While it is rare that someified help that we need at currently pre- one exactly matches a job description in the .ng wages. Should there be any question esoteric world of software and hardware. the this point. prepare the most qualified candidates mental acumen is a more imporware resume of which you can think and tant indicator of success than any specific it to Microsoft. There is a 95 percent language or platform. ice that they will not even acknowledge The real purpose behind any attempt to lift visa restrictions is. in my opinion. to Lere not being a true software profes- allow importation of cheap labor. Part of my al shortage makes us face this for what past coworkers were hired on HlB visas. and -the HiB program is in effect an inden- they were tied to an employer in the manner d servant program. H1B workers typi- of an indentured servant. while perfectly y work at lower wages than Americans. qualified American citizens did not get the with less complaint. job. This might be fine in farm labor. but * * * * * there are many Americans who would fill the e current technology revolution has the open positions if allowed. ase of restoring broad middle class pros- We are basically saying OK. lets inty. which has been severely eroded .... crease the numbers in a temporary * * * * * way. But let us also develop training wages do increase to reflect temporary programs so Americans can fill those tages. this soon corrects Itself by more jobs in the future.
Identified stereotypes
H1B workers are portrayed as cheap labor who work for lower wages and with less complaint.