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

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391 points JSeymourATL | 2 comments | 14 Nov 24 14:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.404s | 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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ndiddy ◴[14 Nov 24 15:04 UTC] No.42136810[source]▶
I'm glad our government has introduced the H1B program to help out employers like you who are dealing with a shortage of tech workers (who will work for 2/3 market and will do anything you say because if they get fired they'll be deported).
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cscurmudgeon ◴[14 Nov 24 16:59 UTC] No.42138211[source]▶
Is there any evidence H1B workers in tech have lowered wages?

I have only seen anecdotes while the law explicitly states H1Bs should be paid the prevailing wage or above.

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hollerith ◴[14 Nov 24 17:01 UTC] No.42138246[source]▶
It's what I would naturally expect to happen in the absence of consistent heroic efforts by the authorities to prevent it.
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1. derektank ◴[14 Nov 24 17:42 UTC] No.42138825[source]▶
This is the lump of labor fallacy. People are both consumers and laborers; by bringing someone new into a labor market you marginally decrease demand for their skill set but you also marginally increase demand for all other labor. If H1-B visa holders all worked in the same industry, it could conceivably lower wages in that industry but they don't. They work in everything from healthcare, to IT, to education.
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2. ahi ◴[14 Nov 24 20:30 UTC] No.42140859[source]▶
66% of H1-B approvals are in computer related positions. https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/data/OLA_...