Those getting amnesty are mostly high school dropouts.
Posted on 05/12/2014 4:39:50 PM PDT by Moseley
On August 30, 2013, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers published in its journal Spectrum, “The STEM Crisis Is a Myth.” The IEEE article reports that within the United States –
[T]here are more STEM workers than suitable jobs. One study found, for example, that wages for U.S. workers in computer and math fields have largely stagnated since 2000. Even as the Great Recession slowly recedes, STEM workers at every stage of the career pipeline, from freshly minted grads to mid- and late-career Ph.D.s, still struggle to find employment as many companies, including Boeing, IBM, and Symantec, continue to lay off thousands of STEM workers.”
The Washington Post reported on April 24, 2013, in “Study: There may not be a shortage of American STEM graduates after all,” that the United States has “more than a sufficient supply of workers available to work in STEM occupations.” A study by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) found, for example, that “many computer science graduates report that there are no jobs available for them in their computer disciplines.”
"... Leadership tomorrow depends on how we educate our students today—especially in science, technology, engineering and math." — President Barack Obama, September 16, 2010 (US Dept of Ed Photo) “… Leadership tomorrow depends on how we educate our students today—especially in science, technology, engineering and math.” — President Barack Obama, September 16, 2010 (US Dept of Ed Photo)
And IEEE analyzed: “Viewed another way, about 15 million U.S. residents hold at least a bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline, but three-fourths of them – 11.4 million – work outside of STEM.” Therefore, “If there is in fact a STEM worker shortage, wouldn’t you expect more people with STEM degrees to be filling those jobs?”
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(STEM jobs are those in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.) The IEEE describes itself as the world’s largest professional association dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence in science and engineering for the benefit of humanity.
And IEEE analyzed: “Viewed another way, about 15 million U.S. residents hold at least a bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline, but three-fourths of them – 11.4 million – work outside of STEM.” Therefore, “If there is in fact a STEM worker shortage, wouldn’t you expect more people with STEM degrees to be filling those jobs?”
So there are about 11.4 million high-tech workers who are already citizens or legal residents available to fill high-tech job vacancies, but they are not working those high-tech fields that they chose to get college degrees in. Those are 11.4 million candidates that Microsoft could recruit before trying to import foreign workers.
Young people are also avoiding STEM degrees because these corporate clowns and their leftist pals in Washington have squashed wages.
Receding according to who? The economy is horrible.
One fact that should be known by anyone thinking about getting into engineering is that by the time you are forty, you are basically finished. The ideal engineer to companies is someone about three years out of school. They figure you have enough experience to be productive but do not demand a high wage. They also think that older engineers’ knowledge is out of date. The only way up for engineers is to go into management but there are a lot fewer slots than there are engineers.
I think this accounts for the huge number of people with STEM degrees but are not working in the field as mentioned in the article.
Thank You! I was beginning to think that I was the only one that could see that the economy is in the gutter.
Those getting amnesty are mostly high school dropouts.
Engineers can grow in situ.
Only 30% of non-immigrants have high school diplomas???
That makes no sense to me.
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30% of non-immigrants have only high school degrees. Why is that so difficult to comprehend?
“30% of non-immigrants have only high school degrees. Why is that so difficult to comprehend?”
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Just read it again-———I goofed. :-)
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Unemployment is an act of love.
LOL. I think you know the answer. They work for less money and the employers have greater control over them since they are sponsored by the employers. If the guest worker loses the sponsorship, they must go home.
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