What IT jobs will remain stateside despite the offshoring of many? What IT specialties will be the fastest growing in coming years? Where in the US might an IT job search by a job seeker or a recruitment effort by... (Continue reading)
Fast Company magazine’s blog, FC NOW, has long honored this blog with a spot in its blogroll. Last week, I was delighted to be asked to contribute one or more posts to FC NOW’s BlogJam 2006. In the rush of... (Continue reading)
Ah, welcome to work in the 21st century. Where the notion of hiring a full-time, “regular” employee seems less and less common. Instead, companies hire temporary workers, contract employees, or offshore their work to another country. And don’t think YOU... (Continue reading)
Pastoral Originally uploaded by Linda’s Manymuses. The Washington Post reports at length: “Mining Coal Country for Tech Workers; Economics, Politics Send Contractors Into Southwest Virginia” LEBANON, Va. — In this town of 3,300 people, cow pastures encase the local high... (Continue reading)
Patent Baristas is a wonderfully designed and executed blawg by a pair of Cincinnati IP (intellectual property) lawyers. Check it out for the coffee theme, even if you don’t give a hoot about patents and IP. In a recent post,... (Continue reading)
Does the blue-collar white-collar dichotomy have any meaning today? Will supply and demand push wages and benefits for traditional blue-collar workers in some occupations to or above those for many white-collar workers? Will unions have better luck with white-collar recruits?... (Continue reading)
We no longer hear the pre-presidential-election rhetoric about offshoring American jobs (famously Kerry’s colorful epithet:“Benedict Arnold CEOs.”) And as long as the labor market stats are looking fairly good, with emerging shortages in certain skill areas, this issue will likely... (Continue reading)