Posted on 04/01/2009 9:45:20 AM PDT by TSgt
Want ads from AIG, government contractor, and minority-owned owned companies specifically targeting current H-1B work visa holders or foreign citizens eligible for the H-1B program dispel the myth that US companies recruit locally before going abroad for their top-dollar, white collar job openings. These want ads are but the tip of the iceberg that will emerge when the Dept of Labor grants permits to U.S. companies to hire foreign workers filling upwards of 85,000 job openings in Fiscal Year 2010 under the H-1B visa program.
These corporations have given other citizens the first crack at these job openings; Congress should immediately enact emergency legislation to give US citizens and green card holders at least the second crack to compete for these US job openings
No wonder Congress and the American people believe the myth that companies first seek American workers - they can't see these want ads!
We've caught 13 companies red handed here. Several of these ads go so far as to proclaim, in effect, 'No Americans need apply'. One corporate want ad states, 'We will not consider Green card holders'
Chicago, IL (PRWEB) March 31, 2009 -- Job losses, rather than job gains for U.S. workers, are signaled by 13 "H-1B Only" want ads uncovered by brightfuturejobs.com, a grassroots lobbying organization counteracting claims that Americans can't cut-it in science and technology. Bright Future Jobs is seeking H-1B reform and is currently displaying a selection of 13 H-1b want ads out of thousands of such ads found on the web. The organization wants to force all U.S. companies to seek local talent - highly skilled specialty workers - for their US job openings before allowing these companies to recruit abroad.
"These want ads are but the tip of the iceberg that will emerge when the Dept of Labor grants permits to U.S. companies to hire foreign workers filling upwards of 85,000 job openings in Fiscal Year 2010 under the H-1B visa program."
It is clear from research conducted that corporations have given citizens from abroad the first crack at these job openings. "These corporations have given other citizens the first crack at these job openings; Congress should immediately enact emergency legislation to give US citizens and green card holders at least the second crack to compete for these US job openings," demanded Donna Conroy, the lobbying organization's director.
Since March 2009, Brightfuturejobs.com has collected over 300 want ads that call for "H-1B only" and over 1200 that designate a preference or target citizens from abroad. Unless unchecked, companies will hire thousands of foreign workers for U.S. job openings starting on October 1, 2009 and continuing through September 30, 2010.
In the effort to research the offering of American jobs to citizens from abroad, Conroy said that the lobbying organization made an interesting discovery. Although some of the wants ads were posted on U.S. based internet job sites, many were not. Most of the web postings aren't available to U.S. internet users searching for jobs. Many job sites in which corporations are hiring citizens from abroad for Americans jobs are filtering or blocking American IP addresses. "No wonder Congress and the American people believe the myth that companies first seek American workers - they can't see these want ads!" said Conroy.
"We've caught 13 companies red handed here. Several of these ads go so far as to proclaim, in effect, 'No Americans need apply'. One corporate want ad states, 'We will not consider Green card holders'," objected Conroy.
Ads say skill is not required, but fees from the foreign worker are.
Two of the ads call for entry level skills, or free training. Several state ''any graduate, any specialization - graduation not required.'' Infotech Global, with offices in New Jersey, conducted walk-in interviews in India. They also require the employee to sign a bond contract, requiring the foreign worker to pay a fee if the worker doesn't stay with the company for at least 18 months (pg. 4).
According to their ad, Infotech Global requires the foreign worker to deposit $2,050 in a jointly held bank account between the company and the foreign worker (pg. 3); ISHIR Infotech, a minority-owned company in Texas also states in their ad that the foreign worker must pay for visa fees of $1,570 (pg.11). According to H-1b law, employers are required to pay for all visa processing fees.
Ebusinessware, located in New York City and recruiting 20 database admins to work in Malvern, PA (pg. 5) requires a deposit of $1,660 that would be forfeited if the employee quit before a two year period, according to the company handbook posted on their website.
