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To: Charles Hughes who wrote (10335)	4/20/1998 10:12:00 AM
From: seth thomas	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14631

It is kind of strange - I see some comments, and even a letter to the editor or two in the San Jose Mercury News about how hard it is to find a job - and then see nearly 50 pages of help wanted ads in the same paper, ranging from every possible type of skilled, unskilled, and professional job you can think of. I didn't count, but it looks like thousands of jobs need filling - and that's just in Silicon Valley, in one paper. Not all jobs are listed there, either. For example, one of my companies is looking for 15 - 20 people, and there's not an ad for them. So, maybe there are 10,000 - 20,000 open positions in the Valley? Go figure.

To: Charles Hughes who wrote (10335)	4/20/1998 3:53:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14631

Charles, Interesting NY Times article. But the chart at the bottom seems erroneous? It says "here are the companies that employ the largest number of workers with H1 visas". Then they list Tata (who I have worked with) as number 6 or something with 400+ workers. Huh? That can't be right. Intel alone must employ over 1000 workers on H1 visa status. I can off the top of my head name 50 H1-B visa workers at Silicon Graphics. Maybe this is one of those lying with statistics things. Does the visa type change after they've worked in their job for 6 mos or something? I can't remember. Michelle