American First Hand Experience (Score 1)

I am so tired of hearing about H-1B visas. I am US Citizen computer engineer, and feel this has hampered my gameful employment. Last year, right out of college, the only reason I got a job was a friend with the defense company I work for now. I tried, unsuccessfully, for many months, emailing and sending letters, resumes, and calling to no success. I couldn't even get a return phone call to either companies in the boston or silicon valley areas. Again I am hunting for a job and am running into the same problem. At job fairs, I receive comments on how great my resume is, I analyze with friends how I handled situations, etc. and they find no fault with my search, but still, no return, or even initial calls. Granted, as a result of no returned phone calls, I can not determine the exact nature of my lack of interest, but I feel very strongly that the visas do effect my chances. As was said in the 'I'm an Indian programmer working in Santa Clara':

"My boss, for instance, only hires H1-B workers on his team (4/5 people are H1-Bs). There's supposed to be some requirement that he is supposed to search for American workers, but what he does is find an Indian, find some experience that the Indian has that is uncommon, and make that a requirement of the hiring process. That way, he can make a cursory search of the job listings, and say that there isn't a qualifed American worker."

I don't advocate the expulsion of all workers with visas, by far they are very necessary as there is a strong desire for programmers, IT experts, etc. My mother constantly is bugging me to create a program to do this and that for her. However, my experience has shown me that companies first look overseas before searching for a possibly qualified american. If anyone is interested in seeing my resume or has any constructive suggestions, I would appreciate them greatly. I can be emailed at: [e-mail]

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