Engineer Workforce
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New Front Opens Against Outsourcing
Thousands of American workers were laid-off in 2015 by their employers and replaced by non-American workers using H-1B visas. In December, the U.S. Department of Justice suggested a way to prevent such layoffs in the future.
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Manufacturing is Getting a Boost from Many Levels of Government
Throughout the United States, government agencies are supporting advanced manufacturing with a multi-pronged attack.
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An Introduction to the National Engineering Forum
Founded in 2012, the National Engineering Forum (NEF) is a partnership between Lockheed Martin, the U.S. Council on Competitiveness and the National Academy of Engineering, which seeks to transform the role of engineering in the United States through a national dialog leading to action.
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Study Explores Why Men & Women Stay in Engineering
IEEE-USA has joined several engineering societies in supporting a first of its kind study designed to systematically document what engineers enjoy most (and least) about their jobs, workplaces, and ultimately, the engineering profession.
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Engineering Emergency: African Americans and Hispanics Lack Pathways to Engineering
Fifty years after Lyndon Johnson declared war on poverty, far too many Americans still lack opportunities to join the middle class, especially Americans of color.
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Time Slipping Away for Immigration Reform
In early 2013, supporters of comprehensive immigration reform said any immigration bill needed to be passed before 1 January 2014 for it to have any chance of becoming law.
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Why Do Managers Believe a Skills Gap Exists?
Why do some company managers and recruiters claim there is a shortage of technical talent, while many experienced engineers claim there is a labor glut? As the very contradiction suggests, we suffer from distortions of the labor market that seem to confuse everyone. Sometimes, this political conundrum is so convoluted…
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Reversing the Loss of STEM Careers
A Texas housewife and President Obama held a video conference on 30 January [17]. Mrs. Jennifer Wedel spoke truth to power as she explained that her husband had been laid off and was unable to find another job in the semi-conductor industry within the Dallas metropolitan area. This was contrary…