A Network World article reports that the U.S. gained 7,400 IT jobs in August. Gaining back what was lost the month before and following five months of losses of IT jobs in the U.S. Hopefully this is the first signs of the U.S. coming out of the recession that has gripped the country.
Adding to the good news for IT Services Companies in Cincinnati, across Ohio and the country; as well as application development personnel is news from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services that demand for H-1B Visas are on the decline. They expect the entire 85,000 visas to be given out this year, just not as quickly and with the same frenzy as in the past few years. FierceCIO continues to state that ‘employers are putting a greater emphasis on hiring American workers, buying American goods and abandoning offshore outsourcing’. Where I do not believe this to be the general direction of employers in America, some smaller employers may have taken this direction but large firms continue their offshore IT outsourcing plans.
So does all this mean that better times are in store for IT business solutions professionals in America? I remain pessimistically optimistic.
Adding to the good news for IT Services Companies in Cincinnati, across Ohio and the country; as well as application development personnel is news from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services that demand for H-1B Visas are on the decline. They expect the entire 85,000 visas to be given out this year, just not as quickly and with the same frenzy as in the past few years. FierceCIO continues to state that ‘employers are putting a greater emphasis on hiring American workers, buying American goods and abandoning offshore outsourcing’. Where I do not believe this to be the general direction of employers in America, some smaller employers may have taken this direction but large firms continue their offshore IT outsourcing plans.
So does all this mean that better times are in store for IT business solutions professionals in America? I remain pessimistically optimistic.
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