TechHui2024-03-29T10:19:05ZSteven Squirehttp://www.techhui.com/profile/StevenSquirehttp://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/353361470?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://www.techhui.com/group/techworkforcedevelopment/forum/topic/listForContributor?user=0gnjedo8rv42n&feed=yes&xn_auth=noBloomberg BusinessWeek on Workforce Developmenttag:www.techhui.com,2013-12-04:1702911:Topic:1270732013-12-04T02:58:02.294ZSteven Squirehttp://www.techhui.com/profile/StevenSquire
<p><span class="share-body"><span class="commentary" id="control_gen_13">Harold L, Sirkin, writing in Bloomberg BusinessWeek says U.S. labor force development is a both/and situation: we need both expanded STEM education in the U.S. and more visas for high-skilled international workers.…</span></span></p>
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<p><span class="share-body"><span id="control_gen_13" class="commentary">Harold L, Sirkin, writing in Bloomberg BusinessWeek says U.S. labor force development is a both/and situation: we need both expanded STEM education in the U.S. and more visas for high-skilled international workers.</span></span></p>
<p><span class="share-body"><span id="control_gen_13" class="commentary"><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-12-02/to-fix-immigration-improve-u-dot-s-dot-education-and-link-visas-to-employer-needs" target="_blank">http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-12-02/to-fix-immigration-improve-u-dot-s-dot-education-and-link-visas-to-employer-needs</a></span></span></p> STEM Education v. STEM Visas: conflict or complement?tag:www.techhui.com,2013-01-10:1702911:Topic:1149892013-01-10T21:20:55.133ZSteven Squirehttp://www.techhui.com/profile/StevenSquire
<p>I recently <a href="http://www.techhui.com/profiles/blogs/high-tech-visas-at-last?xg_source=activity">blogged on Tech Hui</a> on the prospects for High Tech Visa reform in the coming 2013 congressional session. In the context of technology workforce development there is an obvious conflict between the need to educate our own domestic workforce in the STEM disciplines and providing easier access to the technology labor market to foreign workers. After all, if we let foreign tech workers in,…</p>
<p>I recently <a href="http://www.techhui.com/profiles/blogs/high-tech-visas-at-last?xg_source=activity">blogged on Tech Hui</a> on the prospects for High Tech Visa reform in the coming 2013 congressional session. In the context of technology workforce development there is an obvious conflict between the need to educate our own domestic workforce in the STEM disciplines and providing easier access to the technology labor market to foreign workers. After all, if we let foreign tech workers in, don’t we damage the prospects for our own aspiring engineers, coders and developers?</p>
<p>Actually no, the issue is more complex than that. We need to do both, work on domestic STEM education <em>and</em> reform the existing visa regime to allow freer access to international high-skilled talent. An excellent example of how these seemingly contradictory efforts are reconciled is in the work of California Representative Mike Honda, D-CA, whose district incorporates Silicon Valley, and who was recently <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/immigration-interests-collide-in-hondas-district-85689.html">profiled on Politico.com</a>. His business constituents, such as Yahoo, Cisco, Oracle and eBay, are demanding more STEM visas to fill their talent gaps. Honda, a former science teacher, supports their position, but has also emerged as a leader in supporting STEM education domestically.</p>
<p>Three sound reasons support this dual approach. First, STEM education is a long-term solution, and does not fill immediate talent shortfalls, impacting growth in the tech sector now. Assuming we are able to bolster the numbers of American youth choosing STEM careers, the <a href="http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2008/Oct/12/bz/hawaii810120317.html">pipeline is still problematic</a> in the near to medium term. Second, a growing body of evidence indicates that international tech workers start new enterprises at a high enough rate that their overall impact on the tech sector is job creation positive, not negative. In other words, they <a href="http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1141190">generate more jobs than they occupy</a>. Third, if our tech sector is going to be competitive in the globalized real world economy, we need to integrate international perspectives throughout our workforce, not enforce isolation.</p>
<p>Mixed messages are always more difficult to communicate than binary choices. But if we are trying to educate our congressional delegation about how to grow our tech sector and help develop our local workforce, it would not hurt to point out the example of California’s Mike Honda.</p> Software Skills Panel Forumtag:www.techhui.com,2011-04-02:1702911:Topic:785592011-04-02T14:55:43.631ZSteven Squirehttp://www.techhui.com/profile/StevenSquire
This was my initial impression from the WDC's Software Skills Panel Forum. If you attended what were our thoughts? I am looking forward to the resulting reports and any actionable items. We need to make sure forums like this don't end with reports but keep moving the agenda forward.<br />
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This was my initial impression from the WDC's Software Skills Panel Forum. If you attended what were our thoughts? I am looking forward to the resulting reports and any actionable items. We need to make sure forums like this don't end with reports but keep moving the agenda forward.<br />
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<a href="http://bytemarks.org/software-skills-panel-forum/">http://bytemarks.org/software-skills-panel-forum/</a>