Subj : Re: Software Job Market Myths
To   : comp.programming,comp.software-eng
From : Ben Pfaff
Date : Tue Aug 16 2005 09:01 am

"Phlip" <phlipcpp@yahoo.com> writes:

> Don't forget _another_ side-effect of the USA's bizarre paperwork maze. To 
> enslave an H1-b candidate, a shop must "advertise the job opening inside the 
> USA too". So they take the resume of the candidate they really want, restate 
> it as a job listing, publish it on a few job boards, and of course toss 
> every resume they get.

This happens at smaller scopes, too, e.g. some university or
government jobs may have to be widely advertised even though the
department has one particular person in mind.
-- 
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 rien ne me parut plus important qu'un livre.
 La biblioth`eque, j'y voyais un temple."
--Jean-Paul Sartre

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