HappySqurriel said:
Maybe it is different in the United States, but most countries have specific skilled labour visas and you have to have education & experience in fields where there is a demonstrated shortage of domestic workers to qualify. Under these rules it is unlikely that any of these people would take a job away from a local worker. |
The whole "Demonstrated shortage" in the IT field is that the industry has run VERY picky standards for what they look for, and don't want to train anyone, and will get rid of workers and replace them with a said perfect mix. If you know C++, and proficient in Object Oriented Design and coding, it doesn't matter if they want Java. You need X years of Java. Recruiters will also say, if you were out of work in the IT field for over 6 months, they can't place you, because your skills are too old. With this as a reality, it sounds like the IT industry has more than enough workers, right? How can an industry being incredibily picky, suddenly claim it has a labor shortage.