employment

Microsoft Executive Indicates Departmental Hiring Slowdown

Amid concern at the state of the global economy, a senior Microsoft executive tells staff to be more cautious when…

2 years ago

Silicon In Focus Podcast: Skills for Success

A new report reveals 77% of SME leaders do not have the skills required to successfully implement new technology into…

3 years ago

Microsoft Probed By US For Racial Discrimination

Redmond diversity plans to double the number of black and African American senior staff faces scrutiny from US government

4 years ago

What’s Your Next Tech Job?

With the potential for mass redundancies across many businesses, what skills should you gain to land a new job? Silicon…

4 years ago

Google To Splash Out $1bn On New Manhattan Campus

The search and advertising giant is looking to double its staff in the city to around 14,000

5 years ago

Apple To Build New $1bn Campus In Austin

The expansion is part of a £277bn plan to create more US jobs, amidst pressure from President Trump

5 years ago

Google Brings Jobs Search Feature To UK

Google for Jobs, launched in the US last year, arrives ahead of an expected record-breaking antitrust fine by the European…

6 years ago

MPs Put Pressure On Government For ‘Gig Economy’ Reform

Proposed legislation drafted by two influential select committees would crack down on 'flexible' employers such as Uber and Deliveroo

6 years ago

Court Rules In Favour Of Engineer Sacked Over Personal Messages

A Romanian engineer was wrongfully sacked after his employer read personal messages sent using an account set up for work,…

7 years ago

Google Fires Author Of Controversial Diversity Memo

The internal memo, which argued Google's diversity practices were 'discriminatory', caused a backlash both within and outside the company

7 years ago

Brexit: 70 Percent Of Tech Workers Consider Leaving UK

Uncertainty over the EU referendum result has halved the number of foreign workers looking for jobs in the UK, finds…

7 years ago

Think Tank Urges Retraining Programmes For Those Replaced By Robots

The IPPR argues a skills levy could help offset the disruptive effects of robots replacing millions of human jobs

7 years ago

Amazon To Add 5,000 Staff In UK This Year

The company plans to hire more than 15,000 staff across Europe by the end of 2017

7 years ago

Facebook To Hire 500 UK Staff Next Year To Boost Engineer Workforce

The expansion comes on the heels of Google's approval of a £1bn UK investment

7 years ago

Twitter To Reduce Its Workforce ‘By 8 Percent’

The company will reportedly fire about 300 staff as efforts to find a buyer fall through

8 years ago

Automation Puts Public Sector Jobs ‘At Risk’

Sixteen percent of public sector jobs likely to be replaced by robots, study finds

8 years ago

Dell ‘To Cut At Least 2,000 Jobs’ Post-EMC Buy

Dell Technologies is planning to reduce supply chain, administrative and sales staff following the completion of its £45bn EMC deal

8 years ago

Salesforce Wants To Beat Google For ‘Best British’ Tech Employer Title

EXCLUSIVE: Salesforce bets on diversity boost appeal to UK tech workers over Google

8 years ago

IBM ‘Planning Job Cuts Across Europe, US’

IBM has confirmed 900 staff cuts in Germany, with more reported across its European and US operations

8 years ago

IBM ‘To Cut 111,000 Jobs’ In Biggest-Ever Round Of Corporate Layoffs

Cuts look to steady declining revenues, as IBM continues to seek leadership in the cloud

9 years ago

One In Twenty IT Job Applicants Are Women, Say Majority Of Tech Employers

Women are put off by the image of a male-dominated IT workplace, say employers

9 years ago

BBC CTO Sacked Over Failed Digital Project

John Linwood was fired from the BBC without a payoff over the failure of the BBC's digital production scheme

10 years ago

US Sees Higher IT Employment Rates

A US hiring survey, along with official statistics, both show higher employment rates for IT professionals

10 years ago

Poll: How Do You Expect Your Employment To Change In 2014?

What do you think will happen to you in the next 12 months? Let us know!

10 years ago

Quiz Of The Week: Women In Tech

Women have been at the heart of tech since the industry began. Our quiz charts their success

10 years ago

Recruiters Hunt For Big Data Skills

Jobs related to big data are rising in the ranks of executives' hiring priorities, according to a new survey

11 years ago

Small US Businesses Scrap Hiring Plans

The overall US unemployment rate may be declining, but small businesses have eliminated their former plans to make new hires

11 years ago

UK Tech Startups Looking For 2,697 Employees

Young companies offer an average wage of £36,344

12 years ago

TechWeekEurope Helps Find Tech Jobs

Our new jobs channel could find you your next position

12 years ago

Apple to Help Pay For FoxConn Factory Improvements

Apple will chip in to boost iPhone workers' conditions, says FoxConn boss

12 years ago