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- Suit filed against Department of Homeland Security over changes to H-1B visa
- Ten individuals mostly programmers have filed suit in the U.S. District Court in New Jersey against the Department of Homeland Security over a new rule designed to ease foreign students' transition to an H-1B guest worker visa. The new regulations extend the on-the-job training period for foreign...
- Tags: H-1B Visa, Student, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Worker, H-1B, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Toni Bowers
- Blog posts 2008-06-03
- Microsoft petitions to hire 1,600 foreign workers
- Last week I blogged about Bill Gates' testimony before a congressional hearing on March 12 in which he advocated lifting the annual cap on H-1B visas in an attempt to be proactive in the face of an "IT skills shortage." TechRepublic members were very vocal in their...
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Worker, H-1B, Strategy, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Management, Toni Bowers
- Blog posts 2008-04-01
- What is the real reason Bill Gates wants to lift the annual cap on H-1B visas?
- Last week I wrote about the fact that many HR departments are claiming an IT skills shortage (IT skill shortage: Where's the hard evidence?). The claims didn't seem to mesh with the findings of a couple of recent university-sponsored studies. But now someone else has joined the...
- Tags: Bill Gates, H-1B, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Toni Bowers
- Blog posts 2008-03-19
- Bill Gates to discuss the need for H-1B visa increase
- Bill Gates will be in Washington to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the United States House Committee on Science and Technology on March 12. It is expected that he will deliver a speech on education reform. It is also expected that he will discuss immigration -- specifically...
- Tags: H-1B Visa, Idea, Business, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Worker, H-1B, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Tricia Liebert
- Blog posts 2008-03-12
- Googlitics: Google opens their public policy advocacy process
- Think 'Googlitics': Google meets politics. Googlers opened their internal discussions on public policy to the public in a fascinating exercise in glasnost. This came closely before tonight's WNYC broadcast of an On The Media public radio feature story with podcast on how that Web media giant...
- Tags: Google Inc., H-1B, Advertising & Promotion, Podcasts, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Marketing, Internet, John Bartley K7AAY
- Blog posts 2007-06-18
- Rush for H-1B visas under way
- bunch of BSthere's plenty of talent in the US, but aren't given the chance due to no college degree because they cant afford it, or don't have the credit requirements for loans. instead of trying to increase the H1-B's they should be starting more programs for these talented people. not...
- Tags: sprinkl3s, H-1B
- Discussion threads 2007-04-05
- Gates calls for 'infinite' H-1Bs, better schools
- not again, same song, 97th verse.....And just why do you suppose it is that US universities are not turning out enough computer scientists? Because there's no career path there! And why is that? Because Bill and buddies have been lobbying
- Tags: software, career, outsourcing, programming, foreign workers, labor, U.S. Congress, robinsys, H-1B, job, worker
- Discussion threads 2007-03-08
- How to trick young people into becoming programmers
- It seems young people these days aren't dopes. They've seen what happened during the tech bust, and it'll be a long time before they start trusting business talk of "wonderful opportunities in IT" again. The number of those in the West choosing to stud
- Tags: propaganda, career, programming, H-1B, jkameleon@..., computer, computer science, young people, Electronic Arts Inc., programmer, game, job
- Discussion threads 2006-11-22
- H-1B Pay Drags Down Salaries
- So says a recent article at ddj.com. In the article, H-1B Drags Down All Salaries author David Roman describes the way US Department of Labor calculates and tracks wages.This post originally appeared on an external website
- Tags: H-1B
- Blog posts 2006-06-20
- Does IT really need more H-1B visas???
- Does IT really need more H-1B visas???I think this is interesting. Does any one wish to comment. There are definite pros and cons to this.http://www.thechannelinsider.com/article2/0,1895,1958075,00.asp[b][i]BTW, 1AW unless you have something intelligent to say, without a load of sugar, please keep your opinions to yourself and have the common decency to...
- Tags: job, H-1B, visas, foreign workers and it, sleepin'dawg, off-topic, Dawg, Does IT
- Discussion threads 2006-05-08
- H-1B visas hit roadblock in Congress
- article rootMessage was edited by: adminH1 - BSWhile companies clamor to get checp programming resources, our own Programming professionals are being squeezed into a spiral of pay cuts and 'unavailible' work.We are simply NOT developing new skilled Mainframe Programmers. This is a clear fact - just look at the...
- Tags: education, H-1B Visas, outsourcing, careers, law, h1b, Dilbert-Tom, it management, U.S. Congress, H-1B, problem-I
- Discussion threads 2006-04-03
- Spell it correctly! It's SweatSHIP, not SweatSHOP.
- SeaCode, Inc., a San Diego-based startup, plans to acquire a "cruise ship" and staff it with 600 Indian and Russian software engineers (2). They will anchor it 3.01 miles offshore of Los Angeles, just out of the reach of U.S. labor, tax, and immigration law. This is offshoring that is...
- Tags: 3-Mile, career, h-1b, immigration law, jobs, offshore, offshoring, outsourcing, U.S. Labor, visas, www.softcorp.us
- Discussion threads 2005-05-12
- Asking for advise
- I am trying to break into the software development side of IT. I graduated in August with a degree in computer engineering took me awhile to get the degree. I have been applying for jobs ever since. My previsious work experience has all been in retai
- Tags: career, H-1B, job, nean_72@..., software
- Discussion threads 2005-05-12
- H-1B: Patriotic or treasonous?
- H-1B: Patriotic or treasonous?Infoworld had an interesting article today about the H-1B visa debate and the future of IT in America.Check it out at http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/05/06/19NNh1b_1.html?source=NLC-TB2005-05-06There was an article a few monthsago that showed others going to India to work. In fact they preferred it because of many benefits. I don't...
- Tags: article, career, careers, H-1B, h-1b visas, INDIAN, Indian Tech, information technology, j.lupo@...
- Discussion threads 2005-05-06
- Gates wants to scrap H-1B visa restrictions
- Gates wants to scrap H-1B visa restrictionsarticle rootLet's make sure no jobs for US . . .workers are left. Gates doesn't get it. If he feels the US IT pro is not up to speed then why not spend some of his billions sponsoring increased IT learning in this company....
- Tags: career, employment, H-1B, h1-b visas, j.lupo@..., jobs, Linux, microsoft, Unix
- Discussion threads 2005-04-28
- Another H-1B battle coming?
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- Tags: cap, H-1B, worker, exemption
- Technical articles 2005-01-21
- Study: U.S. needs foreign-born workers
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- Tags: H-1B, Compete America, worker
- Technical articles 2004-11-17
- Senate weighs H-1B visa changes
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- Tags: H-1B, H-1B visas, worker, U.S. Senate
- Technical articles 2004-09-28
- Are you seeing the results of the increase in H-1B visas?
- Eighty-one percent of respondents to a recent CIO poll said their organization does not employ H-1B visa holders. Yet 80,000 available visa slots were added for fiscal year 2001. Tell us what effect, if any, this increase has had on your organization.According to the Immigration and Naturalization Service INS, there...
- Tags: Dana Norton, H-1B, H-1B visa
- Technical articles 2001-11-02
- Should you hire foreign workers to fill positions during a labor crunch?
- If your firm can't meet clients' demands for advice and services, perhaps you should consider hiring H-1B visa workers. But it's complicated—get the facts before tapping into this talent pool.The Computing Technology Industry Association estimates that nearly 269,000 IT jobs go unfilled every year, costing U.S. businesses $4.5 billion in...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Pam Gersh, paperwork, H-1B, worker, foreign worker, H-1B visa, hiring
- Technical articles 2001-03-08
