Sentences with phrase «skilled tech workers»

Those questions are especially urgent in Charlotte, where leaders are trying to craft new paths out of poverty and attract companies like Amazon that demand skilled tech workers.

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There's the rise in communal workspaces like WeWork and educational alternatives like Coursera, which offers college courses online, and General Assembly, which trains workers in the most in - demand tech skills.

And while plenty of old - economy industries might object to any special treatment for the tech sector, it may be unavoidable if politicians actually want highly skilled workers and entrepreneurs to come to Canada.

BC's provincial government has made a concerted effort to make it easy for U.S. tech companies to open offices in Canada, providing financial incentives and working with the federal government to expedite visas for skilled foreign workers.

Trump has proposed a «merit - based» immigration policy that he's said will directly benefit tech companies like Facebook that already rely on being able to hire skilled workers from other countries.

In Canada, for instance, a recently introduced Global Skills program allows tech workers to obtain work permits in just two weeks» time, compared with the roughly six months it would take to obtain an H - 1B visa stateside.

The tech mogul has located the classrooms behind glass walls in high traffic areas so workers can «be inspired by seeing their peers pursue new skills.»

Last year, Scotiabank unveiled a 70,000 - square - foot «digital factory» separate from its main campus to lure high - tech skilled workers and develop technological innovations.

Despite the difficulty in obtaining visas, green cards, work permits, and even citizenship in the United States, America remains the first - choice destination for the overwhelming majority of tech entrepreneurs and highly skilled science and technology workers.

The majority of H - 1B workers are in technology fields, and the tech sector says it needs more workers than the program currently provides because there aren't enough skilled Americans to fill those jobs.

Trump is making it tougher for U.S. tech companies to hire foreign skilled workers on H - 1B Visa status, and this is causing a serious brain drain.

Companies claim there just aren't enough highly skilled IT workers in the U.S. to fill the number of available tech jobs.

Measures such as the Global Skills Strategy (GSS), which introduces a new two - week turnaround time for tech - worker permits, and an ambitious new approach to Work - Integrated - Learning placements, show the Government is listening to the concerns of Canadian CEOs facing talent shortages.

At noon, Assemblyman and congressional candidate Anthony Brindisi holds a press conference to unveil his blueprint for helping train workers for high - tech and skilled manufacturing jobs, Plumbers & Pipefitters Hall, 11 Griswold St., Binghamton.

The committee assembled a panel of expert witnesses — tech entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa of San Francisco, California; demographics researcher Michael Teitelbaum of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in New York City; and Puneet Arora of Minneapolis, Minnesota, who is vice-president of the nonprofit organization Immigration Voice — to discuss so - called high - skill immigration, green cards, the H - 1B visa program, and other foreign - worker visa programs affecting science and technical work.

A lawyer who made a fortune as an early investor in the telecommunications firm Nextel and other high - tech startups, Warner has long advocated increasing the number of H - 1B skilled temporary worker visas and «stapling a green card to every Ph.D.» as ways of encouraging innovation.

IT Academies: As the demand for high - tech workers rapidly increases, new information - technology academies that opened this fall in 12 high schools could help fill a pressing need for graduates with technology skills, supporters say.

During the recent immigration reform debate, high - tech companies, trade groups representing high - tech companies, and elected officials contended that it was in America's economic interest to allow skilled workers to enter the country on H - 1B visas.

The fact that the very high - tech companies that represent America's economic future have to look abroad for workers with the needed skills is a chilling sign that we have to get our act together when it comes to public education.

One such way of doing so would be to set up and fund digital skills colleges, such as female - led Ada, which are focused on training up future tech workers and software developers.

Scaling P - TECH and other public - private CTE partnerships will allow Congress, states, and program leaders to close the skills gap and give every American student and worker the opportunity to succeed.

«If [Congressional Republicans have] got a better plan to create jobs rebuilding our infrastructure or to help workers earn the high - tech skills they need, then they should offer up these ideas.

Tech giants such as Facebook and other big companies, from Bank of America to Caterpillar, have long argued that the 85,000 annual cap on these visas is too low and that they need to bring in more foreign tech workers because they can't find enough highly - skilled American workTech giants such as Facebook and other big companies, from Bank of America to Caterpillar, have long argued that the 85,000 annual cap on these visas is too low and that they need to bring in more foreign tech workers because they can't find enough highly - skilled American worktech workers because they can't find enough highly - skilled American workers.

Tech giants such as Facebook and Microsoft have long argued that the 85,000 annual cap on these visas is too low and that they need to bring in more foreign tech workers because they can't find enough highly - skilled American workTech giants such as Facebook and Microsoft have long argued that the 85,000 annual cap on these visas is too low and that they need to bring in more foreign tech workers because they can't find enough highly - skilled American worktech workers because they can't find enough highly - skilled American workers.

Tech workers have traditionally been predominately male, and even in the face of a shortage of skilled workers, the industry has done little to combat this problem.

It's vital that we rally around the advancement of women within the industry so that we can equip tech teams with the highest skilled workers out there today and in the future.»

Low - skilled jobs are the most likely to be affected, so low - skilled workers must prepare to adapt their skillset to meet the new demands brought about by a more tech - centric work landscape.

Tech workers should be sure to include a Skills section on their resume.

Further, since the study found that job ads are asking for 4.25 x more hard skills than soft skills for tech - centric workers, it not surprising that those jobseekers often overlook the important of including soft skills on their resumes.

But for older workers, it may pay to do so to combat the assumption that your tech skills are not up to date.

Today we're discussing technology tips and techniques for older workers — ways that you can brush up your tech skills and incorporate them into your jobs search.

By LiveCareer Workers in tech - centric roles are right to be proud of the technical, or hard, skills they've acquired over the course of their educations and careers.

Technology tips and techniques for older workers — ways that you can brush up your tech skills and incorporate them into your jobs search.