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Offshoring Fears Hit US IT Workers, But Unemployment Is Down
News Technology services companies say they're hiring, and unemployment rates have dropped for tech workers. Among other findings, Hudson's report discovered a dip in the portion of IT workers who see their personal finances improving.
[October 7, 2004, 11:20]
Offshoring Fears Hit US IT Workers, But Unemployment Is Down
Talkback Is the number of tech workers actually dropping, or are the HTML coders, script "developers", and other such inexperienced juniors just finally realizing they aren't "computer people" like some tech schools promised?
[October 7, 2004, 17:31]
Offshoring Fears Hit US IT Workers, But Unemployment Is Down
Talkback You guessed it, big American Corp as replaced most of the chairs there with Indian slaves ready and willing to work long hours cheap. Yes, I returned to work (at least a few months) to find I am a minority.
[October 10, 2004, 19:49]
IT Workers Feel The Layoff Fear
News In addition, the unemployment rate for employees in computer and maths occupations has dropped to an average of 4.5 percent for the first three quarters of this year from an average of 5.6 percent during the first three quarters of 2003, according...
[December 2, 2004, 8:20]
IT Workers Grow In Optimism
News According to the Labor Department, the unemployment rate for computer-related occupations -- which includes computer programmers and computer system analysts and scientists -- dropped to 4.5 percent in the second quarter of this year from 5.4...
[August 16, 2004, 14:25]
Statistics Mask Tough Job Market
News But unemployment levels alone don't tell the whole story for workers still recovering from the dot-com bust. Unemployment is down and optimism is up for some tech professionals, according to federal statistics and a recent independent survey.
[August 19, 2004, 16:40]
US Report: Is The 'nerd' Factor Keeping Women Out Of High-tech?
News That report shows employment levels for IT professionals nearly doubled between 1987 and 1997, and that unemployment among computer professionals in 1997 was 1.3 percent, less than one-third the unemployment rate for all workers.
[October 20, 1998, 14:01]
A Year Ago: Is The 'nerd' Factor Keeping Women Out Of High-tech?
News That report shows employment levels for IT professionals nearly doubled between 1987 and 1997, and that unemployment among computer professionals in 1997 was 1.3 percent, less than one-third the unemployment rate for all workers.
[October 18, 1999, 7:00]
Tech Workers Left Out Of Economic Recovery
News That's much lower than the unemployment rate of previous downturns, including the 1990 to 1991 recession, when unemployment topped out at 7.8 percent. In fact, many economists believe unemployment, which hit 5.7 percent in November, could increase...
[March 21, 2002, 16:25]
Options To Extend The Duration Of Unemployment Insurance Benefits
White Papers The unemployment insurance (UI) program provides temporary income support to workers who lose their jobs. A second level of benefits is available in states with especially high unemployment. In most states, eligible unemployed workers can receive...
[June 24, 2005, 3:00]
Fighting Outsourcing 'could Spark Trade War'
News Countries that resort to protectionism end up hampering innovation and crippling their industries, which leads to lower economic growth and, ultimately, higher unemployment. Congress has held several hearings about the outsourcing of IT jobs, and a...
[January 8, 2004, 9:15]
Stuck In High-tech Hell? There's A Way Out!
News High unemployment and lacklustre industry growth have only heightened techies' sense that their lives, as Cohen puts it, "suck. Technology workers get paid relatively well, and they work in a challenging and continually evolving industry -- and...
[July 1, 2002, 16:27]
From High-tech To Blue Collar
News But hidden behind the not-so-grim unemployment rate is a harsher reality: many workers are waiting out the downturn in jobs that are far below their previous salaries or professional aspirations. Many workers got the axe when mass layoffs peaked in...
[February 8, 2002, 14:07]
Lone File-swapper Takes On Recording Industry
Talkback I say UNEMPLOYMENT has skyrocketed in the last 4 years. I say that certain people in office have made the official statement that we currently have too many IT jobs for USA to fill, and we should allow UNLIMITED oversea workers to do it tax free.
[October 18, 2003, 6:31]
Politicians Propose Punitive Solution To Loss Of US Jobs
News The current US unemployment rate of around 5.7 percent is not especially high by historical standards. Here's the catch: if more US workers than foreign workers received the ax, the company would be "ineligible for further assistance" until it...
[March 4, 2004, 7:30]
Outsourcing May Create Indian Talent Shortage
News According to market research firm Gartner, the outsourcing backlash against India will fade away in two years as the global economy improves and unemployment levels decrease. Not the political controversy, but whether India can produce enough...
[August 1, 2003, 10:05]
Tech Agency Scouts For 'talent'
News But will the model survive in an economy where the unemployment rate is at an eight-year high and where many companies are still scaling back tech spending? Pfrenzinger breaks up the pool of IT workers into two groups.
[January 17, 2003, 15:11]
HP Sets Up Indian Call Centre
News Technology leaders have warned that protectionist measures lead to lower economic growth and higher unemployment. A recent study commissioned by a union group found that 93 percent of IT workers are concerned about the impact of offshore...
[February 12, 2004, 7:35]
Outsourcing 'not Something To Get Excited About' - Analyst
News Countries that resort to protectionism end up hampering innovation and crippling their industries, which leads to lower economic growth and, ultimately, higher unemployment. Congress has held several hearings about the outsourcing of IT jobs, and a...
[January 9, 2004, 14:05]
Singapore's Tech Skills For 2003
News According to the Singapore Manpower Research and Statistics Department, rising unemployment in the third quarter dispelled initials signs of improvement in the labour market in the previous quarter. This has prompted the Singapore government to set...
[January 8, 2003, 11:17]
