Yeah, there are lots of older high-tech workers out there who haven't gotten jobs since the 2002 slump. How about hiring them back first and THEN we'll talk about bringing in more H1-B visa folks?
"Yeah, there are lots of older high-tech workers out there who haven't gotten jobs since the 2002 slump. How about hiring them back first and THEN we'll talk about bringing in more H1-B visa folks?"
Absolutely. Employers love green-card workers because they can treat them "anyhow they want" (in the words of one of them) - the green-cards need employer-certification in order to stay here.
When a slow-down occurs, guess who are the first workers to get laid off? (Not the green-cards.)
Fact, and thanks for saying it. I know this from personal experience. Many of us 40-50 y/o's retrained in object-oriented IT, so we have both the new stuff and the "dead" technologies experience. I can refer you to many of these folks; problem is, many of us have left IT for other fields.
I saw a piece in an online IT mag about displaced IT-ers retraining in advanced radiology technologies (MRI, CT, etc) b/c thier computer backgrounds were welcome. Guess what?