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IT Workers Hit Hardest by Offshore Outsourcing, Survey Finds Computerworld: "As many as 8% of IT workers have been displaced by offshore outsourcing, either through job loss or an involuntary transfer to a new job by their employer, which is twice the rate of workers in other occupations." Home > Rss Directory > Technology > LinuxToday |
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Offshore outsourcing: What role will recession play? The ongoing credit crisis is a concern for everyone in nearly every industry -- fear of lost jobs, foreclosed homes, and bankrupt businesses. But those lost jobs are likely to further bolster the booming offshore outsourcing market -- so the experts predicted. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Software group: U.S. needs foreign workers The U.S. software industry is larger than the food processing industry in terms of revenue, according to an IT trade group that wants Congress to raise the annual cap on H-1B visas, give permanent residency to foreign nationals who graduate from U.S. colleges, and b Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Survey: IT workers like McCain, Obama IT workers seem to like John McCain and Barack Obama equally in the U.S. presidential race, but more than a third of respondents in a recent survey preferred some other candidate.Twenty-nine percent of survey re Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Five ways to drive your best workers out the door Managers' reality check: Your top workers can almost always get another job, even in a shaky economy."The best employees are being recruited at any given time. Managers need to make that assumption and create an Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Over 50 percent of companies fire workers for e-mail, Net abuse Think you can get away with using e-mail and the Internet in violation of company policy? Think again.A new survey found that more than a quarter of employers have fired workers for misusing e-mail, and one thir Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Offshore Outsourcing’s Next Wave: How High? Just how much back-office work can be sent abroad, and how quickly, is a matter of some debate. But everyone thinks it will grow explosively as earlier waves of outsourcing did. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > NY Time |
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Indian workers don't want U.S. jobs, survey reports Despite the controversy surrounding Indian nationals and the U.S. H-1B visa program, a recent survey of Indian high-tech graduates revealed that the vast majority would rather remain in India than relocate to the United States or other foreign countries to pursue care Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Kids not faring well in region, survey finds - The Times and Democrat E Canada NowKids not faring well in region, survey findsThe Times and Democrat - 8 hours agoBy DIONNE GLEATON, T&D Staff WriterSaturday, June 14, 2008 The well-being of children in The T&D Region is hampered by continued high rates of low birth weight, child and teen de Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Technology continues to stump consumers, survey finds - Austin American-Statesman CNET NewsTechnology continues to stump consumers, survey findsAustin American-Statesman - 51 minutes agoBy Bob Keefe A survey released Sunday by the nonprofit Pew Research Center shows that 48 percent of adults who use the Internet or have a cell phone or computer say t Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Survey: More government workers can telecommute U.S. government employees have a telecommuting gap -- nearly all of them could work from home at least part time, but only about 20 percent do, according to a survey released Tuesday.More than four in 10 survey Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Survey: No astronaut ever seen drunk on launch day - CNN Scientific AmericanSurvey: No astronaut ever seen drunk on launch dayCNNÂ - 4 hours ago(CNN) -- There's been only one incident of a NASA crew member being impaired by drugs or alcohol close to a launch, but never on a launch day, according to a new survey of active-du Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Lifestyle 'should hit' IVF access Almost half of fertility experts say access to IVF should be conditional, a survey finds. Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC |
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Virtual server backups prone to failure, survey finds Data backups in virtualized environments are often ineffective and inefficient, Symantec officials said after surveying users at VMworld in Las Vegas.Thirty percent of 127 randomly selected VMworld attendees rep Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Many U.S. tech workers eager to telecommute, survey suggests NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than a third of U.S. technology workers would accept pay cuts of up to 10 percent to work from home and avoid the expense of commuting to the office, according to a survey released on Tuesday. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Reuter |
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Laid-off workers learn new trades In the worst labor market in 14 years, Americans from auto workers to financial analysts are considering a career change in hopes of landing a job. Many job seekers are getting specialized training as a way to break into a new industry. Vocational, technical and trade schools, which provide a for Home > Rss Directory > Business > CNN |
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Tech workers: Ready to be a free agent? In these uncertain times, who isn't worried about job security? There are ominous signs aplenty: tech projects put on the chopping block, layoffs looming, and spotty full-time hiring opportunities on job boards. It's good to have a backup plan in case you're let go, a Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Co-op IT workers vote to strike No to job losses, offshoring Workers for Steria, which provides IT support for Co-operative Financial Services have voted in favour of strike action in protest at plans to offshore their jobs.… Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |
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Agile progress report shows adoption has hit a wall Agile software development processes appear more effective than traditional approaches, but agile seems to have hit a wall as far as growth, according to an IBM official's keynote presentation Monday afternoon at the SD West conference in Santa Clara, Calif. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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AP IMPACT: More than 3.5 million new voters, AP survey finds
(AP) AP - Voter excitement, always up before a presidential election, is pushing registration through the roof so far this year — with more than 3.5 million people rushing to join in the historic balloting, according to an Associated Press survey that offers the first national snapshot. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |