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The Search for Skills: Demand for H-1B Immigrant Workers in U.S. Metropolitan Areas
Brookings Institution July 18, 2012 An analysis of the geography of H-1B visa requests — particularly in the metropolitan areas with the highest demand between 2001 and 2011 — reveals that: Demand for H-1B workers has fluctuated with economic and political cycles over the last decade and reflects a wide range of employers’ needs for […]
Read MoreHeartland Hungry For Engineers Beckons Foreign Graduates
Bloomberg July 18, 2012 Foreign-born engineers and scientists, long the prized recruits of companies in California’s Silicon Valley, are now increasingly finding a home in the U.S. Midwest. A report released today by the Brookings Institution found that while the San Jose, California, metropolitan area still leads the nation in hiring skilled foreign workers on […]
Read MoreMore H-1B Immigrant Demand in Metro Areas
National Journal July 18, 2012 There are some jobs that American business owners just can’t fill fast enough. No, these aren’t low-paying, backbreaking jobs in agriculture or factories, but in high-paying gigs in science, engineering, and health care fields. And most of the demand is in metropolitan areas. A triangle of Northeastern states—New York, New […]
Read MoreOpinion: Demand for H-1B Visas High Among Program’s Biggest Critics
National Journal July 18, 2012 Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., are among the harshest critics of the H-1B program, yet companies in their jurisdictions are among the highest requestors of H-1B workers in the United States, according to a new Brookings study released on Wednesday. The H-1B visa program is the largest, […]
Read MoreFlorida Universities Join Effort To Ease Visa Requirements For STEM Grads
NPR State Impact July 18, 2012 The presidents of more than 100 U.S. research universities signed a letter to President Obama and Congressional leaders urging them to make it easier for international students to get jobs in the country after they graduate. The letter argues that highly skilled workers in STEM fields — science, technology, […]
Read MoreCities Needing Highly Skilled Workers Aren’t Training Them
Bloomberg Businessweek July 18, 2012 Silicon Valley companies have long been the most outspoken protestors against the U.S. caps on visas for highly skilled foreign workers. The arbitrary caps, they say, have prevented them from filling jobs that they cannot find qualified Americans to perform. Yet it’s not just the high-tech hubs; heartland companies—in such […]
Read MoreHeartland H-1Bs: Foreign Tech Workers Beyond Silicon Valley
Wired July 18, 2012 The debate over foreign skilled workers in the United States divides along painfully predictable fault lines. On one side, tech CEOs complain that the country’s flawed education system can’t produce the talent they need to stay competitive. On the other side, labor and anti-immigration groups charge that companies just want to […]
Read MoreTraining Skilled Workers is Necessary to Building Our Work Force
The Examiner July 18, 2012 Finding and keeping highly skilled workers is a subject that’s more like a double-edged sword to many people. In places like Silicon Valley, the need for highly skilled workers is met by hiring foreign workers, using the government issued H-1B visa to fill these positions. The reason for this is […]
Read MoreStudy: Foreign Workers with Niche Skills in Demand in Mercer
The Examiner July 18, 2012 Demand for skilled foreign workers is high in Mercer County. The county receives about 2,000 requests for H-1B specialty visas each year, the fourth-highest number of requests in the country, a Brookings Institution study released yesterday found. The visas bring in foreign nationals for three years to work in niche […]
Read MoreNew York Leads in H-1B Demand
Computerworld July 18, 2012 The New York metropolitan area has the highest demand for H-1B workers in the United States, according to a new study that examines regional use of the work visa. That’s followed by Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose and Washington metropolitan areas, according to a Brookings Institution study that maps H-1B […]
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