I know the people I work for appreciate those real skills coming to this country. They like the fact they can pay 50% or less for the skills v. what local people want with the same skills.
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 8:00 PM, Qasim Rasheed <qasim.li...@gmail.com>wrote: > > Scott, > > I know your comments weren't directed towards anyone in particular and I > have also seen the misuse of the program myself. However the thing that > bothers me that people try to put all the blame on this program. I know, I > came to this country legally, paid all my taxes for 7+ years and earned my > green card. I hope we all appreciate the usefulness of real skills coming > to > this country (which I am now proud to call my second home). > > Thanks > > Qasim > > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 4:44 PM, Scott Stewart <sstwebwo...@bellsouth.net > >wrote: > > > > > There's nothing wrong with the program, if as you said it's used > > appropriately. But it is a program that needs to be tightened up by the > new > > administration so that there is less chance for abuse. > > > > Unfortunately it's a program that I've personally been burned by a couple > > of > > times. > > > > Qasim, I hope you understand that my comments don't reflect on you > > personally. > > > > -- > > Scott Stewart > > ColdFusion Developer > > 4405 Oakshyre Way > > Raleigh, NC 27616 > > (h) 919.874.6229 (c) 703.220.2835 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Qasim Rasheed [mailto:qasim.li...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 4:32 PM > > To: cf-jobs-talk > > Subject: Re: Thinking of a career change.. how does one get into > Technical > > Recruiting.. > > > > > > What's wrong with H1B visa if used appropriately. I came to this country > > based on that facility and have been able to become a permanent citizen. > > > > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Ravi Gehlot <r...@ravigehlot.net> > wrote: > > > > > > > > Correct. There are good recruiters as there are bad ones. There are > good > > > and bad everywhere. So it is important to work with someone that you > > > trust. Every programmer must do their own research. > > > > > > Ravi. > > > > > > > > > Scott Stewart wrote: > > > > I've worked with both, if I do go down this road I know who I don't > > want > > > to > > > > be and that the guy who recruits by attrition. I've been the > recipient > > of > > > > the fishing email and phone calls dozens of times, and it's never > > panned > > > > out. > > > > > > > > Someone with horribly broken English calls about a job half way > across > > > the > > > > country and my first response is "are they considering > telecommuters", > > > the > > > > answer is usually no, or "what?". > > > > > > > > My next question is "is your client willing to contract a relocation > > > company > > > > to move myself and my wife and buy our house". The answer again is > > > usually > > > > no, and then they ask if I'm willing to rent an apartment wherever > the > > > job > > > > is, my answer is always no, because by this point, their asking me to > > > take a > > > > financial loss to work for their client. > > > > > > > > On the other hand there are a handful of recruiters with whom I have > > had > > > > very very successful relationships with, and one in particular who > has > > > > become a pretty good friend.. why, because they're honest stand up > > people > > > > who look at prospective employment candidates as something more than > > just > > > an > > > > email address or a means to fulfill US State Department guidelines, > to > > > bring > > > > in H1B Visas candidates. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Scott Stewart > > > > ColdFusion Developer > > > > 4405 Oakshyre Way > > > > Raleigh, NC 27616 > > > > (h) 919.874.6229 (c) 703.220.2835 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/message.cfm/messageid:4210 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11
