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More H-1B Visas |
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No skills = no job |
| Date Posted: |
10/08/2000 |
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The high-tech human capital from this country has not been exhausted. I know several people, me included that are IT professionals that are out of work. The problem as stated in a previous message is that companies do not want to offer or provide training to upgrade skills, which I do not understand. Yes, you can go out and find training on your own but the cost is riduculous. The cost of training for an MCSD certification is almost what I paid for 4 years of collesge.
According to the Wall Street Journal, companies say that they cannot find people with the right skill sets. A person that is a true IT professional, ie didn't go to the bookstore and buy Website Development for Dummies, has the capabilities of easily learning any IT skill. Yes, there is a learning curve but I think there is a greater return to the companies.
First of all they don't have to deal with the H1 visa issues, they have a person that has already developed the non-technical skills needed to succeed in the workplace, and most likely they have developed industry skills.
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I find the argument that H1-B's are taking jobs from Americans ludicrous.
The simple fact is, there are at least 400,00 unfilled jobs in the IT industry in America. This figure was quoted regularly in the arguments for lifting the H1-B cap.
If your skill set is not up to date, then do the training. Why should the company spend the money to train you, simply so you can take your skills to another employer? It is pretty funny to hear IT professionals crying about loyalty and training after years of screwing the company.
Welcome to Capitalism 101!
On a less harsh note - good luck getting a job. It's no fun being out of work. Trust me - if you want to stay in IT then buy one of those book, self-learn, and get the skills.
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