[Willie Green]

For instance, why will a half-million jobs go unclaimed for lack of qualified workers when there are more than a half-million IT workers out of jobs? Is it because the skills required by IT organizations are so new that there is a lack of truly qualified individuals? Or is it because it is more expedient in this employment market to merely pick and choose the expertise that your organization needs, consume that expertise within a few company projects, and then cast the employee to the wind to fend for himself while the company continues on choosing the next set of skills that are needed?

It's because IT companies prefer to fill job-slots with low-wage H-1B applicants, regardless of skill level.

[Tuco-bad]

It's because IT companies prefer to fill job-slots with low-wage H-1B applicants, regardless of skill level.

Now coporations are going to the next level: Outsourcing IT projects to foreign countries (i.e., India).

[Joe Brower]

It's because IT companies prefer to fill job-slots with low-wage H-1B applicants, regardless of skill level.

Roger that. Qualcomm in San Diego was doing this big-time in San Diego as far back as 1994 when I took a position there. The managerial mindset (oxymoron, I know) was, "Hey, we get three of these guys/gals for what one American costs us!", when the reality is that we Americans had to recode damn near everything these folks slapped together after they left. Some were good, but most generated nothing more than endless megs of sh!tcode.