The stories are out there: the smart co-workers who get in their own way instead of getting ahead.
CISOs know them, too. One remembers a brilliant employee who liked to remind others how smart she was and how she deserved way more money than she was making. Another recalls a talented staffer who did exactly what was required, but nothing more. Neither made it very far, as their bosses finally had enough of their drag on morale and decided to let them go.
Those are just two of the many ways to kill your career, say CISOs, career coaches and executive consultants. Some actions, such as illegally accessing computer systems, are obviously fireable offenses, while numerous others will simply halt any upward mobility.
It turns out there s $285,000 at the end of a yellow brick road.
Students in the Carnegie Mellon University Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy gained a new appreciation for historic brick streets after taking a project course designed to provide a local municipality with data relevant to the upkeep of its infrastructure.
From left to right: Rachel Bukowitz, Erick Shiring, Yunxi Luna Hu and Shunyu Charlotte Rao studied the costs and benefits associated with preserving brick streets in Mt. Lebanon.
Mt. Lebanon, located about 10 miles southwest of CMU s Pittsburgh campus, has about one quarter of its streets paved with bricks, 76 in total. While anecdotal evidence showed that residents find the streets charming, the municipality didn t have hard data to show it was economical to continue to maintain the streets. Enter CMU students.
The shortage of cybersecurity workers is well known, with studies showing that millions more professionals are needed to meet the increasing demand for skilled talent in this profession.
The 2020 Cybersecurity Workforce Study from the nonprofit professional organization (ISC)² estimates that the global workforce shortage stands at 3.12 million, and it estimates that employment in the field needs to grow by 41% in the United States and 89% worldwide in order to fill the talent gap.
But don’t let those figures go to your head if you’re looking for a job.
Hiring managers, recruiters and career consultants all say they’re working hard to find the right candidate for every open position. They’re carefully reviewing resumes and they’re using interviews to separate the best from the rest.
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Two crossed lines that form an X . It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification. Workers protest outside a McDonald s restaurant on November 10, 2015 in Miami, Florida. The protesters are demanding action from state legislators and presidential candidates to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Democrats introduced the Raise the Wage Act of 2021, where the minimum wage would gradually increase to $15 per hour, starting with an increase from $7.25 to $9.50 this year.
The Economic Policy Institute notes that this will raise wages for 32 million workers.
The value of $15 varies across the US, however; the following map highlights how much $15 is worth in every state.