Comments on: H-1Bs not going like hotcakes

Federal agency receives petitions for just 6,400 of the extra 20,000 guest-worker visas available for this year.

[Marcus Westrup]

Too restrictive

A great reason to bring in foreign skilled people is Because they are foreign skilled. Different academic backgrounds lead to new ways of thinking, new ideas and a fresh attitude. Requiring a US education defeats the purpose of H-B1.
Keeping the status quo does Not promote innovation.

[gfsdfge]

I think the idea was

that Corp America stated many times that they were losing the graduates because the H1-B visa cap was to low. So it looks like they have to eat their words. Seems like once the graduate has graduated, they can live in their own country and still get a middle class job with an American firm. Why live here and put up with the culture differences. Also, many of the US Corps that were bringing in H1?s don?t need to anymore. They have opened facilities in foreign countries. This allows for cheap labor, and bringing labor here on L1 visas that are not capped at all.

[Marcus Westrup]

Too restrictive

A great reason to bring in foreign skilled people is Because they are foreign skilled. Different academic backgrounds lead to new ways of thinking, new ideas and a fresh attitude. Requiring a US education defeats the purpose of H-B1.
Keeping the status quo does Not promote innovation.

[gfsdfge]

I think the idea was

that Corp America stated many times that they were losing the graduates because the H1-B visa cap was to low. So it looks like they have to eat their words. Seems like once the graduate has graduated, they can live in their own country and still get a middle class job with an American firm. Why live here and put up with the culture differences. Also, many of the US Corps that were bringing in H1?s don?t need to anymore. They have opened facilities in foreign countries. This allows for cheap labor, and bringing labor here on L1 visas that are not capped at all.

Industry isn't applying the new H1B's because it is looking for cheap labor

No doubt part of the US education process involves learning the ability to not sell yourself cheap. And that is probably part of the reason why industry isn't jumping for the newly released H1B visas.

Also, restricting H1-B applications to Master or higher means industry cannot import workers just to replace basic jobs that anyone, with any education can do. Such software jobs include QA Engineer, Build Engineer, Unix scripter... and alike.

Almost every H1B'er I have seen, has taken such a mundane development position, that's why they want people with BS degrees (because they are cheaper than MS degree or higher, as far as H1B applicants go).

What US industry wants (but does not need) is to import more people with BS degrees, in order to fill jobs that represent opportunities for US workers.

It is a fact that there are many people in software development (at all levels) that do not possess Compter Science degrees.

Industry isn't applying the new H1B's because it is looking for cheap labor

No doubt part of the US education process involves learning the ability to not sell yourself cheap. And that is probably part of the reason why industry isn't jumping for the newly released H1B visas.

Also, restricting H1-B applications to Master or higher means industry cannot import workers just to replace basic jobs that anyone, with any education can do. Such software jobs include QA Engineer, Build Engineer, Unix scripter... and alike.

Almost every H1B'er I have seen, has taken such a mundane development position, that's why they want people with BS degrees (because they are cheaper than MS degree or higher, as far as H1B applicants go).

What US industry wants (but does not need) is to import more people with BS degrees, in order to fill jobs that represent opportunities for US workers.

It is a fact that there are many people in software development (at all levels) that do not possess Compter Science degrees.

I wonder is news.com is marginalizing this article?

I replied to this article only a few hours ago where it was present on the news.com home page.

Suddenly it is now marginalized.

This is a serious issue. And this report highlights an important fact. One that I think IT industry lobbyists don't want let out.

One possibility is that management really doesn't want the word to get out.

Namely that the IT industry isn't really interested in paying a living wage in the US.

I wonder is news.com is marginalizing this article?

I replied to this article only a few hours ago where it was present on the news.com home page.

Suddenly it is now marginalized.

This is a serious issue. And this report highlights an important fact. One that I think IT industry lobbyists don't want let out.

One possibility is that management really doesn't want the word to get out.

Namely that the IT industry isn't really interested in paying a living wage in the US.

[b2bhandshake]

H-1Bs not going like hotcakes... because

Well, the reason is simple enough, and hidden in the article. The 20K H1-B's are not 'regular' work-visas but special category ones only to be issued to those [foreigners] who have graduated out of Schools in the US with a Masters'...

Although there are bound to be over 20,000 foreigners graduating, not all of them are going to be technical and interested in pursuing a career in the US.

- MB
http://www.garamchai.com/mohan

[b2bhandshake]

H-1Bs not going like hotcakes... because

Well, the reason is simple enough, and hidden in the article. The 20K H1-B's are not 'regular' work-visas but special category ones only to be issued to those [foreigners] who have graduated out of Schools in the US with a Masters'...

Although there are bound to be over 20,000 foreigners graduating, not all of them are going to be technical and interested in pursuing a career in the US.

- MB
http://www.garamchai.com/mohan