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Debate over Scarcity -- and Skills -- of IT Workers According to the Information Technology Association of America's May study, U.S. companies will be short nearly 600,000 qualified IT professionals over the next 12 months.   |
CIO
August 12, 2009
Stephanie Overby |
H-1B Visa Sponsors: Surprise! You're Being Audited U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services has beefed up its anti-fraud auditing efforts this year with surprise site visits to companies that employ temporary non-immigrant visa holders. Corporate attorneys weigh in with tips on how to prepare for an H-1B visa audit. |
Global Services
July 23, 2007
Juhi Bhambal |
Temp. Visas: Outsourcing's Thorny Issue As two Senators charge tech companies of bringing cheap foreign workers to the U.S., costing Americans their jobs, the thorny issue of supposed visa abuse once again mars an otherwise rosy outsourcing story. We trace the events of the last two months. |
Job Journal
October 29, 2006
Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros: Few Happy with High-Tech Visas US companies complain of long delays to import needed skills. |
BusinessWeek
December 10, 2009
Moira Herbst |
Still Wanted: Foreign Talent -- and Visas With the U.S. jobless rate at 10%, continued hiring of workers from abroad may stoke controversy. |
CIO
October 18, 2011
Stephanie Overby |
H-1B Visa Processing Delays Threaten IT Project Success The U.S. government's increased scrutiny of guest worker visa programs is leading to lengthy delays in processing IT outsourcing companies' applications for H-1B and L-1 visas. These delays are making it even more difficult for some IT groups and outsourcing providers to complete projects on time. |
BusinessWeek
October 1, 2009 |
How the System Works American corporations may be unknowingly doing business with tech services companies that underpay and otherwise mistreat workers. One example of alleged wrongdoing. |
InternetNews
April 4, 2007
Roy Mark |
H1-B Visas: One And Done One day after the opening of the H1-B visa program process, the 2008 allotment of 85,000 H1-B visas is already gone. |
Global Services
November 29, 2007 |
The Future of Temporary Immigration The debate on skilled immigrants will peak as 2008 U.S. Presidential elections approach, and then ebb. Even if current regulations don't get stricter through amendments, their enforcement certainly will. |
CFO
March 15, 2006
Don Durfee |
Help Wanted Why business should worry about the battle over immigration reform and its impact on the US economy. |
Salon.com
October 19, 2000
Ed Frauenheim |
The scourge of Silicon Valley Anti-immigration crusader Norman Matloff says he's fighting for the rights of tech workers everywhere... |
HBS Working Knowledge
January 22, 2014
Dina Gerdeman |
High-Tech Immigrant Workers Don't Cost US Jobs Hiring skilled immigrants by United States high-tech firms not only doesn't push out existing workers, it creates job opportunities for all, argues William Kerr. |
CIO
September 1, 2003
Christopher Koch |
Backlash As a growing number of IT jobs move overseas, some CIOs and economists prophesy a political storm against offshore outsourcing. |
BusinessWeek
October 1, 2009 |
Inside the Sweatshops Here are some of the ways unscrupulous tech services companies violate work-visa regulations and hurt workers. |
CFO
July 15, 2008
Kate Plourd |
Coming to America To plug the talent gap, finance departments are hiring foreign nationals - if they can obtain visas, that is. |
InternetNews
June 28, 2007
Roy Mark |
H1-B Visa Increase Nixed With Immigration Bill Unable to muster 60 votes to cut off debate, Senate Democrats today tabled their efforts to enact a comprehensive immigration reform bill. |
Inc.
December 2005
Stephanie Clifford |
Cracks in the Melting Pot Visa restrictions are keeping entrepreneurial immigrants away, and they're finding new opportunities overseas. |
InternetNews
November 20, 2009 |
Tech's H-1B Hiring Faces 'Employ America Act' Bipartisan legislation is designed to limit foreign labor via temporary guest worker programs. |
Entrepreneur
October 2005
Joshua Kurlantzick |
In or Out? The immigration issue is as hot as ever, but it's no longer just a partisan debate. |
BusinessWeek
April 1, 2010
Jessica Silver-Greenberg |
MasterCard, Visa, and the Card Sharks There are some things money can buy, and one of them is a license to issue credit cards from MasterCard and Visa. Some questionable banks do just that, gaining credibility from the brands. |
InternetNews
May 15, 2007
Roy Mark |
H1-B Visa Reform Gains More Support The legislative agenda for H1-B visa reform in Congress grew more crowded today with another proposal to increase the number of skilled foreign workers available to the U.S. workforce. |
InternetNews
April 11, 2007
Roy Mark |
Bills Would Expand H1-B Visa Quotas Lawmakers seek to expand the number of foreign U.S. graduates for technology work pool. |
InternetNews
May 25, 2007
Roy Mark |
Senate Votes to Hike H1-B Visa Fees Amendment to immigration bill draws sharp opposition from tech coalition. |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 1, 2011
Carmen Nobel |
Immigrant Innovators: Job Stealers or Job Creators? The H-1B visa program, which enables US employers to hire highly skilled foreign workers for three years, is "a lightning rod for a very heated debate," says Harvard Business School professor William Kerr. |
Reason
September 2006 |
