Are American Engineers in Short Supply?

We’ve got an over abundance of experienced tech professionals and an oversupply of new science & technology graduates whom we have paid dearly to educate. But companies are bypassing this US talent – and even displacing Americans from their jobs in favor of citizens from abroad - and it's legal with corporate visa programs like H1-b. Don, employers are so brazen they post H-1b only want ads all over the internet. Now they are posting OPT only want ads (this is an on-the-job training visa for foreign students.) Here's a sample of how far IT firms will go to avoid hiring Americans and green card holders. You can see over 150 current ads for yourself by searching on OPT at dice.com: Job opportunity for OPT / CPT / F1 / We do H1B Process for free. JAVA Developers only OPT/CPT/L2/EAD Visa Consultants at Chicago, IL Hiring freshers with OPT for various IT areas Freshers(OPT Students) As director of Bright Future Jobs, we lobbied Sen. Durbin to restore our freedom to compete for job openings in our own country we are qualified to do. He responded with a great bill that we want passed this year. It will put Americans back to work and stop the offshoring of the jobs of the future. Donna Conroy www.brightfuturejobs.com
— March 10, 2011 7:16 a.m.