With skill shortages hitting many sectors of the workplace, it's no wonder that managers are having difficulty expanding their teams. But who says talent has to come from the outside? Workforce Management recently profiled one company that implemented an innovative and successful effort to grow its own talent instead. ...
For the fifth year in a row, the federal limit on H-1B visas has been reached before the government's fiscal year even begins. This time, the cap was reached nearly six months before the federal 2009 fiscal year begins on Oct. 1. It took only one week...
This is an extremely complicated issue, and it's been around for years, but let's talk some common sense about H-1B visas. Bill Gates went before Congress this week to try to make it easier for companies to hire foreign tech workers, using this visa status. Essentially, companies can bring in...
Why Bill Gates Is Wrong on H-1B VisasDisagreeEconomics will always win at the end of the day!RE: Why Bill Gates Is Wrong on H-1B VisasMy experience in recruiting visa canaidates whas pure supply and demand. We did not have a different pay scale, and tended hire a range of experienced...
While Microsoft, Google, and Oracle are lobbying Congress to increase the number of H-1B temporary worker visas so they can meet what they describe as a shortage of skilled technology workers, many skilled technology workers who are already in the U.S. are reporting having trouble finding jobs. InformationWeek recently explored...
When U.S. recruiters go out to buy technical talent, they shop in domestic markets that are highly protected by restrictive immigration policies, voluminous and ever-changing rules and a cumbersome visa process. The prime example of this regulatory nightmare is the H-1B visa program. Because bringing in an employee under an...
Key international high-tech workers on H-1B visa status can be lost in rapid business transitions if they are not carefully protected. Transitions affect H-1B status because it is neither automatically transferable in a restructure nor easily redirected to new work within a company without prior approval.
Layoff is a word that every employee dreads. But for foreign workers living in the U.S. on an H-1B visa, it is very difficult for them to do work.They have to pack up their belongings and return to their homelands. The H-1B visa program was designed to bring foreign workers...
U.S. companies to temporarily hire skilled foreign workers to fill positions in the U.S. when qualified domestic workers are unavailable use the H-1B visa. A majority of H-1B holders are employed in computer- and engineering-related professions. As long as there is job creation in areas that require technical skills, there...
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- VentureOutsource.com announced today it presented Democratic and Republican 2008 U.S. presidential nominees Senator Barack Obama (D-Illinois) and Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) questions on outsourcing, immigration, and H1-B visas as part of the Company's Industry Interviews. VentureOutsource.com, an authoritative resource for outsourcing and offshoring, attracts...
While many of us working in the technology sector agree that the number of H-1B visas needs to be increased, this is a short-term fix to a much larger issue ("Uncapped Exodus," April). We have a world-class university system to which people from all over the world come...
The topic of immigration is a hot-button issue among members of Congress and their constituents. However, the potential impact of the existing cap on H-1B visas on the U.S. economy and the education system adds another important dimension to the immigration debate many may not have considered. ...
For poorly informed me and other "homebodies," please have your expert political columnists explain the meaning of the "Government's Alphabet Soup Doings" -- NAFTA, CAFTA, WTO, GAO, TREAT, CFR, PNTR, FTA, VAT, H-1B, SPP, NACC, NASCO and also SKIL Bill, SmartPort, globalism, outsourcing, insourcing, totalization and any I may have...
- Key Technology Policies Raised During Visit - SAN DIEGO, May 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Qualcomm Incorporated hosted U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez at its San Diego headquarters yesterday. Secretary Gutierrez discussed economic issues and policies of interest to the technology sector, including patent reform...
New Options for F-1 Visa Holders Aim to Address Limitations Resulting from H-1B Visa Cap CHICAGO -- Although an increase was not introduced to this year's H-1B cap, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services USCIS has implemented two new avenues for employers to offset the limit on available...
Bill Would Double Cap on H-1B Visas A bill before the U.S. Congress would double the number of immigrant worker visas available each year under the H-1B program. The Innovation Employment Act, introduced last month by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., would raise the H-1B visa...
WASHINGTON AFP — US authorities said Tuesday they had received too many applications for a visa program for skilled workers for the coming year, meaning a random lottery will determine the winners. The completion of the 65,000 annual quota for the H-1B visa program, used for many high-tech...
SANJAY Kucheria, president of a Glendale information technology company, learned his lesson last year. Trinus Corp. had filed 80 applications to get special visas for highly skilled foreign workers last April. But it got only 25 of the H1B visas approved for its engineering positions. The...
SEATTLE -- Concerned about continuing efforts to increase the number of foreign workers allowed at U.S. companies, the union representing engineers and technical workers at The Boeing Company is seeking detailed information about the number of employees working technical jobs at Boeing through federal visa programs. Today (April...
Three years ago I spoke at a meeting of a trade association known as the Biotechnology Industry Organization. Walking down the aisles, I was struck by the odd juxtaposition of booths. Most featured new biotech products, but about a half dozen showcased immigration firms that help biotech firms navigate their...
