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- baby boomers leaving soon
- ok so we're all aware that the baby boomer generation is approaching retirement, so what does everyone think this is going to do for the IT field is it going to make company's do more outsourcing and visa's for people, or is it going to force the company's to start...
- Tags: boomer, information technology
- Discussion threads 2006-07-28
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- Word Whacky (exe)
- Baxter and Boomer, two zany bears work tirelessly to build and blast the alphabet in this smashing new word game. Best that rascal Boomer by building bigger and better words. Your buddy Baxter will boost your chances by helping along the way; but be careful, this wacky word game can...
- Tags: Games, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Personal Technology, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- Software downloads 2006-01-31
- Baby Boomers vs. Generation X
- I am part of Generation X and very proud to be. Lately, I have been highly aggravated at the Baby Boomer generation. They constantly moan and groan and whine about how our country is going to fall apart once they retire and pass the baton to Generation X. Are you...
- Tags: Baby Boomer, Generation X, great leader, leader
- Blog posts 2006-03-07
- Battlestar GalacticSimpsons
- From LiveJournal via Reddit: ^ President Roslyn and Admiral Adama ^ ^ Boomers ^ ^ Starbuck ^ ^ Billy, Duala & Apollo ^ ...
- Tags: LiveJournal, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-05-08
- Photos: Apple's seeds at CES
- Japan's Green House Big BoomerPlacing any hard drive on or next to a sub-wooferWILL damage the hard drive !You know you want itMac gear is red hot right now and if they put out a solar powered flashlight it would sell in the arctic. All you need to do is...
- Tags: apple, Apple Computer Inc., cuzbud@..., mac mini, networking, photograph, sub woofer
- Discussion threads 2006-01-09
- Looking for info on hazards of not training/preparing future leaders
- I'm doing a paper discussing the hazards of not training/empowering/mentoring/etc. current workers in order to prepare future leaders to be ready for the responsibility of a new position resulting from the massive exodus of baby boomers that is heading for all industries.anyone know of any good resources/articles/etc on that topic...
- Tags: jer2911tx@..., training, mentoring, managers, baby boomers, off-topic, leader
- Discussion threads 2006-03-06
- Battlestar Galactica season finale--Reactionary spoilers!
- My good buddy John Hickman e-mail me the following question: "What'd you think of the Galactica season finale? Mixed opinion....thought the year jump was a bit extreme given how time passed before. Considering Adama Sr. and Roslyn felt as strongly as they did about the future...
- Tags: Fleet, Tigh, Leadership, Corporate Governance, Document Management, Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-03-14
- The day Battlestar Galactica grew up
- Yeah, so, the two-part season premiere (or, technically, midseason premiere) of Battlestar Galactica debuted last night, and I have to give an extraordinary shoutout to the show's writers, producers, and actors. WARNING: FROM HERE THERE BE SPOILERS. First, a quick...
- Tags: Fleet, Survival, TV, Commander Adama, Cylon Boomer, BG, Apollo, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-01-14
- Knowledge walking out the door: The baby boom "brain drain" in government
- If you were born between 1946 and 1964 you are part of the "babyboom" generation. Data from the 2000 U.S. Census estimates that the groupthat holds the "boomer" moniker is made up of at least 82,826,479individuals. I sometimes feel that 82 million of them work in government. Beginning in 2011,...
- Tags: government, knowledge, worker
- Blog posts 2006-01-21
- IT Skills Shortage?
- IT Skills Shortage?Let me start by listing my professional IT qualifications:NVQ in IT Levels 1 and 2NVQ in Installing and Supporting IT Systems Level 3Now, this may not seem a lot, but together with the 6 years experience working with the IT Technicians in the IT department of West Kent...
- Tags: information technology, IT Skills Shortage, job, jobs, networking, qualification, Skills Shortage, supposed skills shortage, tom_housden@...
- Discussion threads 2006-01-29
- TR did it to me again- Double Post, No text
- ...]:)-Dear godthat usually would have worked? Where the hell are you meeting women? Do they all get to school on the short bus?...?:pEdit: .:0:^0Easy to get here2nd star on the right...:xEdit: but what about JD?:8}I added an edit before I even posted. Now THAT's bad.You're evil.Don't make...
