I couldn't believe Pres Bush's speech. He boasted about adding 500,000 H1B visas....then he added the phrase for high tech workers.
There are 100,000's of thousands of disemployed computer programmers right here in the US. IT hiring has only recently begun to improve overall. Now he wants to give those few new jobs to people from other coutries while kicking his own citizen in the teeth? Why the preference for the other by the elties? What is going on here?
Pres. Bush believes that India is the future. I want a president who believes that America is the future.
I see you fly the MN flag. While I'm making good money down here in cornland, I've had numerous recruiters from Mpls-StPaul try to get me to relocate there because they cannot find any IT people in the Twin Cities willing and able to work for six figures. (banks, insurance, retail)
Likewise, where I'm currently at. There are numerous positions open. The company is paying recruiters. There are postings on sites like computerjobs.com, dice.com, etc. One third of the people I work beside are immigrants. (illegal? don't ask, don't tell).
My mailbox is constantly filled with recruiters, especially for jobs in IL, WI, MI but also for jobs in VA, NC, SC, GA, FL, TX. (I rarely get anything from the leftcoast. Maybe that reflects my marketing approach or my skill set or lack of jobs.) A couple times a month a recruiter specifically states that google found my resume on my FReeRepublic homepage. Take a look at your FR homepage. How does that sell your skills ?
I know and talk to IT workers in the large companies in the midwest at user group meetings, and in techie chat rooms. Many shops are looking for people willing and able to do what is needed. Unemployed conservatives have told me that they would rather stay on compensation until it runs out than take a job that is "beneath" them because it is "old technology". Of course, the tried and true technology where a company can make a profit is where the jobs are. Holding out for a job in a "bubble" that is not profitable indicates one is not logical and not qualified to work in a career that requires logic.
Companies have 3 choices:
1) Bring in immigrants (whatever their status)
2) Outsource to India
3) Kill the project.
I've seen all 3. With #1, I benefit as 2/3 of the jobs are still available for me (and all of those can't be filled with citizens yet). #2 and #3 mean I'm out of a job.