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Tech execs lobby against foreign tax changes; ask for more foreign workers

Tech execs lobby against foreign tax changes; ask for more foreign workerscrooksSo Inhell is laying off 5000-6000 workers and asking for more cheaper foreigners as slaves!I have a word from them: crooks!RE: Tech execs lobby against foreign tax changes; ask for more foreign workersAlthough we are a nation of consumers...it's...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, foreign tax change, tax change, foreign worker, worker, tax

Discussion threads 2009-03-11

Outsourcing on the brink of changes

Outsourcing on the brink of changesForeign workers are difficult to deal withForeign workers tend to be very nice, not talk back, work long hours, etc.But the problem is, they are very nice, do not talk aback, and work long hours. But their English tends to be bad and their skills...

Tags: admission, data security, outsourcing, foreign worker, worker, Foreign Workers

Discussion threads 2005-05-12

Is IT hiring picking up?

Is IT hiring picking up?Not for US citizens & Greencard holders..Remember this article, from two days ago? "Study finds dramatic loss of tech jobs" Oct 18, 2004 http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5415574.htmlOne globalist scheme is to cry "shortage", an obvious lie, so they import even more foreign workers into a shrinking market.Next they'll claim...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Outsourcing, Now IT, globalist, hiring, foreign worker, tech worker, IT industry, job, information technology, worker

Discussion threads 2004-10-20

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Research paints ugly IT employment picture: Almost 2 million jobs gone in 14 years

Depressing...So much innovation happened in America in the 90's. Alot of what we have now was accomplished by American engineers, and now we are not being included anymore because of what? Arbitrage. Sad, Sad, Sad....Of courseBecause all these CEOs and wannabe businesspeople think quality doesn't matter so...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, information technology, comeback, profit margin, job, worker

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

The good news about WalMart

The magic of jiu jitsuYou praise what a company reviled by the left is doing. The right rises. Then you point to WalMart's support of true health reform, and pound them with it. How does this help the public option?I don't see it.So you are saying that because of some...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Benefits, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-07

Use H-1B or L-1 workers? Prepare for a Federal audit!

About timeThere are employers who have > 50% of their workforce as foreign workers. I can't imagine all of them are doing things according to the letter of the law.RE: Use H-1B or L-1 workers? Prepare for a Federal audit!this is probably the only good thing to come...

Tags: Financial accounting, H1B, audit, Use H-1B, L-1 worker, Federal audit, L-1, H-1B

Discussion threads 2009-08-12

Cash for clunkers: one man's story

THIS FROM AN EMAIL I JUST RECEIVED FROM ZDNET READER: I reluctantly traded a 1989 Ford Crown Victoria 24/32 mpg (city/highway)for a VW Jetta TDI which is supposed to get 29/41 mpg but actually delivers 38/50 mpg. I bought the Crown Vic used in 1991 with 10,000 miles and I...

Tags: Income, Ford Motor Co., Government, Personal Finance, Taxes, E-mail, Insurance, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Vertical Industries, Operational Accounting, Finance, Online Communications, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-08-04

The Internet devalues everything it touches . . .

Ever since I first heard about the Internet and then saw its incredible development and application across industries, I've been on the look out for the economic effects of this powerful platform technology. The specific economic influence I've been looking for is a strong deflationary trend. That's when we will...

Tags: Software, Craigslist, Advertisement, Technology, IBDT, Internet, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-06-20

H-1B legislation to watch - What it's really about

H-1B legislation to watch - What it's really aboutDICK DURBINYou link to his page right in that top paragraph... yet you still can't get his name right?RE: H-1B legislation to watch - What it's really aboutThere are thousands of highly skilled Americans that are unemployed that are willing to take...

Tags: Obama, H-1B, H-1B legislation, worker

Discussion threads 2009-06-05

H-1B legislation to watch - What it's really about

Both L-1 and H-1B visa law changes could impact SIs, outsourcers and more Dick Durbin is one-half of the Durbin-Grassley senatorial duo that is proposing new legislation re: H-1B and L-1 visas. Lately, a number of publications have opined about the latest proposed legislation and its impact...

