The fact of the matter is that, unwilling to pay the going market rate, certain corporations fabricate a woeful tale of technical personnel shortages. They also use this manufactured "crisis" to keep pushing Congress to increase immigration quotas and work visas for the technical people they so "desparately" need.
I agree 100%! The Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel ran an article a few weeks ago that the local high-tech firms couldn't find any people (boo hoo!). The head of human resources at Siemens of Boca Raton was quoted. I had my resume in the mail that day, explaining that my background was in power distribution and control (with a P.E. license), and that I'd like to meet with him to learn if there was a niche for me at Siemens (for example, in facilities management, when they have to retool their factory to pump out new products) -- and if their only need was for people with a telecommunications background, I'd still be happy to meet with him to learn if I could retrain in that direction.
A few weeks later, I received a rejection postcard from them. The guy didn't even have the decency to meet with me to offer advice.
As far as I'm concerned it's EXACTLY as you say; they are playing a big game to make people believe they are hurting for workers, so they can bring in people from India and pay them $5/hour, while laying off all their American workers.
The unemployment rate for engineers is supposedly only 1%, and I'm one of them. It's not a good feeling, and it's especially frustrating because I have solid experience and credentials, and have been told by previous employers that I was a very valuable employee. |
