With companies planning to hire fewer workers, some IT workers with management experience who were let go in layoffs say they'll consider taking pay cuts and lesser titles to find jobs.
Recruiters say that's a wise move.
Analysts say that the ongoing data-sharing dispute between WebMD and Quintiles highlights the health care privacy concerns that are pervasive throughout the industry as a result of looming federal regulations. A federal judge ordered WebMD to resume delivering health claims data to Quintiles Transnational Corp. while the two companies continue to negotiate changes to their data-sharing agreement. A proposal to divide the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service into two separate agencies could speed processing times for employment-based visas and green cards. Users and analysts say that increasingly, outsourced customer support is taking place on foreign shores. A recent report from the Federal Reserve indicates that employers in certain cities cite an easing of the persistent labor shortage affecting IT workers.