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Subject:Re[2]: US professional issues From:WPAINE <WPAINE -at- LANIER -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 15 Oct 1998 14:07:27 -0400
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It has been my experience that employers do not want to look outside
of their local market, primarily because of relocation expenses.
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I had just the opposite experiance. In the last company I worked for
of 15+ non-managment personel in our division only 4 were american.
Seven of the programers were hired out of country and moved here. The
balance of personnel had visas and sponsors enabling them to work in
the US.
