New Year's resolutions should symbolize our capacity for transformation, our desire for self-improvement. But too often they instead represent our lack of discipline and self-control, our weak wills, our abject failure. Why is it that New Year's resolutions are so hard to keep? The answer is actually quite simple.

IT professionals aren't known for their fashion sense, they of the uninspired polo shirt and khaki persuasion. But if there's one professional occasion when a tech worker should think fashion first, it's the job interview, especially in this employer's market for talent. 

The New York Times has a story today about a trend that's gaining steam: companies that are finding ways to cut their labor costs without laying off staff. Instead of handing out pink slips, some organizations are moving to four-day work weeks, instituting unpaid vacation time and getting rid of overtime.

She's the Pam Beasley to your Jim Halpern (before they started dating), the Liz Lemon to your Jack Donaghy, the Mary Richards to your Lou Grant.

She cleans up your messes, gives you perspective, and she tells you when you need a breath mint, when you have food stuck in your teeth and when your fly is open.  

She is your work wife, and I want you to tell me about her.

IT staffing companies can help connect IT workers to leads on full-time jobs, but they can be difficult—if not outright dodgy—to do business with. Here are six questions you should ask a staffing firm before accepting any assignment, to make sure you don't get burned.

We all know the importance of negotiating raises if we want to get paid what we're worth, but can all our tough salary negotiation in good times come back to haunt us in bad times, when earning more may be a liability as companies look to cut staff? 

The following 10 phrases draw more attention to your surreptitious e-mail activity than they do to conceal it, and though they seem harmless, they could put your job and career in jeopardy, especially during this recession.