A couple of recent studies have looked at what companies can do to retain key information technology staff when there is no budget for raises.  Slightly more than one-third of the technology professionals polled by Dice.com said that they want their company to give them a guarantee of job security.  Who wouldn’t want that given [...]

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Last week I attended a meeting for human resource professionals.  The dinner speaker talked about fun in the workplace – an unusual topic given today’s economic climate.  The speaker’s examples of workplace fun were along the lines of employee parties, picnics, and catered lunches. As I sat there, I had to wonder, who can think [...]

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