RE: interesting contradiction about needing H1B workers

["John Brandt Sr." <pgmr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rick,
It certainly sounds like they want the applicants to mimic the position
requirements and make the resume look just like the job description. The
more interesting part is the "exchange" of experience with non-IT degrees.
This allows the employer to allow almost anyone from an offshore country to
qualify, as most degrees in places like India that are not from the
"Top-line" universities are suspect and completely unverifiable. Most of
their degrees are from technical colleges and universities and only require
2 years to complete (beginning at age 16 or so), but show up on the resume
as a 4 year degree.

I also wonder how often they require offshore sites to take lie-detector
tests and drug tests and drug screening. I'll just bet that background
screening is a nightmare, especially in some of the Indian provinces where
the entire local government is communist. 

John Brandt
iStudio400.com

-----Original Message-----
From: rick.baird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rick.baird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 8:26 AM
To: Non-Technical Discussion about the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: RE: interesting contradiction about needing H1B workers



John,

It does appear that they have over-written the job description to
under-qualify local applicants, thus ensuring that offshore is the only way
to meet requirements.

Kindof like writing a 'request for proposal' to ensure that one and only
one vendor can meet requirements.

Rick

----Original Message-------
FYI.
They have 56 job listings. I'm assuming since they are pretty close to the
valley, and they are a non-profit that they aren't offering much money, but
you never know. I did find it interesting that the description and
qualifications for a Jr. Programmer is a typewritten page (below).
I guess the only way we would know is to actually call them or apply for a
job.

John Brandt
iStudio400.com


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