Will Back Office IT Jobs Disappear?

Will Back Office IT Jobs Disappear? (via Dice News in Tech)

Back office IT jobs in North America and Europe may be in danger of disappearing over the next four years, according to a report by the Hackett Group. The research firm forecasts that nearly half of the 3.1 million such tech jobs in place in 2002 will…

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How Mobile App Developers Can Find 5 Billion Users!!!!

How Mobile App Developers Can Find 5 Billion Users (via Dice News in Tech)

Speak Swahili, Bengali or Amharic? If you’re an app developer looking to launch your career on the currency of potentially 5 billion more Internet users should Facebook and internet.org successfully connect the world to the Net, then it may be time…

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Zynga Drops U.S. Gambling Games, Jobs at Stake?!!!!!!

Zynga Drops U.S. Gambling Games, Jobs at Stake? (via Dice News in Tech)

Zynga’s bet on real-money gambling turned into a bust this week, with the company announcing it was dropping its plans to pursue it in the U.S. and would continue to evaluate its pilot test in the U.K. Employees tied to its real-money gambling efforts…

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Watch a Job Seeker Interview with Game-Maker Turbine!!!!!!!!

Watch a Job Seeker Interview with Game-Maker Turbine (via Dice News in Tech)

Josh Green is a game designer and producer who’s been looking for work since the demise of Facebook game maker Asvathaa in mid-2012. To help him hone his interview skills, we arranged for Josh to sit down with Craig Alexander, Vice President of Product…

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Job Seekers Slow to Adopt Mobile Search Apps!!!!

Job Seekers Slow to Adopt Mobile Search Apps (via Dice News in Tech)

Although networking remains the most effective way to find a job, online recruiting sites are gaining ground. Between 2012 and 2016, the market for job sites is expected to grow to $7.5 billion, a compounded 5.5 percent annual rate, according to a report…

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Bristol-Myers Will Hire for IT in Tampa!!!!!!!

Bristol-Myers Will Hire for IT in Tampa (via Dice News in Tech)

Bristol-Myers Squibb is shifting 200 positions from its facility in Plainsboro, N.J., to a new, consolidated internal services center in Tampa. An undetermined number of the jobs are in IT, and the company says it will be hiring from the Florida city…

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Why Game Engines Spell Trouble for Indie Developers!!!!!!!!!

Why Game Engines Spell Trouble for Indie Developers (via Dice News in Tech)

Seduction comes in many forms, including game engines. Virtually in a matter of weeks, people who’ve never crunched code can churn out a mobile game. It’s that ease of use, on top of a basic engine’s cheap cost, that’s prompting newbies to create…

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Tech Consulting Jobs Gain Strength!!!!!!

Tech Consulting Jobs Gain Strength (via Dice News in Tech)

Management and technical consulting jobs posted 2013’s largest year-over-year gain in June, rising 6.1 percent to 1,187,400 jobs, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. During earlier months, the annual gain remained in the 5 percent…

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How One Recruiter Hires for Digital Entertainment!!!!!

How One Recruiter Hires for Digital Entertainment (via Dice News in Tech)

Alex Churchill can sum up his firm’s recruiting strategy in four words: “Go deep, not wide.” Churchill, founder and CEO of San Francisco-based VonChurch, overseas a five-year-old digital entertainment recruiting firm. Last year, over 51 percent…

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Game Companies Hire; More Layoffs at Boeing!!!!

Game Companies Hire; More Layoffs at Boeing (via Dice News in Tech)

Our weekly snapshot of who’s hiring and who’s firing across the IT landscape. Hiring Game company Kabam is reportedly seeking to hire as many as 200 employees by the end of the year, while ironically instituting a small round of layoffs. The cutbacks…

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In Silicon Valley, Bloomberg Pushes N.Y. Tech!!!!

In Silicon Valley, Bloomberg Pushes N.Y. Tech (via Dice News in Tech)

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s penchant for boosterism is well-known, and he doesn’t mind taking his message into some awkward places. For example, he’s got no problem touting the dynamics of the city’s tech industry even when he’s in…

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