Latest Careers and Skills articles

Security candidates undersell their skills

Acumin Consulting's Ryan Farmer

Considering a move? Ryan Farmer says IT staff don't pay enough attention to the CV

08 Sep 2011

Productive outsourcing within SaaS

MindTree's Rajesh Ranjan

How should one find the additional skills for a services offering? Rajesh Ranjan investigates

08 Jun 2011

Importance of accreditation

Blue Chip's Anthony Green

Anthony Green talks about certification and its benefits to customers

04 May 2011

Penetration test skills in demand

James Foster looks at the opportunity for skilled penetration testers

14 Apr 2011

Changing channel demands new skill sets

Resellers must ensure they develop the right expertise to capitalise on market trends in 2011, says Matthew Poyiadgi

15 Feb 2011

HP plays the long game

HP's investment into UK higher education points to a firm planning for the future, despite recent bashing from IBM, says Doug Woodburn

15 Oct 2010

In aid of vendor-neutral training

The channel needs vendor-neutral training and professional development, says Steve Philp

16 Sep 2010

Keeping up morale

Happy staff make for a better company, writes Sara Yirrell

25 Aug 2010

Customers need training too

Do not neglect the potential return offered by customer training programmes, says Leon Mangan

24 Aug 2010

Selling the sales engineer role

IT professionals on the job market should consider if they have the skills for sales engineering, says Gina Citroni

27 Jul 2010

Keep your customers – and grow

Sukh Rayat looks at the connection between customer churn and profits

04 May 2010

Higher prices and more red tape not inevitable

Don’t panic! One recent ruling is an opportunity for sales teams to grow

26 Feb 2010

Employing the unemployable post-recession

Mitchell Feldman airs some recent sales-staff hiring frustrations

25 Feb 2010

Forging a profitable employee and customer link

Customer satisfaction, employee engagement and improved financial performance match the classic chicken-and-egg conundrum

18 Jan 2010

Channel challenge to VAR principles

This year may be all about staying true to your convictions

11 Jan 2010

Taxing times with VAT fraud cases

Three more VAT fraud cases come to court in a demonstration of the continuing battle that is MTIC legislation

20 Nov 2009

Gearing up for growth with ongoing education

Targeted partner education is the way forward, says Wayne Gratton

19 Nov 2009

Conference success for CRN in 2009

We are all feeling very proud here at CRN after our Channel Conference 2009.

19 Oct 2009

Places left for special day on 13 October

With just one week to go until CRN’s Channel Conference, this is the last chance I have to invite you along.

05 Oct 2009

The worth of people power

The UK has suffered from a ‘brain drain’ in the past and I was interested to see recent research that hinted at disquiet in the IT sector.

28 Sep 2009

Skill up for success

Sara Yirrell talks up the importance of training in the wake of a HDS partner survey

15 Sep 2009

A quarter-century of change in the channel

Phil Jones reflects on some channel lessons of the past 25 years

08 Sep 2009

When staff fritter away resources, they also threaten security

Employees are wasting valuable work time and IT security sales must address this

02 Sep 2009

Some vendors and distributors just ask too much

A channel relationship should include give and take, and benefit both sides, says John Morrison

12 Aug 2009

Finding, funding and training channel apprentices

Ian Harper explains how apprenticeships work and the government funding available to help you

11 Aug 2009

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