Neowin News Feed for: Job

IBM India: moonlighting allowed with permission, but only for good causes

Karthik Mudaliar — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 08:14:01 +0000

IBM India managing director Sandip Patel addressed moonlighting in an email to employees saying that workers can pursue their passions as long as there's no conflict with IBM's interests. Read more...

Amazon opens up 75,000 more jobs, initial 100,000 have been filled up

Ather Fawaz — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 17:18:02 +0000

Last month, the firm opened up 100,000 jobs amidst increased demand. Now the firm has stated that all those positions have been filled up and a further 75,000 people will be hired. Read more...

Google adds new search filters to make it easier to find remote jobs

Usama Jawad — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 07:34:01 +0000

Google has rolled out a new update to its job search feature in the US, which allows job seekers to apply filters and find "work from home", "remote", and "telecommute" opportunities that suit them. Read more...

Facebook rolling out job hunting tool to 40 countries [Update]

Paul Hill — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 20:21:57 +0000

Facebook has announced that a job hunting tool, that it launched in the U.S. and Canada last year, will arrive in 40 countries soon. The tool lets potential employees get connected to businesses. Read more...

Google formally announces Hire, its LinkedIn competitor

Usama Jawad — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 09:38:01 +0000

Google has unveiled Hire, an app that provides a recruiting platform aimed towards small- and medium-sized US businesses. Hire appears to be a direct competitor to Microsoft's LinkedIn platform. Read more...

Microsoft has lost its communications manager to motor company Nissan

Daniel Hull — Sat, 26 Sep 2015 15:44:01 +0000

Microsoft will be searching for a new communications manager in the upcoming weeks, as Jonathan Adeshek jumps ship to Nissan - adding to the major employee changes the company is facing. Read more...

Head of Xbox Japan resigns from his post following poor Xbox One sales

Usama Jawad — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 16:02:01 +0000

After eight years at the helm as Head of Xbox Japan, Takashi Sensui is resigning from his post which according to most analysts is due to Xbox's poor performance in Japan. Read more...

No Nokia Android phone, Windows Phone still exclusive

Andrew Stevenson — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 10:11:04 +0000

Nokia has had to answer to rumours that it was planning to enter into the Android Phone market, following a recent job posting searching for a software engineer to work in “Embedded Linux Middleware.” Read more...

Employer demands Facebook password during interview

Michael Collado — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 23:19:21 +0000

Late last year a man -- Officer Robert Collins -- from Maryland was asked to give his Facebook login email address and password during a recertification interview with the Maryland Division of Corrections (DOC). Now,... Read more...

Microsoft's Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie set to step down

Tom Warren — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 21:28:42 +0000

Microsoft said on Monday that Ray Ozzie will step down from his role as chief software architect, and to retire from Microsoft after a transition period during which he will focus on Microsoft's entertainment technology... Read more...

Microsoft wins great place to work award

Brandon Boyce — Mon, 24 May 2010 14:58:23 +0000

The Great Place to Work Institute has named Microsoft the best place to work in Europe. The findings are based on the '100 Best Workplaces in Europe' annual survey that the institute sends out. The... Read more...

AOL to cut over 1000 jobs and shut offices

Matthew Hopson — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:55:18 +0000

AOL is to shut down many of its European offices after failing to cut a third of its international workforce through voluntary redundancy. Although 1,100 of the company's staff have taken voluntary redundancy, a further... Read more...

Sharp posts first loss in five decades, announces job cuts

Matthew Hopson — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:49:56 +0000

Japanese electronics company Sharp warned last Friday that it will be posting a 100 billion yen ($1.1 billion) loss for the current fiscal year, and also announced that there would be 1,500 contract worker job... Read more...

Microsoft misses quarterly profit target, job cuts possible

Matthew Hopson — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:32:07 +0000

When Microsoft posts its quarterly profit on Thursday, it is expected that it will have missed the company's own target for the quarter, prompting speculation that the company could soon announce thousands of job cuts.... Read more...

Sony expected to announce restructuring plan soon

Matthew Hopson — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:50:40 +0000

Sony Corp, the maker of Bravia LCD TVs, Cyber-shot cameras and the Playstation game console, is expected to announce a restructuring plan this week, according to the Financial Times. Last month the Japanese company outlined... Read more...

Gizza job, virus writers ask AV industry

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sat, 11 Sep 2004 08:29:18 +0000

The unknown authors of the latest variant of the MyDoom email worm have embedded a hidden message inside their code, asking for a job in the anti-virus industry. Like previous variants, the MyDoom-U and MyDoom-V... Read more...