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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.   |
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. |
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. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
InternetNews
May 25, 2007
Roy Mark |
Senate Votes to Hike H1-B Visa Fees Amendment to immigration bill draws sharp opposition from tech coalition. |
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
June 25, 2007
Steve Hamm |
Guess Who's Hiring In America Infosys and other Indian companies are recruiting more locals in the U.S. |
BusinessWeek
October 1, 2009
Hamm & Herbst |
America's High-Tech Sweatshops U.S. companies may be contributing unwittingly to the exploitation of workers imported from India and elsewhere by tech-services outfits. |
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
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. |
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. |
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. |
CIO
May 12, 2009
Stephanie Overby |
The Truth About Obama's "Tax on Outsourcing" Misconceptions about President Barack Obama's plan to close overseas business tax loopholes abound. CIO.com sets the record straight about the five most common misperceptions. |
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. |
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
December 30, 2009
Srivastava & Herbst |
The Return of the Outsourced Job To boost employment, local governments are wooing Indian companies such as Tata, Wipro, and Infosys. But the job gains are a drop in the bucket. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
November 4, 2010
Einhorn & Gokhale |
India Outsourcers Feel Unloved in the U.S. Indian outsourcers fear that a U.S. backlash over job losses will endanger their biggest overseas market. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
InternetNews
March 3, 2009
Stuart J. Johnston |
Microsoft Fires Back in H-1B Workers Spat Despite pressure from Sen. Grassley, Microsoft's top lawyer says it doesn't plan to lay off H-1B workers before U.S. citizens. |
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
August 25, 2003
Spencer E. Ante |
Too Many Visas for Techies? U.S. workers gripe that lax rules may cost them their jobs |
BusinessWeek
January 17, 2008
Jay Greene |
Case Study: Microsoft's Canadian Solution Microsoft opened an office in Richmond, B.C., where it hopes to place hundreds of workers unable to obtain visas a few miles south in the U.S. |
InternetNews
March 12, 2008 |
Gates Wants More Professional Visas Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates asked Congress on Wednesday for more visas for skilled professionals, echoing arguments often made by many in the tech sector. |
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... |
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. |
InternetNews
August 17, 2010 |
Border Security Bill Sends H-1B Visa Fees Soaring Newly enacted bill to secure the U.S.-Mexico border manages to stay budget-neutral by offsetting its $600 million cost by targeted increases to visas for foreign workers. |
The Motley Fool
January 19, 2007
Tom Taulli |
Wipro Whips Up Another Strong Quarter The Indian software consulting firm's business continues its momentum, but look out for increased competition and higher wages. Investors, take note. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
April 9, 2007
Coy & Ewing |
Where Are All The Workers? Companies worldwide are suddenly scrambling to manage a labor crunch. |
BusinessWeek
October 1, 2009 |
Inside the Sweatshops Here are some of the ways unscrupulous tech services companies violate work-visa regulations and hurt workers. |
CIO
December 15, 2003
Grant Gross |
A CIO's Agenda for 2004 CIOs critique Congress on a national plan for Internet sales taxes and raising H-1B visa limits. |
Job Journal
January 17, 2010 |
2010 Job Market Outlook: Job Growth Begins to Take Hold as Employers Gain Confidence 2009 began with the largest downsizing the American job market has received in over a decade. With all future forecasts predicting job growth, the question remains, when will job creation finally begin to outpace job elimination? |
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. |
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. |
InternetNews
March 7, 2007
Roy Mark |
Gates: Swing Open The Talent Door Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates told a Senate panel today U.S. immigration policies are slamming the door in the faces of the best and brightest talent at a time when America needs them the most. |
InternetNews
August 15, 2005
Roy Mark |
Game Over: Next Year's H1-B Visas Already Gone Early run on visa pool prompts tech calls for increased allocations. |
BusinessWeek
July 23, 2009
Mehul Srivastava & Steve Hamm |
India's Outsourcers: Using the Slump to Get Bigger In a bid to become global, Bangalore's info tech companies are preparing for the next upturn by rethinking strategy and hiring more workers. |
BusinessWeek
November 6, 2006
Nichola Saminather |
Biotech's Beef There is a disconnect between what universities are teaching and what biotech wants. |
Job Journal
April 8, 2007 |
Jobwire Hiring marches on... On the job front... Latest hirings & firings... |
