Comments on: Significant Level of Fraud in H-1B Visas http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/significant_level_of_fraud_in_h-1b_visas/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:28:09 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Dave Schuler http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/significant_level_of_fraud_in_h-1b_visas/comment-page-1/#comment-517473 Dave Schuler Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:30:02 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/?p=26190#comment-517473 Additionally, it's my understanding that there are now schools in India and the Philippines that are producing graduates to spec. Additionally, it's my understanding that there are now schools in India and the Philippines that are producing graduates to spec.

]]> By: Rick DeMent http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/significant_level_of_fraud_in_h-1b_visas/comment-page-1/#comment-517468 Rick DeMent Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:12:18 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/?p=26190#comment-517468 <blockquote>I’ve made the suggestion before: there should be a central clearing house where those petitioning for H-1B visas should be required to advertise the positions.</blockquote> Dave, In a system where companies sincerely want to find domestic labor, there would be no need for this. The fact is companies simply don't want to hire skilled American workers because they demand a market wage. As a tech worker on both sides of the hiring table I have seen how this works up close. US worker, highly trained in networking or development, want a wage that is commensurate with that training. Foreign workers get that training subsidized and are used to a much lower standard of living. Firms find a foreign worker they what to hire, figure out all the of the skills and technologies that one workers has training and or experience in and that becomes the job posting. The likelihood that will find a candidate that has that precise resume is remote at best. Even if they do they can often find any number of other factors that will disqualify the domestic worker. I was looking for a job about two years ago and had a resume that matched a posting to the letter. I had an inside contact at the company, although not in that hiring department. I was turned down because the H1b worker they decided to hire had a computer science degree and I didn't (although I had much more experience in some of the technologies they were looking for). Oh did I mention the H1b worker was offered a salary about 60% of what I would have been offered). It's not only easy to cheat the system but profitable for a number of reasons. In this case your clearing house would not solve the problem because they could simply add more "requirements" on the the posting to make it sound like the domestic worker is not suitable. The list of things they what IT people to know for the most routine jobs these days insures that no one will fit the bill other then the pre-screed and selected foreign worker(with their subsidized higher education and a whole host of government sponsored goodies).

I’ve made the suggestion before: there should be a central clearing house where those petitioning for H-1B visas should be required to advertise the positions.

Dave,

In a system where companies sincerely want to find domestic labor, there would be no need for this. The fact is companies simply don't want to hire skilled American workers because they demand a market wage. As a tech worker on both sides of the hiring table I have seen how this works up close.

US worker, highly trained in networking or development, want a wage that is commensurate with that training. Foreign workers get that training subsidized and are used to a much lower standard of living. Firms find a foreign worker they what to hire, figure out all the of the skills and technologies that one workers has training and or experience in and that becomes the job posting.

The likelihood that will find a candidate that has that precise resume is remote at best. Even if they do they can often find any number of other factors that will disqualify the domestic worker.

I was looking for a job about two years ago and had a resume that matched a posting to the letter. I had an inside contact at the company, although not in that hiring department. I was turned down because the H1b worker they decided to hire had a computer science degree and I didn't (although I had much more experience in some of the technologies they were looking for). Oh did I mention the H1b worker was offered a salary about 60% of what I would have been offered).

It's not only easy to cheat the system but profitable for a number of reasons. In this case your clearing house would not solve the problem because they could simply add more "requirements" on the the posting to make it sound like the domestic worker is not suitable. The list of things they what IT people to know for the most routine jobs these days insures that no one will fit the bill other then the pre-screed and selected foreign worker(with their subsidized higher education and a whole host of government sponsored goodies).

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