Deb Perelman

Anticipating a hiring slow-down and expressing malcontent in their work, IT worker confidence slipped in March, finds an index released April 4 by New York-based staffing company Hudson. Hudsons IT worker confidence index came in at 109.7 in March, down 2.6 points from February, and down 5.3 points from March 2006. Down from 36 percent […]

A commonly heard defense in the arguments that surround U.S. companies that offshore high-tech and engineering jobs is that the U.S. math and science education system is not producing a sufficient number of engineers to fill a corporations needs. However, a new study from Duke University calls this argument bunk, stating that there is no […]

Breaking yet another record of H-1B visa depletion, the entire supply of specialized-occupation temporary worker visas for the 2008 fiscal year were exhausted the first day they were available, the USCIS (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services) announced April 3. Each year since 2004, when the cap on H-1B visas was slashed from a record high […]

Not only did the middle class of Silicon Valley weather the toughest times during the dot-com bust, theyve also had the hardest time recovering, finds a report issued Mar. 29 by Working Partnerships USA, an economic research and public policy group. “The report is a reality check—analyzing the real and urgent problems facing Santa Clara […]

Signifying a confident incoming workforce, 89 percent of prospective graduates said that they expect to receive at least one job offer when they graduate, while 74 percent expect two or more offers, which is 10 percent more than last year, according to a new entry-level job report. The report, published on April 2 by New […]

The yearly rough and tumble for H-1B temporary workers visas is in full swing this weekend, as the first day of the filing season is Monday, April 2. The years allotment of 65,000 slots is anticipated to be exhausted in record time. The agency that oversees the visa program, the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Service, […]

By now, we’ve all heard of Bangladore, Delhi and Mumbai. But Ahmedabad? Kochi? Nagpur? In a report issued March 29 by global advisory firm Alsbridge, each of these Indian cities are listed among the potential locations for the next big outsourcing hot spot for major corporations worldwide. Chosen for accessibility, education of their work force […]

Junior salesmen and female workers between the ages of 26 and 35, they’ve got their eye on you. In a survey of workplace security sinners released March 29 by MessageLabs, IT decision makers made you their top risk. How dare they? It’s all your fault. You’re tech-savvy, using applications like e-mail, instant messenger, VOIP (voice […]

Skilled IT staff fell out of the top 10 “hot jobs” in Manpower’s annual Talent Shortage survey, released March 29, due to workforce optimization. The survey also revealed that employer requirements for IT staff and administrative assistants/personal assistants in 2006 have been surpassed by other in-demand positions such as accounting and finance staff and laborers, […]

CIOs spoke highly of their jobs and roles in a survey released by KPMG and Harvey Nash on March 21. Eighty-five percent of CIOs said they found their jobs fulfilling, with 25 percent saying that they were “very” fulfilled and 63 percent saying that they were “quite” fulfilled. More than two-thirds said they were neither […]

A low rate of mobile telephone usage, a lack of government leadership in IT and the low quality of math and science education were blamed for the United States slipping to seventh place in the 2006-2007 Global Information Technology Reports Network Readiness Index, released by the World Economic Forum and INSEAD, an international business school, […]

According to the World Health Organization, between 750 million and 1 billion of the worlds 6 billion people have a speech, vision, mobility, hearing or cognitive disability which can preclude them from using one or many aspects of a traditional computer setup. Yet its not only the disabled who have difficulty navigating software and technology; […]