Fewer foreign IT professionals coming to California

Newsjock

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Wed Jul-28-10 01:34 PM
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Fewer foreign IT professionals coming to California

Source: Sacramento Bee

The number of skilled, temporary foreign worker visas issued for jobs in California has plummeted since the start of the recession, according to new data from the Department of Homeland Security.

H1B visas are a hot topic in California. A lot of high-tech companies use them to fill positions, saying there's not enough available American help to do the job. They've long infuriated local IT professionals having trouble finding work.

But since 2007, the number of H1B visas issued for work in California has fallen 30 percent. In 2009, there were about 54,000 such visas issued, compared to 76,000 during 2007.

Read more: http://blogs.sacbee.com/the-public-eye/2010/07/the-number-of-skilled-temporary.html

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lob1

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Wed Jul-28-10 01:43 PM
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1. Good for California.

H1B's are just a legal way to undercut American jobs and salaries.

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Cant trust em

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Wed Jul-28-10 01:54 PM
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2. I don't really have a problem bringing over select experts from foreign countries

that are at the top of their field. If they can come to an American company and help develop the next big thing, then I think that could be a great boon to our industries.

However (big however here) we shouldn't use that philosophy to just bring in a ton of average people just so we can have an excuse to pay them less than American workers.

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lob1

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Wed Jul-28-10 02:00 PM
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3. Your first sentence is what they say...your second

sentence is what they do.

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Cant trust em

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Wed Jul-28-10 02:05 PM
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4. They do both. They just do one a lot more than the other. nt

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Lance_Boyle

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Wed Jul-28-10 02:13 PM
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5. This just means they are hiring Indians in India instead of Indians in America.

It's not a trend reversal.

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KarenS

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Wed Jul-28-10 02:26 PM
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6. yep,,,, that's exactly what it means. n/t

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