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To Recruit, Indian Outsourcers Must Also Woo Parents

In the U.S., parents who are overly involved in their children's job and career choices are considered pushy.Terms such as "helicopter parenting" are thrown...

Not Everyone Loves Working at Google

In an article last week in the wake of many Google departures, we questioned why anyone wouldn't want to work at a company known...

Tech’s Worst Entry-Level Jobs

Ah, May ... the winter has finally thawed away, trees are dropping petals on every sidewalk, weekend barbecues are de rigueur ... oh, and...

Techies Say They’re Porking Up on the Job

Of all of the health threats workers deal with in sedentary, computer-facing jobs--carpal tunnel, eye strain and backaches--there is one that gets far less...

The Stench of Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley started to smell a little extra-ripe today, and not just because a week of record-high temperatures has soured the trash receptacles.Rather, it...

Facebook, LinkedIn Are Prime Recruiting Grounds

It wasn't very long ago that most people found jobs through friends, and companies filled positions through employee referrals.Yet according to a survey released...

Would You Encourage Your Kid to Work in IT?

Between outsourced jobs, feared salary competition from H-1B visa holders and the residual effects of the dot-com bust, IT as a field has been...

Worst Work Spaces in Tech

What makes a work space terrible? Is it the gray-beige color scheme, the industrial-grade carpet, or the chipped Formica desks and fluorescent lights? Or...

Outsourcers Bargain-Hunting in the U.S.

When most people think of outsourcing, they imagine U.S. businesses sending work to far-flung places like India, Russia and parts of southeast Asia where...

Study Says H-1Bs Aren’t the Best or Brightest

One of the main arguments touted by groups interested in seeing an increase in the cap on H-1B temporary worker visas is that those...