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Company Posting ‘H-1B Only’ Job Ads Fined $45K

In the first half of 2006, the Programmers Guild, an IT worker interest group, filed 300 discrimination complaints with the U.S. Department of Justice...

Tech Entrepreneurs Aren’t All Wunderkinds

The stereotypical image of a technology company entrepreneur is young, scrappy and brilliant, a la Bill Gates in 1982, Steve Jobs in 1984 or,...

Microsoft Employees Naysay Yahoo Deal

As Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer continues to obsess over buying Yahoo, Yahoo's Jerry Yang might have an unlikely ally in his desire to stop...

Grim Outlook for U.S. Workers.

Several recent reports have painted a depressing view of the condition of the American worker, and indicate that the nation may well be on...

Nothing Beats Cash, but Training Helps Make IT Workers Happy

What makes IT professionals happy? According to a survey released April 23 by Robert Half Technology, an IT recruiting firm, the answer is really...

Why Tech Jargon Is Bad for Your Career

"Platform," "Megs and rams," "FTP," "Scalable solution" ...Jargon shows up in all professions, but in few is it more apparent, or more divisive, than...

IT Managers Plan to Hire Fewer Grads This Year

As if the economic outlook of IT workers wasn't dismal enough--IT worker confidence is at its lowest point since 2005, layoffs and large outsourcing...

IT Worker Confidence at Lowest Point Since 2005

Reports that the high-tech industry added nearly 100,000 jobs in 2007 have done little to improve the confidence of IT workers, which, according to...

Does Good IT Talent Evaporate?

Does the IT workplace suffer from a Dead Sea effect? Bruce Webster, an IT analyst, says yes, and this is the reason large organizations...

DoubleClick Employees Feel DoubleCrossed by Noncompete

Did Google--famed for its corporate mantra, "Don't Be Evil"--handle its DoubleClick layoffs in a particularly shady way? According to at least one former employee,...