Donald Sears

One of the leading technology companies in the United States that uses H-1B workers has recently agreed to backpay nearly $510,000 to 67 employees. Based on an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor, it appears that Cognizant Technology has been found in violation of several laws. From a recent article in Computerworld: “Teaneck, N.J.-based […]

Laid off but have an interview? Feeling desperate, willing to bend over backwards to get a new job? Willing to take something you don’t really want? Be sure you leave that stuff at home and away from a job interview, recruiter or hiring manager. From a recent WSJ article: “At an interview, you want to […]

Whether due to the economy or bad publicity or not, the maximum number of H-1B visa applications has not been reached yet. April 1 is when applications begin to be accepted, and based on the high demand in the last couple of years, analysts and immigration experts expected the numbers to be on par with […]

According to a recent Careerbuilder survey that polled 807 people between Feb. 20 and March 11, 41 percent of people laid off in the last three months found other full-time, permanent positions. How many in this study were laid off in the last three months? Good question. It’s not clear. The study says that it […]

Dice, the technology careers site, recently put out its April report, with something I found a bit controversial. Dice claimed, based on its annual salary survey, that the gender gap in salaries for tech workers is over. Over? Here’s how Tom Silver, vice president at Dice, put it in a recent release: “The gender gap […]

Props to Brian Watson at CIO Insight. You know when the New York Times pubs a piece entitled, “Do We Need Foreign Technology Workers?” things are bubbling to the surface. The article, which is part of a larger series on technology and immigration issues, is about much more than the controversial H-1B program. Think overall […]

Seems like anyone with an agenda slices and dices the U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics for their own purposes. Separting the agenda from the facts gets murky sometimes. Case in point, one very large and seemingly influential group–TechAmerica–has recently promoted that for the majority of 2008 technology jobs grew, especially in software. To be fair, […]

New figures out from outplacement stalwart Challenger, Gray & Christmas show that technology layoff rates haven’t been this high since 2002. That’s the bad news. The good news is that the overall layoff numbers on a quarter-by-quarter basis (and in overall total) are not as close to the bubble-bursting era. Is that comforting? I wouldn’t […]

Hey, it’s Friday and you could use something for the weekend that’s more advice-driven than more blogosphere ranting and raving, right? Anyhoo, here is a quick video from the WSJ online that has some good advice for those of you on the job prowl. This is a less-than-3-minute video from the authors of “Guerrilla Marketing […]

Work at home for IBM? Well, your cable bill is about to go up. InformationWeek is reporting that IBM workers who work out of home offices will no longer be reimbursed for Internet access. While this trend may not surprise most of you who already pay for Internet access at home and happen to work […]