Unemployment for U.S. engineers is at modern-day highs, fueled by the recession, big layoffs at tech firms and more U.S. firms moving operations offshore, according to industry data and analysts.
Equally troubling, says Ron Hira, professor of public policy at Rochester Institute of Technology, is that unemployment among all computer professionals also is near a high.
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Corporations are shipping jobs offshore to countries without labor laws and unions, and importing cheap labor via H-1B and related work visas that are not monitored. With no good jobs, our economy tanks.
“It indicates that the risk for (engineering) professions is much higher than other professions,” he said. “The bottom line is that entering ... More »
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