Kachina Shaw

Seven Areas to Research Before a Job Interview Conventional wisdom in the hiring world says that money is not the best motivator for employees. Reality says that, if you’ve got the hot skill set, supply and demand will trump that wisdom any day. In Silicon Valley, ideas and VC pitches outnumber the quality software developers […]

Data at Risk: Super Scary Facts Yesterday, one of the apps that was preloaded when I purchased my Samsung Galaxy S4 automatically updated itself. The app, ISIS Mobile Wallet, changed its name to Softcard. I’d never used ISIS, nor intended to use it, but hadn’t gotten around to uninstalling it from my smartphone. When companies […]

The 10 Fast Growing IT Job Markets in the U.S. IBM has tied mandatory training in a set of skills to a 10 percent pay cut for employees deemed deficient. An IBM memo dated Friday, September 12, describes a program that will have the affected employees spend one day per week improving “cloud, analytics, mobile […]

Interview Due Diligence: What to Ask the Hiring Manager Baseline Magazine just published a list of 11 Must-Have Soft Skills for Tech Professionals, citing one convincing research stat that should affect your resume layout and cover letter contents: “Ninety-three percent of employers consider a job candidate’s demonstrated soft skills as being more important than their […]

IT Strives to Reinvent Itself Despite Budget Restrictions As the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) evaluates some million-plus comments and questions from U.S. citizens on the issue of net neutrality, an online protest is planned. On September 10, organizers hope that as many websites as possible will participate in the protest by displaying a symbolic “site […]

Ten Questions Not to Ask During an Interview The fact that new U.S. companies tend to hire more young employees than more established companies, and the fact that those young people like the start-up or young company environment, may end up soon hurting Millennial career prospects, according to a Bloomberg piece. While Millennials may enjoy […]

Wearable Computing: Creativity from Head to Toe The Bring Your Own Wearables (BYOW) period of the wearable computing evolution may end up being only a bump in the road, as developers and vendors set their sights on purpose-built wearable computers for a variety of workplaces and functions. OnBeep this week announced funding for its workplace […]

Seven Steps to Prepare for BYOD Maintaining the state’s trend of taking a leading position on new technological and legal challenges, a California Court of Appeals ruled earlier this month that within the state, “We hold that when employees must use their personal cell phones for work-related calls, Labor Code section 2802 requires the employer […]

Seven Evolving Leadership Qualities for the Twenty-First Century In many companies (including my employer), email is still the king of digital communications, no matter how many intranets, collaboration tools, file-sharing apps or social media sites might be orbiting around it. Despite its failings, email in effect runs our work days and seemingly our lives. As […]

Eight Signs Your Team Is in Trouble The blame game isn’t exactly a game one can win. However, IT departments that find themselves repeatedly held responsible for the same failures or performance issues are constantly taking steps to improve their position and ability to either improve the outcomes, or at least make it widely known […]

Five Ways a CFO Can Invest in Securing Their Organization Yesterday, Sue Marquette Poremba, writing on IT Business Edge about the alleged breach of over a billion personal records by a Russian gang, brought up the long-running question of the treatment of security breach disclosures. The reported billion records are eye-catching, but Triumfant CEO John […]

Interview Due Diligence: What to Ask the Hiring Manager Several large tech firms, including Microsoft, Cisco and Texas Instruments, have had a Head of IoT, or Internet of Things, for a year or two now. And the position is becoming more common: Global business process services provider Xchanging appointed Richard Cornish as its first Head […]