IT workers lured into contracting
News But it seems the workers who want to become contractors have already done so, as the percentage of permanent employees wishing to make the move to contracting has fallen back to seven percent of the IT workforce after three consecutive years of...
[June 1, 2006, 17:00]
IT contracting: making a comeback?
News Economic uncertainty and the reduction of work abroad has also seen the return of IT professionals to Australia, said Neil Pilkington, IT contracting consultant in Australia at recruitment firm Robert Walters.
[November 22, 2002, 11:15]
Interviewing with a contracting agency: Do's and Don'ts
News So you've done your homework and settled on a couple of agencies to help you find contract work. You've made your initial contact, and your "exploratory" interview is scheduled at their office in two days.
[May 24, 2002, 15:32]
Abdominal Exercises
Downloads Raise your legs until your feet are above your pelvis; focus on contracting the abdominal. Thrust your heels to the ceiling, breathe out, keep contracting the abdominal, raising the pelvis out of the cradle of your fists.
[June 26, 2007, 12:41]
Are developers stealing code?
Talkback Once as part of a small conxultancy doing contracting to pay the rent, we openly offered some code we'd developed in-house to speed up one of our contracting projects. My experience is the opposite. The customer accepted the offer, but when push...
[June 4, 2004, 18:01]
Building Trust in Strategic Relationships
White Papers Global sourcing negotiations need to reflect an underlying trust and commitment to building a relationship on the part of both the contracting parties. Seen as such, these negotiations should endeavor towards increasing interaction and comfort...
[July 4, 2009, 1:20]
Dell admits Indian mistake
Talkback i run a small family business out here in india with PVC Pipes,RCC pole manufacturing and civil contracting being our main businesses ( Our group Has a total Sales Turnover of around 17 Million USD) in india.i was trained at IIT and Carnegie...
[March 17, 2006, 12:38]
General Contractor Builds Strong Foundation With New Communications Solution With Strong Security Features
White Papers A key to success in the general-contracting industry is the ability to communicate between construction sites, regional offices, and corporate headquarters. Rudolph and Sletten, a leading California-based general-contracting company, found that...
[December 6, 2008, 0:23]
HP Delivers Value, Performance Through WSCA
White Papers To get the most value for its technology budget, the college turns to HP and the Western States Contracting Alliance (WSCA), a multi-state group of governmental and public entities that have united to take advantage of group pricing discounts.
[September 6, 2007, 1:00]
IT contractors face tough times Down Under
News Griffin also believes that a number of contractors have used the lull in the market to spend time travelling, although he warns that the market is no more buoyant in the US or UK for Australians hoping to pick up contracting work abroad.
[February 1, 2002, 16:13]
IR35 could rob Britain of the next Microsoft
News If IR35 had existed in California twenty-five years ago then Microsoft would never have happened, because they started off doing contract work," explained Andrew Banks of ADB Enterprises, which carries out commercial IT contracting.
[March 15, 2001, 6:24]
Demand for IT staff remains constant
News On the contracting side Norman said that rates are still down from £40 an hour to £20 an hour. He also said that many older candidates go for contracting positions as they have a better chance than if they went for permanent positions.
[May 28, 2002, 7:31]
Hiring isn't a 2003 CIO resolution
News Lisa Verde, director of recruiting for Matrix Resources, which offers IT recruiting services in a half dozen markets in the southeastern US plus Arizona and New Jersey, said contracting on a per-project basis and contract-to-permanent hiring are...
[January 6, 2003, 12:22]
Oracle contract scandal spreads
News In a research report last week from Jolson Merchant Partners, analyst Patrick Walravens wrote that "criticism of the state's contracting practices.is likely to have a chilling effect on other Oracle deals in the government sector.
[May 28, 2002, 16:50]
IT teachers are "out of touch" - Report
News This leads to an increase in contracting - basically getting the short term issues dealt with rather than looking at the long term problems. Millennium issues are draining resources, we're entering a difficult economic period, but my main concern...
[September 21, 1998, 16:47]
A Year Ago: IT teachers are 'out of touch' - Report
News This leads to an increase in contracting -- basically getting the short term issues dealt with rather than looking at the long term problems. Millennium issues are draining resources, we're entering a difficult economic period, but my main concern...
[September 21, 1999, 7:00]
Is contract work a good career move?
News Here are a few drawbacks to contracting: Well, before I start to sound like a full-blown pitchman for contract work, let me say that contracting is definitely not for the timid. If, after giving it some thought, contracting sounds interesting to...
[May 8, 2002, 9:47]
Government confirms ID partner
Talkback it just gets passed about the same old people in the contracting world and most of those involed that need to know something won't be told and so they will make a mess of IT! Outside experiance my arse!
[June 9, 2004, 21:47]
OutlookSoft Case Study: Ballast Nedam
White Papers Ballast Nedam's activities extend to all areas of general contracting: Civil and hydraulic engineering, industrial building, non-residential building, and road building. Driving Ballast Nedam's decision to purchase and implement a corporate...
[October 9, 2009, 2:08]
Document Locator Solves HITT's Intranet Collaboration Problem
White Papers Established in 1937, HITT Contracting Inc.has been an innovator in the construction industry. HITT wanted to leverage its existing technology in solving organizational problem, and the Company intranet seemed to offer a possible solution.
[July 18, 2008, 1:01]



