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Tech Czar Unimpressed With US IT Workforce

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the faint-praise dept.

theodp writes, "'The IT work force is not skilled enough and almost never can be skilled enough,' said Robert Cresanti, Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology. So what does the Poli Sci grad and ex-General Counsel for the ITAA think is the answer? Open the gates to more foreign workers, urged Cresanti, including H-1B holders."

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  1. Re:Green Card by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Informative

    How about instead of H1-Bs, we fast-track green cards for people with needed skills, or is that not enough like indentured servitude?

    I've seen H-1B abuse with my own eyes at a very large telecom. They want people they can manipulate, not full-blown citizens with real choices. There is no "shortage", just lobbyists looking for an angle. See about this Rand study:

    http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB1505/in dex1.html

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