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Outsourcers keep racking up H-1B visa use

Cognizant had more than 7,100 H-1B visa requests approved in the first half of the federal fiscal year.


Can You Trust the Cloud?

The reliability of cloud computing services is a big concern for users, especially given a recent string of outages. IT managers should decide what level of risk they can accept.

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Tales From the Hot Seat (Or, How I Aced the Interview)

Technology professionals list their best and worst interview questions -- those they answered and those they asked themselves -- and share ways to turn around a job encounter that's heading south.

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How many jobs are available in technology in the US?

Tech sector unemployment crept up in February, but was still well below the US national average — and tech job openings continued to far outpace available talent.

Can’t hire? Can’t get hired? How to avoid the “Great Mismatch” trap!

Employers don’t like the applicants, and applicants don’t like the jobs. What’s going on? And is the problem permanent?

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Q&A: Schneider Electric CIO talks IT staffing, sustainability, and digital transformation

Bobby Cain recently took over as Schneider Electric's CIO and immediately faced many of the same issues other tech firms routinely address. To address them, he says, the role of a CIO must change.

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Are tech firms really firing their IT workers? No.

Headlines about 'tech' layoffs abound, but the reports can be misleading. While Big Tech companies may be letting workers go, the layoffs aren't dominated by IT talent firings. In fact, there are fewer IT workers than job openings — a...

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How AI can help find new employees

Artificial intelligence can help hiring managers and recruiters discover talent, reducing the time it takes to get them onboard a company. But there are risks associated with a process often automated by a chatbot.

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Bad onboarding can lead to high quit rates for new workers

A large percentage of employees are disatisfied with their experience of joining a company, and a recent survey shows nearly half of new hires plan to quit soon after joining a company. That's especially true for remote workers.

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Skills-based hiring continues to rise as degree requirements fade

A growing number of organizations are dropping traditional college degree requirements in favor of skills gained through alternative methods — and soft skills that are more innate than learned.

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As four-day workweek trial ends, most companies stick with the change

The world's largest study on a four-day work week found company revenue went up while sick days taken and employee burnout went down.

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Job seekers are using ChatGPT to write resumes — and nabbing jobs

Increasingly, AI-generative technology is being used to create resumes — and according to a new survey, it often helps its users land a new job.

Most in-demand skills for 2023, according to LinkedIn

The online job and social site listed the top skills in areas such as IT, as well as engineering, recruiting, sales, and marketing.

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Twilio announces fresh round of layoffs, impacting 17% of its workforce

In addition to the layoffs, which would impact about 1,400 employees, the company is undergoing an internal restructuring to create two business units, Twilio Communications and Twilio Data & Applications.

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GitHub lays off 10% of workforce, plans to go fully remote to cut costs

The Microsoft-owned software development and version control service provider said the layoffs and the shift to remote work are designed to protect the short-term health of its business.

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Dell Technologies to lay off 6,650 staffers

In addition to the downsizing, the company would introduce a slew of changes that include changing the structure of its sales team and integrating the services division of its consumer and infrastructure businesses.

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