- Tags: Grobschnitt, guy card, i'm not old!, jd is in deep trouble now!, Mae, MILF, Now IT, off-topic, revenge, TiggerTwo
- Discussion threads 2006-09-16
- The debt generation
- Watching NBC National News the other night, there was an article about money which caught my attention. The story discussed the amount of debt that the average person in their 20s is carrying, why theyve got such a load to carry, and the outlook for them going forward. ...
- Tags: Credit Check, Leadership, Morale, Personal Development, Power, Soapbox, Success
- Blog posts 2006-11-22
- I know it's an E, but I can't really see it
- It's hellgetting old. Being part of the baby boomer generation used to mean I was inevery marketer's crosshairs, now the only marketers excited about people my agecome from pharmaceutical, life insurance, and medical device companies. I watchthe Grammy and Country Music Awards and realize I don't know who most of...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, adjustment, monitor
- Blog posts 2006-01-26
- Real questions from our readers
- Occasionally we receive questions from TechRepublic members asking for advice or input regarding their specific situation. One arrived recently which deals with a question now heard fairly frequently and because of its application to others, we thought it made sense to print it with my response: ...
- Tags: Team, Leader, Team Management, Leadership, Management, John McKee
- Blog posts 2008-01-24
- The technology brain drain
- Why doesn't anyone seem to know that the mentors of the IT department are reaching retirement age? Why isn't it more important? The "heart and soul" of many IT departments is slowly trickling away. What is surprising is that business hardly notices and doesn't seem...
- Tags: Consultant, Knowledge, Information Technology, Workforce, Baby Boomers, Strategy, Workforce Management, Recruitment & Selection, Management, Human Resources, Tricia Liebert
- Blog posts 2008-04-21
- Workers to employers: Show me the time off
- Stay on top of the latest tech news with our free IT News Digest newsletter, delivered each weekday. Automatically sign up today!By ...
- Tags: Salary.com, worker, survey
- Technical articles 2005-01-13
- American IT Jobs Give Bush Valuable Bargaining Chip In Talks With India
- American IT Jobs Give Bush Valuable Bargaining Chip In Talks With Indiacountry is facing a shortage of skilled IT workers--a shortage that will only get worse as boomer tech professionals retire. A study released last week by the Association for Computing Machinery notes that "more IT jobs are available today...
- Tags: American IT Jobs, bargaining chip, career, chip, help, job, jobs, nuke, off-topic, outsourcing, security, valuable bargaining Chip, windows, zlito@...
- Discussion threads 2006-03-01
- The Government Is Spying on Americans
- The Government Is Spying on AmericansThe Government Is Spying on AmericansDocuments obtained by the ACLU under the Freedom of Information Act reveal that the FBI is using its Joint Terrorism Task Forces to gather extensive information about peaceful organizations. Recently, President Bush acknowledged giving explicit and secret authorization for warrantless...
- Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Spying, windows, email, computers, government, zlito@..., off-topic, Joint Terrorism Task Force
- Discussion threads 2006-02-08
- A trainer's rant a la Dennis Miller
- Sometimes the little things get to be too much and a rant is the result. TechRepublic columnist Bruce Maples lets off some steam by pointing out the problems with training centers, managers, and salespeople.Ever since Dennis Miller made the Monday Night Football broadcast team, I’ve been thinking about rants. Just...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Workforce management, Groupware, Bruce Maples, training, training center, sales, rant, trainer
- Technical articles 2000-08-07
- How to fix IT skill shortages and misalignments
- By Mark Lefcowitz,PMP, CBBTheory of Constraints states that a system is only as fastas its slowest component. The concept has been applied to resources andprocesses for both manufacturing systems and service systems, but never--to myknowledge--has the concept been applied to skill-set resources.That's rather strange. Our personal and business lives arefilled...
- Tags: distance learning, information technology, training, Workplace
- Technical articles 2006-12-06
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