Tags: Legislation, Worker, Dick Durbin, DOL, Enforcement Issue, H-1B, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-06-05

McNealy's back and Obama's got him

McNealy's back and Obama's got himSo government should go into the software business...... in order to reduce the number of jobs in the private sector, by making displacement products for its own use and that of others around the world.Which other large, essential, internationally successful business should the government compete...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, job, OSS, Obama, government, software

Discussion threads 2009-01-23

American auto industry low on fuel and popular support

American auto industry low on fuel and popular supportChapter 11 is your friend"Going under" doesn't imply the companies cease to exist; rather, they are legally allowed to restructure themselves in order to come back as much leaner and competitive entities. The Detroit automakers are saddled with an enormous union...

Tags: American Auto Industry, Chapter 11, popular support

Discussion threads 2008-12-04

Will General Motors go the way of Philco and Studebaker?

Will General Motors go the way of Philco and Studebaker?Too big to fail. Again.The automobile companies will receive loans, even donations. Including the $25 billion already promised to build vehicles which comply with mileage standards.And though conditions will probably be put on the loans, they may be no...

Tags: Manufacturing, Strategy, Philco, General Motors Corp., Studebaker, bailout

Discussion threads 2008-11-13

H-1B visas rife with fraud, worker mistreatment

Thirteen percent of petitions for H-1B visas filed on behalf of employers are fraudulent. That's the conclusion of a report by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency, part of the Department of Homeland Security, BusinessWeek reports. A key part of the fraud is loopholes that allow...

Tags: Visa, Loophole, Worker, Fraud, H-1B, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-09

Campaign 08: H1-B questions for candidates

Campaign 08: H1-B questions for candidatesThis one gets me...[i]Will you seek to increase the H-1B cap so that employers can hire tech workers who are in low supply and high demand in the U.S.?[/i]Mr. Meltzer forgot a word [i]junior[/i], as in [i]junior tech workers[/i]. There is a shortage of...

Tags: Strategy, Koman, H-1B, H-1B visa, tech worker, job, immigration system

Discussion threads 2008-08-13

Passports worth £2.5 million stolen in van hijack

Graham Tibbetts of the UK Telegraph is reporting that the British Foreign Office has admitted to losing around 3,000 passports and visa stickers, which were stolen on their way from Manchester to RAF Northolt in London, where they were to be sent to British embassies.  From the article: Officials...

Tags: Passport, Van, Security, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-29

America's blocked labor policies

America's blocked labor policiesAll of our restrictions help Canada though. Companies, including MS are nowsetting up shop in Canada to get around US restrictions. Also, India and others will benefit, as more people stay home. Not sure what the solution is, but we only hurt ourselves with the restrictions.RE: America's...

Tags: H-1B, Recruitment & Selection, visa, blocked labor policy, labor policy, job, H1B

Discussion threads 2008-06-25

Open Source in 2013

<satire> <source> Thank you. (Picture from Fox, America's only network. My picture at the top of this blog is expected to look much like this one in 2013, if I shave and get the combover right.) The hectic but repetitive routine of business and journalism often seems...

Tags: Job, America, World Entertainment Shortage, Recruitment & Selection, Open Source, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-05-16

IT failure at Heathrow T5: What really happened

Anyone having the misfortune to pass recently through Heathrow's new Terminal 5 knows the huge project debuted as a case study in full-blown systems failure. Most reports have focused on stranded customers, a crazed supermodel, and Queen Elizabeth's grand opening speech, which called the terminal "a 21st Century gateway to...

Tags: Software, CIO, Baggage, British Airways Plc., Information Technology, Problem, Terminal 5, BA, Vanderlande Industries, Vanderlande, Bags, Paul Coby, Airports Authority, Strategy, Tools & Techniques, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-04-07

It's good to be a service worker

A common complaint among globalization skeptics in rich nations is that, in a global market for products, it makes most sense to do the manual work in lower-income locations. This tends to shift rich nation employment patterns towards the service sector. "Services" is an often misunderstood term,...

Tags: Worker, Service, Globalization, Government, Strategy, Management, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-03-10