agilecoder

I code mostly in the .Net web stack, and lead a team of web developers that do both .Net and Java work using Angular. I blogged a couple months ago about my favorite tech podcasts:

http://agilecoder.net/2016/08/23/developer-podcasts/

Searching by name seems to work fine, but none of the ISBN's I entered returned any results.

For example I tried: 978-0201485677 9780201485677 0201485672 No Results were displayed, but typing in the title Refactoring worked just fine. This was in Chrome and Firefox on my laptop.

Please be aware that if you do (1) and also do (3) you may be committing Unemployment Insurance Fraud. Most states require you to not only be actively searching for work, but to be "Able and Available" to work and frequently investigations and audits turn up fraudulent UI claims on this basis. Even though much of job searching is online and can be done anywhere, the assumption is that if you are out of state, you weren't available to work in your home state that week.

Source: http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/collecting-unemployme...

As I've commented on other stories like this...

The biggest thing to know about these data from the US Department of Labor (DOL) is that they DO NOT reflect visas granted. They reflect Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) granted. denied, etc. This is only one part of the application for a visa, and every year the DOL certifies far more LCAs than there are available visas.

It is impossible to tell from the LCA data what companies actually followed through with the rest of the process and fees and were able to sponsor a foreign worker before the visa cap was hit each year. That information would come from US Citizenship and Immigration Service, and as far as I can find they do not release that information.

You're right, the State Department has raw numbers of visas approved, but still no way to connect them to employers, industries, occupations or wages as the original post attempted to present.

As I commented above these data reflect Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) granted. denied, etc. This is only one part of the application for a visa, and every year the DOL certifies far more LCAs than there are available visas.

To find out what visas were actually issued that information would come from US Citizenship and Immigration Service, and as far as I can find they do not release that information.

The biggest thing to know about these data from the US Department of Labor (DOL) is that they DO NOT reflect visas granted. They reflect Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) granted. denied, etc. This is only one part of the application for a visa, and every year the DOL certifies far more LCAs than there are available visas.

It is impossible to tell from the LCA data what companies actually followed through with the rest of the process and fees and were able to sponsor a foreign worker before the visa cap was hit each year. That information would come from US Citizenship and Immigration Service, and as far as I can find they do not release that information.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and A Spot of Bother both by Mark Haddon

The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen

These are all wonderful suggestions, but personal experience in the US and dealing primarily with candidates from medium to large companies is that reference checks get referred to HR, and the policy is to confirm dates of employment and positions only. Too much litigation risk in the US to say much more.