Systems in Motion is taking advantage of an educated, available workforce and state incentives in opening an IT services operation in Ann Arbor, Mich., that it hopes will employ 1,100 people in five years.
Michigan’s unemployment rate, at 17.5%, is among the nation’s highest. At the same time, the state boasts a large pool of highly [...]
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In a competitive and borderless world, organisations need every possible means to attract and retain their talent. Even in a turbulent economic climate, employees, especially those who possess the right technical and behavioural competencies, continue to be a scarce resource.
To address the growing concern about talent attraction and retention, Kelly Services, [...]
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E-discovery laws in Canada and the U.S. are fueling a demand for legal services from IT outsourcers. Nestor Arellano reports from the Philippines.
They can’t practice on North American soil, but their work often forms the basis American and Canadian lawyers build their legal arguments on.
In recent years, Filipino lawyers retained by outsourced IT services firms in [...]
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A new survey conducted by New York-based boutique investment bank Gridley Company LLC (Gridley Co) reveals a high level of optimism for mergers and acquisitions (MA) in the information services industries with more than 80 percent of respondents noting they would be active in information services deals as a likely buyer [...]
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