Ads show companies range from small to global, some receive direct government funding
At least two companies are recipients of government contracts or awards. Viva USA, based in Illinois, received a GSA IT Schedule 70 award; Software International received $250,000 award from the state of New Jersey. Software International's want ad (pg. 14) specifically targeted unemployed H-1bs with the headline ''Have H-1b But No Job?''
An ad from AIG's offshore subsidiary (pg. 13) is seeking an H-1B who's currently in the US with another employer. Despite attempts by some legislators, the Employ American Workers Act (EAWA) doesn't bar AIG from recruiting in this matter.
Ad #11, eliminating US citizens and green card holders, is attempting to fill a position in Sunnyvale, CA where the foreign worker would be hired by IBM India.
Benefits Offered in Want Ads Many of these ads list standard benefits packages, with unique perks like free guest or corporate housing. Datavibes, located in Pennsylvania, offers to cover the first 6 months of car payments for the foreign worker (pg. 12). Many offer ''free Green Card processing'' as a company benefit. Companies or job openings were in these states: CA, GA, IL, NJ, PA, TX
The middle class is being killed from both ends. On one side you have cheap illegal Hispanic labor and on the other you have imported cheap H1B labor.
Go to college! Get a technology or engineering degree! Why bother? Either your job is going to be offshored or your company is going to import Habib for 1/3 of what they are paying you.
I refuse to believe that Americans cannot be retrained or that there is simply not enough technology and engineering types available to fill these positions.
The H1B has been and continues to be a ruse.
Paging heiss...heiss please pickup the white courtesy phone...
UNEMPLOYED?
thank you local congressman for the H1-B program
Impoverished peoples don’t get uppity about politics.
Watch out, the H1-B fascist’s will be here soon, with their flame throwers. Start donning asbestos clothing.
Foreign workers are cheaper, they don’t have HUGE student loads to pay off! They usually live cheaper. If you have to fired them, they go back overseas!
I paged one of them, heiss.
He’s a real fan of selling out his countrymen...
One corporate want ad states, 'We will not consider Green card holders'
That is not proof of not being willing to hire Americans - to the contrary, it could indicate that they will ONLY hire full American citizens.
I put my resume online and was called by 3 companies. Each of them was an H1B making the call. I went to an interview at 1 and there where 20 h1bs on the team and the manager admitted they hire them to keep costs down.
This program needs terminated immediately. My company has fired over 15k US workers to replace them with foreign workers. Yet still reported profits. Why do they do this so the damn CEO and other executives can get their damn bonuses. Which by the way have been suspended for all other employees. With the bad economy and all.
Having spoken to immigration lawyers, the want ads are a joke. The description is so absurd as to be impossible to find a legitimate applicant.
No green cards, and no work visas until further notice. We have enough unemployed of our own to look out for. We do not need to be importing foreigners for employment purposes. As to the engineering and technology degrees, the Leftists, headed by Bill Ayers and his ilk, have taken over public education and ensured that American kids are unprepared for that kind of education and those jobs, although they know a whole lot about saving the Earth. H-1B is Exhibit A in the case of how Congress’ priorities are perverted to the point to favoring foreigners at the expense of American citizens, and have been for decades. I cannot make that observation without adding that this is to a large degree the work of Senator Splash, whose point person on open borders and amnesty is now in charge of policy at ICE.
GenX PING (something college educated Xers have had to deal with more than previous generations).
Bill Gates was one who pushed for such workers in the past.
33 Billion dollars in personal wealth and he still doesn’t have enough.
I loathe million, er BILLION, dollar Marxists.
He can do with his money as he sees fit. He used his wealth to lobby how the government spends my tax dollars.
It’s now becoming incestuous as these companies are hiring H1B MBA’s which intern hire more H1B’s as in the example you provided.
Man you got that right ... unemployed Silicon Valley engineer ... thanks Hajii
Having proof of what we've known is nice though...
No American business is obligated or required to " pay an American a respectable salary", other than the silly minimum wage law. Businesses don't exist to provide jobs and salaries. They exist to make a profit. If foreign workers are less expensive to hire, it's not the fault of the business that wants to hire them. You may have a valid point on the H1B's, but take it up with the lawmakers.
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