Magazine article from our research archive:
|
|
Wanted: Highly skilled workers to fill gap
- Article from:
-
InTech
- Article date:
-
May 1, 1998
- Author:
-
|
Copyright informationCopyright Instrument Society of America May 1998. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on behalf of the 3,000-member American Electronics Association, Stephen Leven, director of worldwide human resources for Texas Instruments, addressed the impact that the U.S. highly skilled worker shortage has on high-technology industry and the need to hire skilled foreign nationals to temporarily close the skills gap.
"The high-technology industry added some 290,000 new jobs to the U.S. economy in the 1990s," Leven said. "Unfortunately, the future growth of our industry is being threatened by a limited supply of skilled workers."
The problem faced by the high-tech industry is the inability to find highly skilled workers to fill open ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:
|
The international mobility of highly skilled workers in transnational...
The International Migration Review;
January 1, 2001 ;
700+ words
......International Mobility of Highly Skilled Workers in Transnational Corporations...The worldwide movement of highly skilled workers (cadres) in transnational...As a whole, the flows of highly skilled workers seem to be related to multiple...
|
|
A Global Labor Market: Factors Motivating the Sponsorship and Temporary...
The International Migration Review;
July 1, 2007 ;
700+ words
......increased the demand for highly skilled workers in many industrialized countries...managers, professionals, and highly skilled workers (Rosewarne, 2001). Many...of the terms under which highly skilled workers move for temporary work...
|
|
UK Must Attract More Highly Skilled Migrant Workers.
PR Newswire Europe;
June 1, 2008 ;
700+ words
......to attract more highly skilled workers from abroad...attractive places for highly skilled people to want...only 167,000 high skilled workers came to this country...per cent of all highly skilled workers being migrants...
|
|
SEN. GREGG CONCERNED BY ANOTHER QUICK CUTOFF FOR HIGHLY SKILLED WORKER...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
April 9, 2008 ;
295 words
......ways to attract and retain highly skilled workers, including expanding immigration...the chance to bring in a skilled H-1B worker, many jobs will...for an employer to hire a highly skilled foreign talent and keep...raise visa levels for highly skilled workers. ...
|
|
Points system to move skilled workers up UK immigration queue
Evening News - Scotland;
March 7, 2006 ;
266 words
...ENTREPRENEURS and skilled workers such as doctors...easier for highly skilled younger workers...the scheme, highly-skilled workers such as doctors...will be the highly skilled, including...consist of skilled workers with the...
|
|
NEED FOR GREEN CARDS FOR SKILLED WORKERS:MARK KRIKORIAN
Congressional Testimony;
June 12, 2008 ;
700+ words
......Need for Green Cards for Highly Skilled Workers.`` But like everything...misconceptions, we find that the ``highly skilled`` workers in question aren`t really...about the ``need`` for ``highly skilled`` workers. Research shows that, contrary...
|
|
SURVEY SHOWS AGENCIES HAVE STRENGTHS TO COMPETE FOR HIGHLY SKILLED WORKERS
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
March 25, 2008 ;
548 words
......today. Titled "In Search of Highly Skilled Workers: A Study on the Hiring of...capitalize to compete for highly skilled workers," said Chairman McPhie...Government can compete for highly skilled workers, Chairman McPhie notes that...
|
|
U.S. companies face shortage of skilled workers
Xinhua News Agency;
July 3, 2006 ;
380 words
......companies face shortage of skilled workers LOS ANGELES, July 3 (Xinhua...because of a shortage of highly skilled and educated foreign workers...report. The shortage of skilled workers was brought to public attention...construction and service jobs. "But highly skilled ...
|
|
University of Massachusetts Poll Finds Highly Skilled Workers May Leave...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;
May 17, 2002 ;
592 words
......precious asset: young, highly skilled workers. Researchers at...Massachusetts' pool of highly skilled workers has been a hotly...chronic shortage of skilled workers. They are hoping...need to retain the highly educated workers...
|
|
Britain's new immigration system woos skilled workers
The Hindustan Times;
March 7, 2006 ;
356 words
......make it easier for highly skilled workers from non-European...categories: Tier One - Highly skilled migrants including...offer. Tier Two - Skilled workers with NVQ level...Tier Three - Low-skilled workers will be granted...
|
|
Immigration policy and highly skilled workers: The case of Japan
Contemporary Economic Policy;
April 1, 2003 ;
700+ words
......about shortages of highly skilled workers, especially those...especially for highly skilled specialists. Indeed...of shortages of skilled workers, especially in areas...long required a highly skilled labor force. Heretofore...
|
|
Education the key to profits: to turn recent immigrants into productive...
Assembly;
March 1, 2002 ;
700+ words
......Manufacturers' (NAM) The Skills Gap 2001 report details that as highly skilled Baby Boomers retire, manufacturers are forced to seek...However, until the United States begins to acquire more highly skilled immigrant workers, manufacturers are doing more on...Skills To turn recent immigrants into ...
|
|
EU to introduce "blue card" to attract highly skilled workers
Xinhua News Agency;
October 23, 2007 ;
220 words
......blue card" to attract highly skilled workers BRUSSELS, Oct. 23 (Xinhua...EU) more attractive to highly skilled migrants. The first proposal...particularlythe case for highly skilled labor," said European Commission...Europe's ability to attract highly skilled ...
|
|
Boat builder an example of Maine's industrial future ; Using highly...
Portland Press Herald (Maine);
February 23, 2007 ;
317 words
......builder an example of Maine's industrial future ; Using highly skilled workers to seize opportunities when they arise spells success...years of building steel fishing and ferry vessels. For the highly skilled worker and the nimble company, manufacturing can still...
|
See all results.
Or, try our
Advanced Search.
|