A couple of weeks ago, one of Google recruiters contacted me to asking whether I am interested working for Google. The answer should be “definitely”, shouldn’t it? Everyone is interested working for Google. They have been hiring the best engineers and scientists on this planet.
However, I felt a little bit strange. Why? The H1B visa limit for this year has been reached a couple of months ago. If Google would hire me, they would have to wait until October 2007 before I can start working. It is more than 1 year from now!!! For me, it is fine because I couldn’t quit my current job anyway (my contract will end in mid-2007).
What is H1B visa? It is a document that allows skilled workers to work in the US for up to 6 years. There is a limit of 65,000 visas each year. For this year, the caps have been reached already. The employers have to wait until next year to file new H1B applications. This has caused problems for some companies because they can no longer hire talented people from other countries.
Back to my case, what did I say to the Google recruiter? I replied to her asking for H1B visa. I clearly indicated that I need H1B visa sponsorship. She replied back and said that she thought I am a Canadian citizen. There is another program, called TN visa, for Canadian and Mexican, which is much faster and easier than H1B. So… no job offer for me because I am not a Canadian.
Should the US government change their policy? In the Web 2.0 booming, many US companies need more talented workers (from other countries too). Time is one of the critical issues because everything is running very fast in the Web 2.0.
On the other hand, I know that the US government is trying to get rid of new immigrants. Many people, especially from developing countries, have been trying to make their American Dreams come true. They try many ways (sometimes illegal) to come to the US. Well… a lot of stories about that.
dude,
if you want to come here to work for google,apple,cisco,etc ; join our group:
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/indo-svjobs/
I specifically recruited some indonesian good guys on may time frame to avoid the h1b cap problem.
Honestly I am not really interested working in the States right now. The reason is because I still have a binding contract with my employer until mid-2007. However, I will join your group.
Btw, how do you void H1B cap problem???
the problem with the h1b cap is occured because many companies are recruiting during jan-mar timeframe and at the same time file it during 1st week of april.
Interesting. I also received some e-mails, from 3 (read: three) different Google recruiters, all offering me to work for Google.
Not too sure whether they’re genuine offer or not. I replied to one of them (not to all three, of course) and so far there’s no further follow-up.
Can’t we check the email address? If we can reply to email address with “google.com” and got an answer, it should be genuine.
I have been contacted also by three Google recruiters in the last couple of months. All of them have email addresses with “@google.com” and when I replied to them, I got answers.
Once, I got also a phone call from one of them. I am not sure if they are a real Google person or not (but I have her phone number, so I may be able to check the genuity).
Btw, I just checked Google phone number from their web site (http://www.google.com/contact/) and then compared it with the number of Google recruiters who contacted me.
It seems they are genuine because the first six digits are the same (604-253-xxxx).
Yeah, looks like they are genuine since their e-mail addresses are suffixed google.com. However, not too sure how could three different Google recruiters contacted me within a span of only a week?
They might be actively looking for new staff, then… too active, actually…
@IndraPr: Is that the positions in Google Singapore? I had a discussion with one of the recruiter about their plan to open R&D center in Singapore. The reason why I was asking is because I am interested moving to Singapore…
[...] This morning, another Google recruiter from Mountain View (their headquarter) contacted me via email. He asked me whether I am interested working for Google. I explained to him that I would need H1B visa to work in the United States. He replied back, even though the limit of H1B visa has been reached, they can still start interviewing process for 2007 recruitment. OK… I made an appointment for the first interview tomorrow afternoon. [...]
Just to let you know. If you are in US on H1b
1. You cannot make money on Google Adsense.
2. No more independent work.
3. Current wait for Greencard 5-8 years.
4. No promotions/pay hikes once Greencard process starts.
5. Changing jobs starts the process all over again.
@Ram: Thanks for the information. Good to know that we can’t make money from AdSense. Very interesting.
hello,
As far as it come to H1-b\’s. We will sponsor you as long as you qualify for our BA/QA or Informatica positions open.
Please email me for more information.
Thanks,
Ushma
ushma@canvasinfotech.com
http://www.canvasinfotech.com
There is a company named KLM software systems; website http://www.klmss.com.
The people are fraud in the company. It has staff of only 35-40 people.
DO NOT trust their false claims.
Please refrain from applying H1 through KLM Software Systems.
Hire US engineers first. Sorry you guys have to wait. No H1b visas!