Don E. Sears

What will be the hot technology careers in 2010? To answer that question, you have to look at the technologies companies are expected to adopt or expand upon this year. The rapid expansion of mobile, Internet-enabled devices coupled with mobile applications, along with the full spectrum of cloud computing are areas primed for growth, according […]

The second half of 2009 saw stronger stabilization of technology jobs compared with the first half, according to industry group TechServe Alliance in a report released Jan. 8. IT employment increased by 6,400 jobs in December for a total of 3,821,000-an improvement of 0.2 percent, according to TechServe. TechServe Alliance, formerly known as the National […]

The December shutdown by a New Jersey court of three H-1B protest sites accused of libel-ITgrunt.com, Endh1b.com and Guestworkerfraud.com-has legal technology advocates up in arms. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has said the court is doing damage to the constitutional right of anonymous free speech. New Jersey had previously backed this right in the precedent-setting 2005 […]

Recent job vacancy data for the month of December pegs computer and math openings up 23,000 from November for a total of 467,000 nationally, according to a report from The Conference Board-a nonprofit business organization. Overall, the annual average for job openings in 2009 is down compared with the previous two years with 3,357,000, which […]

AOL is pursuing its transition to being a more content- and media-driven company by restructuring its work force, something that has openly been in the works since the company asked for volunteers to take job elimination packages in December 2009. On Jan. 11, AOL began laying employees off in small numbers, but layoffs will steadily […]

Based on the research of the National Research Council, the Government Accountability Office, the Department of Education, the Computing Research Association, the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the RAND Corporation and a host of other university research sources, the AFL-CIO labor organization published a report in December refuting the claim that […]

This year should be a good one for technology contractors, consultants and outsourcing companies. Over 40 percent of CIOs polled in a Robert Half Technology survey said their departments are understaffed, and while IT budgets should increase in 2010, full-time jobs with benefits are expected to be harder to come by in the first quarter.One […]

Top 25 Companies with H-1B Visas in 2009 by Don E. Sears #25 Google211 H-1B Visas #24 Motorola213 H-1B Visas #23 Bloomberg217 H-1B Visas #22 Satyam219 H-1B Visas #21 Mphasis229 H-1B Visas #20 Cognizant233 H-1B Visas #19 Deloitte & Touche235 H-1B Visas #18 Goldman Sachs236 H-1B Visas #17 Rite Aid240 H-1B Visas #16 Polaris Software […]

More than a third of information technology employers will be hiring full time employees in 2010, according to CareerBuilder. The job board’s recent report surveyed 2,720 hiring managers and human resource professionals in November 2009. Full-time employee headcount increases are expected for 20 percent of respondents across all industries. Other industries that will see hiring […]

The United States Customs and Immigrations Services plans to up its enforcement of the law on H-1B visas and the U.S. companies that take advantage of them by conducting 25,000 on-site inspections in 2010. IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Google and many technology giants and smaller IT shops employ temporary H-1B visa holders to fill U.S.-based jobs […]