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Jordan's Internet minister on piracy, open source, outsourcing
Insight newsmaker Bassem Al Rousan talks about his plan to transform a resource-poor Middle Eastern country into a home for software, hardware, and Internet companies.
Tags: Open source, Piracy, Government, Web sites, Web 2.0, Law, Tax, telecommunications, Lebanon, Outsourcing
Microsoft: Layoffs for some, visas for others
News Software giant that pushed for more H-1B visas to hire foreign talent and fill need for skilled workers, now faces tough questions as it lays off 5,000.
Tags: Layoffs, Recruiting, Programming languages, Federal Government, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Visa, layoff, Worker, software
Computer services jobs up in US
Insight Almost 10,000 jobs in systems design were added in November in the US, but jobs in computer and electronics product manufacturing have shrunk.
Tags: Web services
S'pore workers job-hunting, IT professionals in high demand
News Though Singapore's unemployment rates are near a four-year high, more workers are looking to change jobs while IT and financial companies find employees hard to come by, finds survey.
Tags: Recruiting, Personnel management, Business Strategies & Functions, Unemployment Rate, Worker, Employer, construction industry, Survey, Information Technology, Human Resources Inc.
Tech layoffs up nearly 75 percent in 2008
News Nearly three-quarters of the U.S. cuts came during the last six months, bringing unemployment in the industry to levels not seen since 2003, says new report.
Tags: Layoffs, Challenger Gray & Christmas Inc., Electronics, Technology Sector, Unemployment, Telecommunications, San Mateo, Computer, layoff, Santa Clara
US tech job postings fall 40 percent in March
News Most of the declines in the United States were in full-time positions, according to a report from tech career site Dice.com.
Tags: Recruiting, Tech Job Posting, Dice.com, performance, job posting, career, job, U.S., Recruiting, August
Ballmer: 'Fundamental economic reset' necessary
News Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer tells U.S. politicians that economic conditions represent a "once in a lifetime" crisis caused by too much debt and a "restart" is necessary.
Tags: Sales/revenue, Forecasting, Layoffs, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Debt, Democrat, Stock Market, U.S. Senate, Forecasting
A bull market for social entrepreneurs
News Amid a woeful jobs market, Stanford grads are starting their own companies, many of them with hopes of changing the world.
Tags: Web 2.0, Entrepreneurship, Corporate responsibility, Cell Phone, phone, network, entrepreneur, patient, health care, Stanford
Tech services jobs keep rising
Insight In US, technology services jobs rose again in October, while the number of positions in computer and electronics manufacturing slipped further, the U.S. Department of Labor said Friday.
Tags: IT outsourcing
Senators seek to boost foreign tech worker visa limits
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Job confidence down as IT layoff fears up
Insight Monthly survey shows tech workers are feeling a bit shakier about the job market.
Tags: Human resources
Tech services jobs increase
Insight A new US Labor Department report shows continued growth in computer-related services jobs in US, while tech manufacturing positions fell.
Tags: Recruiting
Look forward to higher wages in Singapore
News IT professionals in the island state are in a "very strong position" to negotiate for better pay, according to recruitment firm.
Tags: Benefits, Compensation, Executive recruiting, IT Professional, Singapore, Salary, recession, financial, job, bank
Do layoffs mean a rock-bottom economy?
News No word yet on whether Mickey Mouse has been pink-slipped, but with even Walt Disney announcing layoffs recently, one has to wonder just how deep the cuts will go in a work force accustomed to unprecedented growth and prosperity.
Report: More tech jobs in 2005
Insight A Merrill Lynch survey of CIOs in U.S. and Europe says 2005 should see a rise in IT hiring.
Tags: Human resources
