pay are the two top challenges in the current job market. While the study is still ongoing, the preliminary results have garnered some interesting […]

TORONTO (Reuters) – A day after announcing a flip-phone version of its popular BlackBerry Pearl, Research In Motion unveiled a spate of consumer-related partnerships on Thursday, continuing its push to capture mainstream customers. RIM said it would partner with Ticketmaster to let BlackBerry users search, browse and buy tickets to entertainment and sporting events. The […]

By David Lawsky SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – U.S. mobile phone companies have begun to see substantial returns from delivering data and not just voice, fueled by greater openness on their networks, industry leaders said on Wednesday. But top executives of three of the nation’s four largest mobile carriers also said they are still worried by […]

(Reuters) – Office equipment distributor Ikon Office Solutions (IKN) said it will cut about 265 jobs in the United States to reduce costs. In a regulatory filing, the company said its board has also approved a plan to reduce the number of its Off-site Managed Services business (LDS) locations in the United States to 47, […]

Monster.com, the world’s largest online job listing portal, has tens of thousands of IT jobs listed. Hotjobs.com returns more than 27,000 IT, software development and telecommunication jobs. And Dice.com, the job site devoted exclusively to technology, lists more than 86,000 open positions. That’s just skimming the surface of a preliminary technology job search. Tens of […]