Showing posts with label feedback. Show all posts
Showing posts with label feedback. Show all posts

Saturday, November 6, 2010

DiceTV Update: Can You Get Feedback When You Didn't Get the Job?

A couple of weeks ago, we ran a poll asking whether you seek feedback from HR or hiring managers after you've been turned down for a job. Only 18 percent either speak to HR or the hiring manager to ask why they didn't get the job. But another 30 percent don't try at all. And more than half of you - 52 percent - said you'd like to - except no one gets back to you when you try. That's too bad. A company gains when they return those calls. They help their reputation and their managers improve their reputation. Those are good things - and probably more important in the long run than the time and any legal worries they have.

Tech professionals can expect to see starting salaries increase an average of 3.4 percent next year. Robert Half Technology says base compensation should rise for those in high-demand career fields: Applications and Web development, data security and ERP. Plus, more social media and a need for customer-facing technologies have created additional demand. Industries who'll particularly need IT help: business services, transportation and healthcare. Half says an increasing focus on improving efficiency, managing assets and securing data has increased demand - which means pay goes up, too.

A new survey says IT managers may have more money to spend next year, and back-burnered projects may finally get some attention. The survey by Wedbush was published on ZDNet. So, what's on CIO's minds? Sixty six percent say implementation of new software platforms is critical. That's up from 47 percent in the second quarter. Network deployments in security, routing and switching, collaboration and performance management are all top priorities. Video and voice collaboration are also critical. And slightly more than half of the tech executives said shifting data warehouse projects to appliance deployments was a big priority. Remember - what CIOs are thinking of implementing is where they're probably thinking of hiring.

 

 DiceTV Update: Can You Get Feedback When You Didn't Get the Job?



Post originale: http://career-resources.dice.com/articles/content/entry/dicetv_update_can_you_get

Friday, October 22, 2010

The Radar: Banksy in Torquay, GloboMaestro, Japan Recruits Tourist Feedback

Photo: Banksy in Torquay, England
  • The stealth-yet-celebrated graffiti artist Banksy recently descended upon the Grovsenor hotel in Torquay, in the county of Devon, England, where he left behind a eight foot tall drawing of a little boy and a robot. A hotel manager noticed the artwork and they're now making an attempt to preserve it. While it hasn't been proven as a Bansky yet, it has appeared on the artist's website. It's valued at $240,000. [Daily Mail]
  • Want to get inside the heads of some of the most in-the-know urban gurus? The new site GloboMaestro has recruited concierges from the world's top hotels to offer their insider picks. Check out their blogs and videos on everything from the best ceviche in Miami to the secret speakeasys in New York's East Village. [GloboMaestro]
  • Japan is recruiting 100 people who are native English, Chinese, and Korean speakers to visit the country and give feedback on its tourist offerings, the China Daily reports. They plan to send them to urban centers and ask them to report on how well they're able to access public transportation, area hotels, and restaurants. All of their in-country expenses will be paid for. "It's hard for us Japanese to judge how prepared different parts of the country are -- we need people to use as monitors who really don't know Japan at all," one spokesperson said. No word yet on how you can volunteer to be one of those tourists, but the Japanese Tourism Agency will release details next year. [China Daily]
Photo: Via the Daily Mail



Post originale: http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/intelligenttravel/2010/10/the-radar-bansky-in-torquay-gl.html