Immigration Now, Immigration Tomorrow, Immigration Forever Bush's Border Bravado... Worse Than a Wall... A Legacy of the Unforeseen... Open the Borders... Exploitation or Expulsion... etc. |
InternetNews
November 29, 2004
Roy Mark |
H-1B Visa Expansion Draws Praise High tech interests scored a late victory in Congress when the lame duck legislature increased the 2005 H-1B visa ceiling by 20,000 foreign workers. The visas are limited to workers with graduate degrees from U.S. universities. |
InternetNews
April 1, 2009
Stuart J. Johnston |
Microsoft: H-1B Workers Needed Despite Layoffs The software titan's top lawyer lobbies online to expand the number of visas for foreign workers. |
BusinessWeek
August 25, 2003
Spencer E. Ante |
Too Many Visas for Techies? U.S. workers gripe that lax rules may cost them their jobs |
InternetNews
June 5, 2006
Roy Mark |
Poof! H1-B Visas Gone Four months before the 2007 U.S. fiscal years even begins, visas for highly skilled tech workers are already consigned. |
BusinessWeek
October 4, 2004
Spencer E. Ante |
Keeping Out the Wrong People Tightened visa rules are slowing the vital flow of professionals into the U.S. |
Finance & Development
December 2010
Jacqueline Deslauriers |
Faces of the Crisis Revisited Last year, this magazine profiled six people from different countries, hit by the global economic crisis in different ways. As the recession recedes, we returned to find out how they have coped with the turmoil of the past year. |
InternetNews
January 28, 2009
Stuart J. Johnston |
Microsoft to Layoff Some H-1B Holders Microsoft is laying off those it can most do without, citizens or not. |
The Motley Fool
November 30, 2009
Jennifer Schonberger |
The Outlook for Outsourcing in India As the global business landscape shifts and the outsourcing industry evolves, how much will it continue to contribute to India's rapid-fire growth? |
Global Services
May 27, 2007
Shyamanuja Das |
Protectionism v2.0: Anti-offshoring or Anti-Indian? Two members of U.S. Senate have sent out letters to nine Indian tech companies demanding to know how they are using the H-1B visas issued to them. |
PC Magazine
April 28, 2004
John C. Dvorak |
Scams, Lies, Deceit, and Offshoring It seems that our fastest-growing business segment is the creation of more and more jobs that Americans don't want, preying especially on the older workforce segment. |
The Motley Fool
August 25, 2009
Tim Beyers |
This Is the Next Great Tech Market India is more than an emerging economy. Mumbai and Bangalore, together, may be the world's next alternative to Silicon Valley. |
Salon.com
October 16, 2002
Farhad Manjoo |
U.S. Embassy to Dmitry Sklyarov: Access denied The Russian programmer expected to testify in the first DMCA criminal trial can't get a visa to visit the United States. |
BusinessWeek
June 25, 2007
Steve Hamm |
Guess Who's Hiring In America Infosys and other Indian companies are recruiting more locals in the U.S. |
InternetNews
November 4, 2005
Roy Mark |
Tech Wins Big in Senate Budget Bill Differences still remain with the House of Representatives over DTV transition and H-1B visas. |
BusinessWeek
December 5, 2005
Mara Der Hovanesian |
When The Bill Comes Due MasterCard's new IPO investors will have to pay the company's legal fees. |
Reason
May 2006 |
Letters America's Criminal Immigration Policy... An Echo Chamber of His Own... |
CIO
January 1, 2003
Stephanie Overby |
Cap On, Cap Off In 1998 and 2000, when high-tech companies asked Congress to raise the cap on H-1B visas (temporary permits that allow qualified foreigners to work in the United States), nary a legislator blinked. The cap, however, is slated to shrink to its original level in October 2003. |
InternetNews
February 4, 2004
Ryan Naraine |
Adobe Lines up Big Names for CEO Summit Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will lead the discussion on issues affecting California's IT industry. |
Bank Technology News
December 2001
Maria Bruno |
Govt. Makes Antitrust Case Ruling For anyone wondering what a world with American Express and Discover bank cards would be like, your chance to find out might soon arrive... |
BusinessWeek
January 17, 2008
Michael Orey |
People Movers Dispatching workers around the globe is more than HR can handle. So a new industry has sprung up. |
U.S. Banker
December 2001
Robert A. Bennett |
'I Didn't Do It' MasterCard and Visa are having a hard time fighting Internet and telephone fraud. The technology is there, but there's little incentive for all parties to cooperate. Above all, MasterCard and Visa are duking it out with each other... |
National Defense
October 2005
Joe Pappalardo |
Security Beat Chemical Plant Protection Legislation on the Way... DHS, State Department Wage Visa War... Document Requirements Waived for Hurricane Victims... U.S. Court Blocks Enforcement of Personnel Rules... etc. |
InternetNews
November 5, 2008 |
Tech's Eyes Turn Now to Obama, Dems The new administration promises change, but how will that play with the IT and Internet industry's agenda? |
CIO
March 15, 2004
Edited by Elana Varon |
Debate Brews Over Jobs - Washington Watch Legislation targeting offshore outsourcing and a plan by president bush to welcome more foreign labor are fanning the election-year debate over jobs--and sending a mixed message to cios who are trying to develop outsourcing plans. |
The Motley Fool
August 23, 2010
Dave Mock |
A Big Upgrade for Visa After spending more than a year locked at a mediocre three-star rank, Visa has impressed enough top-performing members of the 165,000-strong Motley Fool CAPS community to climb up to four stars. |
