How to disqualify US job applicants (so they can hire H1-B)
tags:MUST SEE VIDEO.. Real lawfirm seminar to companies HR dept. on hiring practices. "Our goal is clearly NOT TO FIND a qualified and interested U.S. worker."
Cohen & Grigsby - Hot Topics in Immigration Law
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=6BDB846548DA60F2
Cohen & Grigsby - Hot Topics in Immigration Law
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=6BDB846548DA60F2








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That's right. You GET the interview if you are qualified, so they can toss your resume legally, then hire non-citizen.
great.
wonderful.
What this implies, indirectly, is that qualification is not that important.
It's just a way to bring back indentured servitude. Sigh.
Lets say a company like Google using its rigorous selection process decides to hire a group of highly talented programmers. Invariably, a fraction of these programmers are not going to be American citizens and are going to demand basic residency (e.g. a green card) before they decide to setup shop in the U.S.
Now is it fair to the non-American programmer, to Google, or to any of us who consume Google products that an American programmer be hired instead if he/she sports the same bullet list of technical skills on their resume? The "no qualified American" requirement has a monochrome view of job candidates bining them based on qualification without addressing the competitiveness of candidates in the same bin. I don't think employers are looking to screw Americans out of a job in this case because, unlike outsourcing, they will be paying similar wages to the non-American workers (and dealing with the legal hassles).
Also, a large fraction of green card holders eventually become American citizens thus increasing the immigration of highly skilled workers into the country. What is needed is a set of green-card requirements that is more in tune with the market forces.
That is essentially what they are doing, except for the fact that valid US candidates apply and are disqualified by the hack lawyers and HR folks. They should go to jail for putting on this seminar.
The "spirit" of the law is only obeyed by nice humans, and corporations are not nice humans.
I agree it is stupid for all the tax dollars that go into higher education, most of the technology grad students are foreigners, many have fellowships and grants... and why not encourage them to stay in the country and improve the ecomony. Look at many silicon valley ventures, google, ebay, etc. But instead we pay corporate welfare through NAFTA, restructuring, tax breaks, etc. to corporations to move jobs overseas.
Intel won't hire Chinese grads anymore because when they can't get a job here, they work for Intel in China. It is a joke.
(And student visas get a 1 yr work permit after graduation which they need to convert to H1-B or other status)
And Gates wrings his hands and wonders why more US students aren't pursuing Computer Science and IT degrees? Because the goddamn Corporations refuse to hire them when they can import UNSKILLED labor from Bangalore for 50% lower salary!
This has got to stop.
We IT workers eclipsed doctors, lawyers, politicians in the 1990's. They became jealous of us because we started getting more attention and money than they did.
In a pathetic attempt to regain their prestige the lawyers are now trying to kill the American IT workforce. What an ugly country.