2013-01-24, 21:21 | Link #25921 | |
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And there are many parts of America that are better then the best parts of Europe, the best country in Europe is Austria at 4.5%, the best state in the US is North Dakota at 3.2%. That said, very few states have better unemployment rates then Germany, but then I don't speak German so... |
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2013-01-24, 22:11 | Link #25922 | |
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2013-01-24, 22:57 | Link #25923 | |
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2013-01-24, 23:26 | Link #25925 | |
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Alas, I see too many job postings with "Must have 5 years of experience with deformable plastics". Hopefully it will be better in the US. I'd move to Cali, but getting an engineering job can take time, and I don't want to be among the 10% unemployed there. I'll probably end out working in some coal mine or Oil rig, knowing my luck. |
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2013-01-24, 23:57 | Link #25926 |
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Republic of California
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California is also expensive.
Amd the "must have x years of experiance" has been fustrating me for some time now. My basic question being "how am I suppose to gain expiance if no one hires anyone without experiance?"
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2013-01-25, 00:06 | Link #25927 |
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There's plenty of jobs available here in Downtown Los Angeles..... for non-resident, H1-B visa holders.
btw my jewelry biz is mostly made up of H1-B holders. Protip: California consistently ranks as the #1 state for visa (H1-B) sponsorship. |
2013-01-25, 00:45 | Link #25929 |
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They all want "someone else" to do it. Back in the 80s/90s, a lot of companies understood they had to grow engineers. Then the accountants took over.
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2013-01-25, 01:44 | Link #25930 | ||
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I'd also be careful with the "low Euro makes Germany successful" theory that's floating around everywhere. Switzerland has had similar rises in exports despite its strong currency. It probably has more to do with the rise of the developing nations than anything else. Now that we've looked at Austrian, Swiss and German unemployment rates, maybe you really should consider studying German in all your free time? Quote:
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2013-01-25, 02:15 | Link #25931 | |||
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First, prospective immigrants need only concern on where he/she's most likely to get sponsored. Everything else comes distant 2nd. For prospective __skills based H1-B__ immigrant(s) CA is still a safe choice to get sponsored. "CA is expensive" is almost a non-issue if the primary concern is to get sponsored and land a job. Quote:
top states to get you sponsored California New Jersey Texas New York Illinois Pennsylvania Massachusetts Virginia Florida Michigan |
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2013-01-25, 02:37 | Link #25932 | |
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So I can pretty much take my pick. I've been in a few parts of the US, and europe. From what I can see, Ireland is anaemic, the Sun Belt of the US seems fairly vibrant, the Rust belt is depressing. Haven't seen much beyond that. |
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2013-01-25, 02:38 | Link #25933 | |
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I wouldn't put it as "the accountants took over", but rather "logically handicapped morons took over". I am a technician, and I am teaching new ENGINEERING MANAGERS-IN-TRAINING from SK how do home appliances work. When I asked "What engineering degree do you have? Electrical or Mechanical?", they told me that they aren't engineering graduates. And they get paid more than me, have a higher corporate rank, yet they don't even know what a bloody magnetron is and why it is dangerous to open a microwave up outside of a workshop without proper gear. Sometimes it even amazes me why do they get a place telling me what to do when they don't even know the most basic science behind everyday electronics.
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2013-01-25, 03:05 | Link #25934 |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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Well, what I meant about the accountants taking over was that people who weren't engineers swamped the management ranks and all they see is cost. They don't want to train a tech person how to write assembly, let some other company do that. They don't want to have to train a EE how to read high power circuit diagrams unique to their sector, let the "other companies" do that.
