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H-1B: Ripe For Reform
20% of H-1B petitions granted last year went to just four firms, all outsourcers. That's just one of several proofs that the controversial visa...
IT Talent Shortage Or Purple Squirrel Hunt?
Employers press for H-1B increases, while job hunters say searches seem designed to rule out U.S. workers. Is there really an IT talent shortage??
Immigration Reform: Find The Middle Ground
A 'virtual march' on Washington aims to bring more highly skilled technical workers into the U.S. It's time for a constructive debate rather than...
Skills Shortage? Quit Whining
If "people are our most important resource," why do most employers expect this precious asset to show up gift wrapped?
What Will Eat Your IT Job?
HCL says virtualization and cloud technologies are automating the roles that it used to fill with lots of H-1B workers.
Foreigners Don't Take IT Jobs, They Create Them
Research shows that immigrant-founded companies generate billions in revenue and employ hundreds of thousands of Americans, so why do so many...
Global CIO: HP's $130-Billion Gamble
While HP's steeply calculated risk to hold its annual analysts' day without a CEO shows guts, it also lets IBM, Oracle, SAP, and Cisco to continue...
Down To Business: What If Major League Baseball Had H-1B Caps?
Employer demand for foreign workers isn't just a function of greed, even if the system is far from perfect.
Down to Business: Goodnight To All: Why Education Is Issue No. 1
This country's economic and social future hinges on its ability to prepare today's kids for the tech-centric rigors of tomorrow's workforce,...
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H-1B At Center Of Immigration Reform Debate
May 16, 2013H-1B is just one of the hot-button issues in the immigration reform act now being debated by the Senate Judiciary Committee. But it is the one...
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H-1B: Ripe For Reform
April 16, 201320% of H-1B petitions granted last year went to just four firms, all outsourcers. That's just one of several proofs that the controversial visa...
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H-1B Rush Sparks Broader Debate
April 09, 2013U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services division holds computerized lottery to distribute visas in random fashion. IT talent shortage debate...
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IT Talent Shortage Or Purple Squirrel Hunt?
March 07, 2013Employers press for H-1B increases, while job hunters say searches seem designed to rule out U.S. workers. Is there really an IT talent shortage??
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H-1B Workers Not Best Or Brightest, Study Says
March 04, 2013Skilled foreign worker programs are causing a U.S. brain drain, an Economic Policy Institute report says.
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Immigration Reform: Find The Middle Ground
February 27, 2013A 'virtual march' on Washington aims to bring more highly skilled technical workers into the U.S. It's time for a constructive debate rather than...
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Ship Ahoy: Inside Blueseed's 'Googleplex Of The Sea'
February 04, 2013Blueseed's "Googleplex of the Sea" for international startups and entrepreneurs has a waitlist of more than 350 companies and 1,100 workers who...
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Immigration Reform Package Includes Tech Workers
January 29, 2013Separate bill would significantly increase the number of H-1B visas issued by the United States.
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Microsoft Defends Hiring Foreign Workers
November 30, 2012Microsoft says it has 34% more open engineering positions than this time last year, and can't fill them all domestically.
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Microsoft Says 6,000 Jobs Open, Wants More Visas
September 28, 2012Microsoft says it can't find enough skilled IT workers to fill open positions, but critics say the company is merely trying to justify hiring...
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