My company had an job posting for a PHP programmer for an annual salary of $100,000 a year. We had this job posted everywhere for a year and got no serious applicants.
We finally had to bring in a guy from India to do the job.
Did they try Linkedin?
Doing what, exactly?
We had this job posted everywhere for a year and got no serious applicants.
I'm not a fan of PHP -- It's far too sloppy a language for any serious business-use [IMO], and having had to write SW that dealt w/ medical and insurance records in it was not fun.
Uh huh. Let me guess. “Requires extensive experience in all of the following: ABC.1, MumboJumbo Ver 3, DEFG Protocol Package, BlungeScript, XYZZY 2.3 or later, Java Lotus Framework with Security Package 3, Wifi 802.11, Mil-Spec 3.376, HTMLTP TimeWaster 5.0, Leibnitz Protocol Development System...”
What other dozen experience requirements other than PHP did your HR people add to the “experience” requirements? What geographic areas did they advertise the job in?
I can put my finger on at least a half dozen of my students who are working adults with years of PHP experience who would relocate for 100K a year.
If your company couldn’t find an american with PHP skills to fill the position then they were’nt trying very hard.
Too many companies tailor their requirements and geographic range for applicants solely to have a justification for H1Bs.