Why is it so hard to find a job now? Enter Ghost Jobs

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393 points JSeymourATL | 1 comments | 14 Nov 24 14:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.213s | source

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shmatt ◴[14 Nov 24 14:56 UTC] No.42136701[source]▶

I have to put out a ghost job req and interview every person applying within reason for every green card a direct report is applying for. I have to show there are or aren’t any residents or citizens that can fill the job

The main problem is: even if the interviewee knocks it out of the park, is an amazing engineer, I still am not interested in firing my OPT/h1b team member who can still legally work for 2-3 years. So while I will deny their green card application and not submit it, I also won’t hire the interviewee

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moomin ◴[14 Nov 24 15:02 UTC] No.42136780[source]▶

>>42136701 #

I think you've managed to explain why H1Bs shouldn't exist pretty convincingly.

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1. e40 ◴[14 Nov 24 16:30 UTC] No.42137842[source]▶

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I agree. I did hire someone on an H1B in the early 2010's and he was, to put it mildly, the perfect candidate for the job and I don't think I could have found anyone anywhere to do it. Someone else at the company was hired, into sales, and they were pretty good for the job (a Japanese person to service the Japanese market), but you could argue that citizen speakers of Japanese do exist and should have been given priority.

I would be happy if the H1B program was killed.

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