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Don Tennant

January 2010

January 28, 2010

Getting Gratifyingly Hard-Nosed About H-1B Compliance Enforcement

One of the most encouraging developments related to the ongoing fraud and abuse afflicting the H-1B visa program is the boots-on-the ground approach being taken by the administration to solve the pro... More >

January 25, 2010

Is There an IT Skills Shortage in the U.S.? Well, Yes and No

There’s probably no more hotly contested or controversial issue in IT than the question of whether there’s an IT skills shortage in the U.S. One side claims adamantly that while we have plenty of IT ... More >

Women Are at a Disadvantage in Seeking Overseas Employment

In my post, “The American Dream Need Not Be Realized in America,” last week, I suggested that unemployed and underemployed U.S. IT pros should look at opportunities overseas in their pursuit of a r... More >

January 21, 2010

Note to Feds: Outsourcing Hang-Ups Are So Three Years Ago

The IT executives who will be gathered at the IT Business Edge Midmarket CIO Forum in Orlando in March probably won’t have anything higher on their agendas than figuring out ways to cut costs. Someti... More >

The American Dream Need Not Be Realized in America

It’s obvious that there’s a great deal of resentment among many IT professionals who are either unemployed or underemployed and who are watching as growing numbers of people from other countries fill... More >

January 19, 2010

Online Role-Playing: Remember, It's a Reality Show

The compulsion of some people to say things online that they would never dream of saying in a physical setting gets more mystifying by the day, especially given that the practice can have very seriou... More >

January 14, 2010

Very Bad Idea of the Week: Google Abandoning China

Google’s threat to pull up stakes and leave China following a major hack attack from within the country has rekindled controversy over its decision four years ago to enter the China market even thoug... More >

January 13, 2010

Non-Compete Agreements: Likely Unfair, More Likely Enforceable

Scenario: You’re an IT professional who was laid off eight months ago, and you’re getting desperate. You’ve applied for dozens of jobs, but you’ve received responses from only 25 companies, and you’v... More >

January 12, 2010

Lesson for H-1B Haters: Libel Will Get You Nowhere

It was bound to happen. It’s understandable that someone could be so deeply angered by H-1B fraud and abuse, and the resultant suffering of U.S. workers, that he’s driven to make defamatory and libel... More >

January 5, 2010

Yes, Age Discrimination Is Worse in IT Than in Other Fields

In my “Age Discrimination in IT: At Least the Pain Is Shared” post last week, I wrote about how this injurious practice occurs across career fields, including the IT profession. My observation that... More >

Level-Headedness 101: How to Be Heard on the H-1B Question

One of the things I’ve found as I write about the controversy surrounding the H-1B visa program is that there appears to be something of an urban legend that the CEOs of technology companies, many of... More >

January 3, 2010

Is Any CIO Worth the Livelihoods of 250 Families?

A blog post last week, May 2010 Be the Year That Charles Wang Is Brought to Justice , touched a nerve in a reader who commented on the performance bonus of over $600 million that software vendor CA ... More >

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