June 2004

Most New Hires U.S. Based

May 19, 2004: The bulk of overseas hiring will be in support of overseas markets, not new offshoring, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers.

U.S. multinational companies will continue to expand overseas over the next 12 months, but the great majority of new jobs outside the U.S. will serve expanding overseas markets and will not be jobs transferred offshore from the U.S., according to the PricewaterhouseCoopers Management Barometer, a quarterly survey of top executives in a cross-section of large, multinational businesses. Read the rest of this story.

Industry News

Oracles's Bid for PeopleSoft To Be Tested In Court

>From THE NEW YORK TIMES: By LAURIE J. FLYNN June 7, 2004 Lawyers for the Justice Department will call their first witnesses in the government's lawsuit to block Oracle's proposed hostile takeover of PeopleSoft. Read this story.

Cisco to Use Trend Micro Antivirus Technologies

>From Reuters: June 7, 2004 CHICAGO (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Inc. , the world's largest maker of equipment that directs Internet traffic, on Monday said it would integrate Trend Micro Inc.'s technology to block computer viruses and worms with its software in a bid to make corporate networks more secure. Read this story.

Career Tip

Whether you are the interviewer or the interviewee, think of the interview as a blind date. Both of you are trying to discover if there is a match. Ask questions and answer them about the pending job position and responsibilities, and not so much on questions about past experiences. This way, you can both envision the candidate in the role and focus on whether it is a match.