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Ed Tittel

U.S. Jobs: September Slump Is Actually Good News?
October 7, 2022

Dogged by ongoing inflation uncertainty, the latest report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics arrives with the usual batch of mixed signals. The overall outlook, however, is ... hopeful?

Price Tag for College Loan Forgiveness Raises Eyebrows, Ire
September 30, 2022

Both before and after — but especially after — the Congressional Budget Office put a $400 billion price tag on President Biden’s college forgiveness program, Republican objections exploded.

The Post-Pandemic Workplace Is Here to Stay
September 23, 2022

Remote work can no longer be considered transitory, nor simply a temporary change brought on by recent crises and pandemics. More and more now, it's simply how the world works.

Employers Still Want Degrees But Many Will Accept Certs Instead
September 16, 2022

There’s increasing momentum and volume in a growing chorus of voices that are recommending certification as a valid path to IT employment.

Certain Oracle Cloud Certs Now Part of LinkedIn Learning
September 9, 2022

Those who have already signed up for LinkedIn Learning will be tickled to learn that Oracle has made a handful of its certification training packages available to LinkedIn Learning subscribers.

U.S. Jobs: August = Return to Normal After Mini-Boom in July
September 2, 2022

Ed Tittel zooms in on the August employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and sees a soft landing in progress.

White House Raises the Curtain on Student Loan Forgiveness
August 26, 2022

Starting Aug. 24, the White House has been sharing information about forgiving federal student loans. Most borrowers will be eligible for a $10,000 reduction.

Chewing Over Datamation's Top 10 Data Center Certs for 2022
August 19, 2022

To playfully mischaracterize the misattributed Willie Sutton quote, IT pros work at data centers because that's where the data is. And data is where a lot jobs are.

Cybersecurity Organizations Work with the White House to Plug Employment Gap
August 12, 2022

In mid-July the White House held a summit to address the alarming shortfall of qualified IT cybersecurity workers. (ISC)2, Cisco, and Fortinet have answered the call.

U.S. Jobs: Surprisingly Strong July Confounds Conventional Wisdom
August 5, 2022

It's taken some time, but the U.S. workforce has now completed a full recovery from the COVID crash. And that's not all of the good news from July's employment report.

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