Despite the economic downturn and a spate of failures among Internet-based businesses, the size of the U.S. information technology work force is up slightly, from 10 million last year to 10.4 million this year.
Deloitte Consulting has hired Christopher N. Melling as a senior manager in the firm's U.S. federal government consulting practice in Reston, Va. Melling, a former Naval Nuclear Power Surface Warfare Officer and experienced public-sector management consultant, was a principal consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Executive director and chief operating officer, the Federation of Government Information Processing Councils and the Industry Advisory Council, Washington.
HireFuze.com of Columbia, Md., recently launched a recruiting product that allows employers to deliver position-specific Web sites to candidates via e-mail.
It started with comments made during exit interviews. Employees about to leave SRA International Inc. in Fairfax, Va., would acknowledge they liked the company and would consider referring colleagues to the systems integrator.
Six months ago, promoting DynCorp at a job fair was a totally different experience than it is today, said Debbie Elk, corporate human resources manager for the government systems integrator in Reston, Va.
Paul Cofoni will succeed Milton Cooper as president of the federal sector at Computer Sciences Corp. effective March 1. The El Segundo, Calif., systems integrator announced the transition last week.
By midday Feb. 21, recruiter Tammy Heller had interviewed eight people via phone for jobs at KPMG Consulting Inc. of McLean, Va., and noticed that half of them were coming from dot-coms.
Eighty-one percent of college students think they will accomplish their career goals in 10 years or less, and 48 percent think they'll do so in five years or less, according to a survey released in January by Los Angeles-based JOBTRAK.COM, an online job site for students and alumni.
When Matt Calderone accepted a job with McLean, Va., consulting firm Booz-Allen & Hamilton Inc., he didn't expect his first assignment to be captured on film.
Betsy Brummer was named marketing manager for Avaya in the mid-Atlantic region. She will be based in Reston, Va., and will be responsible for marketing activities including demand creation, market penetration, branding campaigns and customer events.
What if you had a personal hovercraft? How about a headset that can translate spoken words into any language? Could a slippery slide get you around town?
Alan Balutis has been named executive director and chief operating officer of the Federation of Government Information Processing Councils and its Industry Advisory Council.
When technical recruiter Shoma Bhowmik went looking for a new job, she turned to the "100 Best Companies for Working Mothers," published annually by <I>Working Mother</I> magazine.
