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17 May 2011 at 18 : 43 PM
At the coalface: do companies want techies?
This is the second instalment of our At the Coalface series, where Brazilian IT professionals give their take on issues related to career development. As president Dilma Rousseff presses ahead with plans to focus on technical education, information systems student at Faculdade de Tecnologia de São Paulo (FATEC) Diego Souza Costa comments about the recent ...
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2 March 2011 at 13 : 05 PM
Does the world need so many graduates?
Back when Tony Blair was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom he announced a plan to ensure that at least half of all school-leavers would go into higher education and study for a degree. ...
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17 February 2011 at 13 : 35 PM
NASSCOM Special – did we forget about political risk?
Egypt. Last month it was the fourth best place in the world if you were thinking of offshore outsourcing and reading research from AT Kearney. Then the popular uprising took place, knocking out phone systems and even the national connection to the Internet for several days. Many firms that rely on constant connectivity were affected. ...
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4 February 2011 at 12 : 34 PM
Higher education equals better salaries in Brazil IT
Having a postgraduate degree or an MBA is a crucial factor to senior IT professionals looking for better salaries, according to research. Recruitment firm Catho Online has surveyed several professionals from the industry across the various levels of seniority and found that the average paycheck is directly related to academic background. According to ...
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