Don E. Sears

The tight cost fist is still clenched when it comes to technology hiring. Despite 84 percent of CIOs being at least somewhat confident of growth in the fourth quarter of 2010, only 9 percent expect to increase hiring, according to Robert Half Technology’s quarterly index report on hiring published Sept. 8. Six percent expect to […]

The attorney general of Connecticut, Richard Blumenthal, is about to be embroiled with the sole provider of service for the iPhone, AT&T. The battle will be over the planned layoffs of more than 150 workers in the state by the telecommunications giant who is now primarily a mobile service provider. As AT&T’s long-distance wireline business […]

With an unemployment rate over 12 percent, the Golden State’s economy is more rust than shine in 2010. Overall, California lost 1.3 million jobs during the recession, with layoffs in many industries still expected. Jobs in technology over the last two years have been hit hard across the board, but especially in manufacturing and the […]

For two straight months, the state of North Carolina has seen double-digit growth in jobs for technology professionals. Home to many technology-rich university research facilities, technology startups and a plethora of technology-centric enterprises, North Carolina saw 14.9 percent more technology job openings in August, according to data compiled by the North Carolina Technology Association in […]

In the first six months of the year, 30,200 technology jobs were added to the economy, according to a report by industry trade group TechAmerica. The trade organization looked at data provided by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. The main areas adding jobs include software services (14,200), technology services (29,700) and […]

In an executive order put forth by Gov. Tim Strickland of Ohio in August, his state is no longer allowed to outsource work offshore, despite some federal stimulus monies being paid to a Texas company Parago in March for services on a federally funded appliance rebate program. “Ohio’s policy has been-and must continue to be-that […]

If you have in-demand skills, your asking price is probably above market rate-even with the slow growth of technology jobs, say hiring managers and recruiters polled in an August survey by online job board Dice.com. Fifty-one percent of 1,350 IT decision makers polled said they are having to sweeten salaries for highly sought-after tech talent, […]

The desire to boost employee productivity during a long-term recession coupled with the preventive management of real and dangerous threats have forced some companies to restrict, monitor and block specific Websites. Beyond incendiary tactics like drive-by downloads, SQL-injection attacks and other malware strategies employed by hackers and criminal organizations, the latest viral YouTube video, a […]

With less than one month before fiscal year 2011 begins in October, there are about 30,100 available visas for technology companies to apply for through the temporary work visa program known widely by its specific government designation, “H-1B visa.” The H-1B program is used by technology companies, universities and others in the United States to […]

The older you get in technology, the harder it is to maintain a salary that grows, discovered economists Clair Brown and Dr. Greg Linden of the University of California, Berkeley, who have been studying the subject in research about offshoring and the semiconductor industry since 2006. These academics have repeatedly discovered data that shows salaries […]