Sunday, May 02, 2021

H-1B Good News/Bad News

OK, the bad news first.

...some 59 percent of respondents expected their foreign national headcount to increase next year, up from 53 percent in last year’s survey (and 46 percent the year before that). Some 96 percent said that sourcing foreign national employees was important to their company’s talent acquisition strategy, up from 93 percent the year before. ...

This has everything to do with money and very little to do with "talent", at least in the IT world.

Now the (maybe)-GOOD news:

...The U.S. Department of Labor currently wants public input on determining H-1B levels, suggesting that Biden is interested in potentially enacting a Trump-era proposal that would assign H-1B visas based on wages as opposed to a lottery. ...

IOW, no more cheap labor.  If you want to bet on what Biden* will do, look only at where campaign money is coming from.  Ignore the "national interest" because Biden* don't give a damn about "national interest."

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