To H-1B Or Not To H-1B?

“Are we facing an IT shortage of crisis proportions, or systematically destroying a skilled and capable homegrown workforce?

Dave Lovelace laughs when you ask about the purported shortage of qualified IT workers. He has 35 years of senior-level IT experience under his belt, ranging from systems programming to systems engineering to business development. He’s published a number of well-regarded books on storage technology, forged strategic alliances between multinational vendors, and negotiated multimillion-dollars contracts.

And, apparently, nobody needs his services.

Over the past 24 months, Lovelace has applied for hundreds of jobs in Silicon Valley, where he’s based. It’s rare he gets even a courtesy e-mail or call in return.

“I’m not just sending out resumes to every job posting, but only the ones I’m qualified for,” said Lovelace, who just finished a book on storage migration for the SAP environment. “There’s clearly no shortage of technology workers. If that were the case, I’d been getting dozens of calls every week, and salaries would be going through the roof. And that’s just not happening.” …”

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Tags: H-1B, InformationWeek, IT-shortage, technology_worker-shortage

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