EXTRAITS :
If there’s no skills shortage why U.S. companies claim the contrary ?
There are two main reasons for that.
The first one is to save money through offshoring and hiring temporary workers from overseas. It is clear that if a shortage of workers exists in a country, it is easier to convince the population that firms need to go offshore in order to stay competitive. But the main reason may be to save money if we consider that wage and personnel savings are the first two reasons quoted by U.S. companies to go offshore.
Regarding H1-B visa holders, some claimed that they are paid at a lower rate than U.S. workers and come to the United States in order to facilitate further outsourcing operations. Among them are two U.S. senators and the union WashTech. The debate is still on the way on that issue, but no clear data are available at the moment.
The second reason is the shortage of specific skills. There may be a mismatch between the skills available and those required on the labour market. That’s why we see some short-term shortages of engineers in some region of the country or in particular sector of the industry.
It has also to be mentioned that two-thirds of IT-related bachelor’s graduates and a quarter of master’s graduates work in other sectors because of the bad image of IT jobs and the relatively low salaries compared to other fields such as investment banking. It has to be recalled that IT salaries are still lower than before the dot-com crash of 2000.
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The majority of senior executives interviewed say the offshore phenomenon will go on (…) what is dangerous for the American economy, as well as for other developed nations, is the fact that firms plan to expand the categories of job they will send overseas.
COMMENTAIRES MUNCI :
Une situation tout à fait identique à ce qui se passe en France actuellement, ou comment le mythe de la pénurie d’informaticiens permet de mieux faire passer la pilule de l’offshoring et de l’immigration économique…
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