First thing you know, you have a lot of degree graduates who can't find jobs because all the companies have decided to cost-shift the seasoning of tech personnel to "someone else". Then they can't find "qualified candidates" and bray for H-1Bs like little jackasses. In my book, no company should be given an H1-B waiver unless they can show they hire new grads and have in-house training programs If you look at Texas, try to focus on the Austin region for quality of life - Dallas is tolerable though it sprawls. Houston is a dystopian cancer (and I mean that literally - the air can catch on fire and the lightning comes in colors), no zoning (literally dumpyards next to churches next to strip bars next to pig farms next to homes) and no urban growth boundary so its like an onion with inner layers of rot. And that's me being objective about the place.
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2013-01-25, 03:25 | Link #25935 |
Knight Errant
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I think the problem is that a lot of companies don't understand the concept of "human capital". What makes one corporation more competitive then another is the people within it. If a company fosters and improves it's people, it will become greater.
I think this thinking goes back pretty far though, at least to Ford. Under Fordian Mass Production, the people are just standardised interchangeable parts. All the intelligence is in the machines, and the people aren't expected to think at all. For the skilled personnel, they all had to specialise and fit a single predefined role, and never move outside it. It's not an efficient way to do things, as the entire organisation becomes super compartmentalized and inflexible. It's that same attitude that demands exact parameters of incoming employees. They want an employee that exactly fits into their industrial system, and that's really a big ask. A better attitude would be to advertise for a skilled engineer, and give them a few months to research what they need to know. Maybe attend a short local university course. Because if they're going to be that anal about their job descriptions, they'll never be able to fill their positions, and they'll miss out on a lot of good talent who have everything but the exact knowledge they need. Good engineers are able to pick things up quickly, they don't need to be so ridiculously specialised. But a lot of people still haven't gotten the memo that you have to invest in people to make a successful business. One thing I'll say of the best Japanese companies, is that they don't tend to go in for these shenanigans. They train engineers from the ground up. All you need is a good attitude and good academic record to get a job at one of them. (the downside is that it's more difficult to transfer into them mid career) |
2013-01-25, 04:37 | Link #25936 | |
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2013-01-25, 05:00 | Link #25937 |
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What part exactly?
Every EU citizen can enter and work freely in e.g. the UK, even if they are not part of Schengen. The only difference is that the UK can do passport controls, unlike when you travel from e.g. Denmark to Sweden. Subsidizing also has nothing to do with the Euro - all EU members pay into the big pot out of which the subsidies are then paid. True, giving up your currency is de facto not enforced at the moment, but it is required by every existing and new member to join the Euro zone once it meets the goals, the U.K. and Denmark being the only exceptions to that rule. Guarantees come in several forms not limited to the Euro membership. |
2013-01-25, 05:21 | Link #25938 |
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It's exactly as you say, UK has no control on its border for european citizen, as such it's still has control of its border for no european citizen, schengen is a region for no european citizen, I misread your first text since I just woke up.
Though the difference between Euro zone and European union is fundamental, since the crisis we are undergoing is from the former. European Union holds well, the problem comes from Euro zone, and it's where you understand that a no regulation economy is kind of foolish, the idea at first was really good and supported by many economist, but ten years later, it's obvious that "weak" country like Greece Italia etc that from the beginning had no straightened economy could only fell once losing their economical sovereignty. Now the solution comes from reforming the Euro zone, problem is to reform the euro zone which has 17 members, you need the autorisation of the 27 others EU members. And that's why UK has slowly began to piss me off since some year, it's the sole one saying "No" at each reforms. And don't get me wrong as I said before they have the right and the politicians must protects the strong point they have, that is the financial sector. But if they truly want to have only the good points without bad points, they can leave, the earlier the better, as I said yesterday, we lost years because of them. The whole situation could be an anime, UK is the main hero, Europe is the osananajimi, and US is the new transfer students. Both are yandere so careful if you choose the other, and there's no harem ending possible. |
2013-01-25, 08:41 | Link #25939 |
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North Korea threatens war with South over U.N. sanctions
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...90O0AJ20130125
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2013-01-25, 11:04 | Link #25940 | |
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What Europeans think of the EU
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