There are just very few people who are unemployed that are willing to apply themselves to the job, and this is driving the demand to bring in people from other countries. If only we could upgrade the illegal immigrants flooding into this country to these highly trained technical positions....
The class of professional unemployed has shrunk to its lowest level ever, if you take into consideration that a lot of people are out there working on a temp basis, or are self-employed on a contract with various clients.
Skills based immigration should be our aim and is what UK, Australia, NZ shoot for. One skill being to speak English. Family reunification dominates our legal immigration quotas, brings in more of the low skilled and unskilled
I get job offers from all over the country. I can name my salary. I like this company but if I don't get these jobs filled I will leave.