Deborah Rothberg

Dismissing industry claims to the contrary, a study released on June 14 asserts that the technology market is actually in a “jobless recovery.” The study was released by the CUED (Center for Urban Economic Development) at the University of Illinois, Chicago on behalf of the WashTech/CWA (Washington Alliance of Technology Workers, an affiliate union of […]

CIOs anticipate a “moderate uptick” in the hiring of technology workers in the third quarter of 2006, according to a hiring and skills report released June 14 by Robert Half Technology, a provider of IT professional services, based in Menlo Park, Calif. Although only 13 percent of the executives polled said they plan to add […]

A report released June 7 by the Computer Science Teachers Association Curriculum Improvement Taskforce criticized U.S. high schools for not uniformly requiring students to take computer science classes. The report argued that the United States is “sitting quietly on the sidelines while other countries make improvements to ensure their high school graduates will be ready […]

By choice or perceived necessity, a staggering 27 percent of the workforce will pack their laptops, cell phones and PDAs along with their flip-flops, beach hats and sunscreen this summer, according CareerBuilder.coms annual vacation survey released June 7. While down from 33 percent in 2005, the number is a far cry from the days when […]

Despite considerable progress, industry leaders and gender advocates make no bones about stating that women are still largely underrepresented in technology, put off by uneven salaries, difficulties balancing home life with the long hours demanded, and a perception that IT is still very much an all boys environment. Yet, much of this is changing as […]

IT employment accelerated in May, according to the National Association of Computer Consultant Businesses IT Employment Index, released June 5, just days after the Labor Departments May 2006 employment numbers failed to meet expectations. In May 2006, according to the NACCB, employment of IT workers increased 24,900 from the previous month to 3,653,200, up 5.6 […]

The risk of losing high-end IT jobs to offshoring is lower than widely believed, argues a report released June 2 by American Sentinel University. “Studies from consulting groups during the stagnant job growth years of 2002 to 2004 stoked very pessimistic views of the future for IT professionals,” Jeremy Leonard, chief economist at American Sentinel […]

Were going to take a shot in the dark and assume that you are sitting in front of a computer monitor while you read this article. Are your shoulders hunched? Your wrists arched back? How about your neck: Is it craned forward? Is your back aligned with your chair back? Are your feet flat on […]

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service announced on June 1 that the 65,000 H-1B visa supply has been exhausted for the 2007 fiscal year, four months before new ones will be made available. The H-1B, launched in 1990, is a temporary work visa issued to skilled foreign nationals allowing them to work in the United […]

In the lull before the long holiday weekend, the U.S. Senate passed the immigration reform bill on May 25, which includes a controversial provision to raise the H-1B visa cap to 115,000 from 65,000. Bill Gates, Microsofts chairman and chief software architect and long a proponent of an uncapped H-1B program, arguing that limits must […]

Nearly half of the U.S. IT workforce is planning to change jobs in the next year, according to a study released May 31 by recruiting and staffing firm Spherion Corporation. “Right now, it is clearly an employees market for IT workers,” said Brendan Courtney, senior vice president of Spherion Professional Services, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in […]

Appalachia may be one of the poorest regions of the United States, but its about to receive a boost of technology riches thanks to a partnership announced May 26 between the Appalachian College Association and IBM. Designed to build open standards skills and promote collaborative learning, the new initiative between the ACA and IBM will […]