DETROIT - Seventy-one percent of chief information officers said they prioritize skills and experience over college degrees when making hiring decisions, a new survey reports. Another 12 percent said they place a little weight on the prestige of a job seeker?s university when evaluating applicants; only 5 percent are heavily influenced by an impressive alma
NEWTON, MA. - Total compensation is up, and one-third of IT organizations are looking to make new hires, according to the TechTarget 2013 information security salary survey. Are you paid what you're worth? Results from our TechTarget 2013 annual salary and careers survey, which looked at IT security professionals and IT personnel who spend their
ANN ARBOR ? MichBio, the state?s Life Sciences trade association, has posed four new jobs in its career center ? VP Clinical Development & Medical Director, Manager Business Development, Metrology Technician, and Process Engineer. Vice President, Clinical Development & Medical Director Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. - Ann Arbor Esperion seeks to recruit a highly qualified individual
DETROIT - Jack Zahran, President of the Pinkerton, joined the Internet Advisor to talk about why one of the oldest corporations in the US decided to move their home base to Ann Arbor; Jeff Harter, owner of PC Gladiator, the Livonia computer repair shop answered questions; Mike Brennan, Editor Of MITechNews.Com, shared headlines. Click on
GRAND RAPIDS - Grand Angels announced Tuesday it has invested undisclosed sums in three West Michigan companies - Tetra Discover Partners, Ablative Solutions, and Altus Brands. ?Grand Angels is excited to be leading a follow-on round in Tetra and participating in follow-on rounds in Ablative Solutions and Altus Brands. In 2014, we have invested more
TROY - Creative Breakthroughs is hosting a career fair at its Troy headquarters on Sept. 3, and is seeking talented professionals to join its IT risk management team. ?We?re growing at a sizzling pace and we are not planning on slowing down this year or next,? said Steve Barone, CEO, CBI. ?The IT Risk Management
LANSING - An audit assessing the effectiveness of the state's efforts to ensure reliability of data in the Enterprise Data Warehouse of the Department of Technology, Management and Budget yielded one material condition and three other reportable ones. The most serious issue the Office of the Auditor General found with the EDW, noted as a
SOUTHFIELD ? Verizon Wireless has been rated the top network in Michigan for overall network performance. The report comes from RootMetrics in its second U.S. State RootScore Reports. Verizon Wireless also scored highest in the categories of Data, Reliability, and Speed. Verizon Wireless won or tied for the RootScore Overall Network Performance Award in 47
ANN ARBOR ? Syntel Inc. founder Bharat Desai graduated from the University of Michigan in 1981 with an MBA and built a multi-million-dollar Information Technology services company. Now he?s giving back to his alma mater. On Tuesday, he announced the Desai Family Accelerator, a joint venture between the Ross School of Business and College of
GRAND RAPIDS - Sisu Global Health, a Michigan-based medical device startup company, has been nominated for the Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development grant, as part of a global competition for technologies impacting infant and maternal health. Sisu was nominated among more than 500 applicants including Fortune 500 companies, major research universities,