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- IT offshoring is exaggerated and the IT labor shortage is real
- IT offshoring is exaggerated and the IT labor shortage is realAs of September...... a sudden decrease in interest in hiring people is understandable. That's when many people decided to believe what they heard and the economy tanked.There's a question to what degree the banking crisis had to spread to...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-17
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- 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...
- Discussion threads 2009-06-05
- Gateway UC7807u (Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0GHz, 3GB RAM, 250 GB HDD)
- In the wake of our winter roundup of retail laptops, we noticed that while there are plenty of good, inexpensive laptops available, for frequent travelers there are still few options that cost less than $1,000 Netbooks excluded. The $689 Gateway UC7807u is one such system: a 13-inch wide-screen notebook with...
- Product reviews 2009-05-05
- Outsourcing in this recession: will it increase?
- Outsourcing in this recession: will it increase?Given that the bleeding of local jobs has helped lead TO this recession,and if people are sincere about ending this recession, then we need to look at the larger scheme and not diddle around with huff'n'puff pieces like this. I mean, doing...
- Discussion threads 2009-04-26
- Why U.S. Visa policies are like Microsoft Windows
- Why U.S. Visa policies are like Microsoft WindowsClick whoring, are you?Are you implying that Mac OS X doesn't need patching? Patches are never issued for Linux? Of course they are. But nothing draws click revenue like a good Windows-bashing title. Cut the whining already.W/o these H1Bs...
- Discussion threads 2009-02-18
- News to know: Jerry Yang, MLB.com, Mark Cuban, USB 3.0
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: Jerry Yang to step down as CEO, back to Chief Yahoo Larry Dignan: With Yang out as Yahoo CEO, Steve Ballmer licks chops ...
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- IT offshoring is exaggerated and the IT labor shortage is real
- IT departments are planning to increase offshore outsourcing in 2009, after two years of declines. Nevertheless, a new survey shows offshoring remains a very small portion of IT budgets, and U.S. IT leaders say they’re still grappling with an IT labor shortage. by Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- U.S. tech sector jobs show strong growth, but lack of engineers could hurt in future
- U.S. tech sector jobs show strong growth, but lack of engineers could hurt in futureIn other news...IBM, AMD, Intel, Boeing..announce job cutsThese "shortage of engineer" articles are starting to smell fishy when balanced against job cuts and outsourcing news from the same companies that complain about shortages.Why not just cut...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-26
- Take your tech recession and stuff it
- Take your tech recession and stuff itBetter Solution to "H-1b Problem"Currently most H-1b workers are DOL level-one entry level and most of those earn well below $50k salary. In virtually no case are employers required to first recruit and consider qualified American applicants - new grads etc.SOLUTION: Reform H-1b to...
- Discussion threads 2008-01-23
- Will China manufacturing costs be a tech overhang?
- Will China manufacturing costs be a tech overhang?China TCOThe Chinese currency is broadly pegged to the dollar so the exchange rate hasn't influenced the relative cost of Chinese manufacturing. Rather it is the shortage and therefore higher cost of skilled labor and, especially, mid-level management. Through in high fuel costs,...
- Discussion threads 2007-12-11
- The new war for talent
- The new war for talentI think you're right but, execs don't look beyond 24 monthsI see you're data but if the talent shortage of 1999-2000 is any indication, executives do not look beyond 24 months. Arguably, do they look beyond 12 months. They appease wall street - which is...
- Discussion threads 2007-11-28
- How desktop virtualization will save your company from Generation Y
- How desktop virtualization will save your company from Generation YFariy TalesIf an employee doesn't want to earn his/her paycheck by WORKING when on the company clock they know where the door is and there are 10 people waiting in line for his/her job.Not all IT is the sameThe story is...
- Discussion threads 2007-11-26
- Must employers really pay to play?
- Must employers really pay to play?There's no surprise, this was predicted!Corporations have been abandoning loyalty to the employee for over 15 years now. How long has it been since any company rolled out a new pension plan or offered to repurpose a large and obsolete workforce due to changes in...
- Discussion threads 2007-10-25
- Microsoft sings 'O Canada' amid immigration challenges
- Microsoft sings 'O Canada' amid immigration challengesSince Jan. 2005, how many times has Gates said"the dollar is going to go down"? And given our corporations are the ones playing the economic games, surely that makes Microsoft partially liable FOR the dollar's status?nobody wants to work for M$!M$ is desperate...
- Discussion threads 2007-07-05
- Don't hide from global competition
- Don't hide from global competitionAnother piece required.Let's say that the sensible cushion-and-train protections are in place and operating. Let's say further that the training works so effectively that approximately every person displaced is able to obtain a new job on graduation.What proportion of those new jobs will pay -...
- Discussion threads 2007-05-31
- Republicans break ranks to oppose tech-backed bill
- Republicans break ranks to oppose tech-backed billWhat a bunch of idiotsAs part of a scientific research and educational institution that's undergoing a massive budget crisis because the NIH does not have the funds to pay for the grants they've already awarded, trust me, increased spending will in fact help...
- Discussion threads 2007-04-27
- H-1B reform bill may push more work offshore
- H-1B reform bill may push more work offshoreWhich means more money goes out than it seemsCoz these foreign workers, a lot of theme nd up settling down here or at least living here for a long time. Which means they spend their hard earned money in this country - most...
- Discussion threads 2007-04-03
- American competitiveness and foreign labor
- American competitiveness and foreign laborJohn i find some uneasy point in your replybtw sorry for the english johnC>I'm not saying that locals aren't going to be hired. Further, >those local workers LIVE in America. >Local will, however, have to compete with the best and >brightest of the worldI can be...
- Discussion threads 2007-03-27
- Does open source make Gates right on immigration?
- Does open source make Gates right on immigration?You are right.Bill can't find talented people, because talented people don't want work for his company.HeheYeah, this is karma coming back to bite them. That and the fact that the rest of the world realizes that Open Source is the future. ]:)I agree...
- Discussion threads 2007-03-08
- Is the outlook bright for upcoming IT talent?
- Is the outlook bright for upcoming IT talent?Doesn't look so bright to me!The way I see it, the US IT industry will implode. Companies want more knowledge and responsibilitiues form their IT workers, in ever increasingly complex environments, but don't reward that with salary incentive. In fact, salaries...
- Discussion threads 2007-03-02
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