The Bill Gates Show http://blog.noslaves.com/the-bill-gates-show/ Cyberactivism on Trade, Economics and Labor Arbitrage Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:39:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 The Bill Gates Show http://blog.noslaves.com/the-bill-gates-show/#comment-1663 Watcher Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:42:55 +0000 http://blog.noslaves.com/the-bill-gates-show/#comment-1663 Bill Gates needs to get real and start promoting programs in the USA to entice youngsters into programs in school that will give the kids the skills needed to do the job he claims has shortage of skilled workers. In fact, what he is doing is promoting a system that imports cheap labour to drive down wages, this becomes a self fulfilling cycle of wage declines as more and more people will come into the country because no one will work for the low wages provided by one of the richest guys on the planet. Bill Gates needs to get real and start promoting programs in the USA to entice youngsters into programs in school that will give the kids the skills needed to do the job he claims has shortage of skilled workers.

In fact, what he is doing is promoting a system that imports cheap labour to drive down wages, this becomes a self fulfilling cycle of wage declines as more and more people will come into the country because no one will work for the low wages provided by one of the richest guys on the planet.

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]]> The Bill Gates Show http://blog.noslaves.com/the-bill-gates-show/#comment-1603 MDT Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:26:48 +0000 http://blog.noslaves.com/the-bill-gates-show/#comment-1603 Here you go, you are losing the fight- Not one week after Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates testified in Congress, various sources are reporting that House leaders intend to bring up legislation that would increase high-skilled foreign worker visas. H.R. 5630, sponsored by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), would increase the annual cap for high-tech H-1B visas from 65,000 to 130,000 starting this year, and up to 180,000 by the year 2010. This legislation also makes it easier for foreign students who are graduates in high-tech fields to enter or stay in the U.S. and compete with U.S. graduates.(Congress Now, March 2008) Here you go, you are losing the fight-

Not one week after Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates testified in
Congress, various sources are reporting that House leaders intend to
bring up legislation that would increase high-skilled foreign worker
visas. H.R. 5630, sponsored by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), would
increase the annual cap for high-tech H-1B visas from 65,000 to
130,000 starting this year, and up to 180,000 by the year 2010.
This legislation also makes it easier for foreign students who are
graduates in high-tech fields to enter or stay in the U.S. and compete
with U.S. graduates.(Congress Now, March 2008)

]]> The Bill Gates Show http://blog.noslaves.com/the-bill-gates-show/#comment-1575 Bob Oak Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:16:59 +0000 http://blog.noslaves.com/the-bill-gates-show/#comment-1575 On the rejection rate, <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/jobsblog/archive/2004/12/30/344485.aspx" rel="nofollow">Microsoft job blog</a> in one year says 55 hires from 6000 applications. Then, Matloff quotes a general <a href="http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/itaa.real.html" rel="nofollow">2%</a> hire rate. I cannot seem to find the raw data right now but I've seen this quoted and generally, even in the height of the "dot con" era, I saw most people rejected for jobs. On increasing a scholarship fee, yes we're for that I wrote up a detailed <a href="http://blog.noslaves.com/congress-corporations-dont-want-to-invest-in-super-smart-americans/" rel="nofollow">blog post</a> on Corporations stopping the scholarship program. They will stop at nothing and it's clear from the legislation they promote oppose, this is about global labor arbitrage, not about talent or immigration. I don't know what I would do personally having one of the richest guys in the world in my face, but I sure do know what Congress should do and that's stand up for the US worker and the real facts. On the rejection rate, Microsoft job blog in one year says 55 hires from 6000 applications.

Then, Matloff quotes a general 2% hire rate. I cannot seem to find the raw data right now but I’ve seen this quoted and generally, even in the height of the “dot con” era, I saw most people rejected for jobs.

On increasing a scholarship fee, yes we’re for that I wrote up a detailed blog post on Corporations stopping the scholarship program.

They will stop at nothing and it’s clear from the legislation they promote oppose, this is about global labor arbitrage, not about talent or immigration. I don’t know what I would do personally having one of the richest guys in the world in my face, but I sure do know what Congress should do and that’s stand up for the US worker and the real facts.

]]> The Bill Gates Show http://blog.noslaves.com/the-bill-gates-show/#comment-1573 Anon Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:30:48 +0000 http://blog.noslaves.com/the-bill-gates-show/#comment-1573 Excellent post. You present strong arguments for reforming the loophole ridden H-1B program. Employers are addicted to guest worker visas. They will never have enough. The more visas they get, the more Americans avoid or are forced out of technology, and the less competitive America becomes. Two questions: * The quoted 98% rejection rate. Is there any hard evidence available to support this? Are there any numbers on how many resumes they receive each year, attrition rates, average age or career length, ... * Another reform solution that Congress rejected: increase h1b visa fees and use them to award scholarships to US citizens. Your thoughts on this? Excellent post. You present strong arguments for reforming the loophole ridden H-1B program.

Employers are addicted to guest worker visas. They will never have enough. The more visas they get, the more Americans avoid or are forced out of technology, and the less competitive America becomes.

Two questions:

* The quoted 98% rejection rate. Is there any hard evidence available to support this? Are there any numbers on how many resumes they receive each year, attrition rates, average age or career length, …

* Another reform solution that Congress rejected: increase h1b visa fees and use them to award scholarships to US citizens. Your thoughts on this?

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