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I found this line in the article more interesting (and more disturbing) than the headline: "The number of skills employers are looking for has risen dramaticall

I found this line in the article more interesting (and more disturbing) than the headline: "The number of skills employers are looking for has risen dramatically — our analysis shows that companies listed about 33% more skills on job ads in 2020 than they did in 2017." Three years ago there was already an issue with employers being overly specific in their job ads and making it look like basically no one (except maybe the person who just quit) is fully qualified for their position. This just gives even more room for companies to claim there's no qualified individuals and they have 'no choice' but to pursue H-1Bs or contract work (who also will in no way fully match the giant laundry list, but at that point they always seem to be less picky).

tachyonbeam 6y ago
Companies going full remote also means they can completely avoid work visas. It's even cheaper to directly hire someone in a poorer country directly, and not even pay for office space or a relocation allowance...
- foolfoolz 6y ago
  you need to maintain a presence in the country you hire. this is not free and different countries have different requirements. you may avoid visas but at minimum you pay taxes and need to discover and set policies to follow local laws and regulations. this impacts more than finance, a lot of eu countries have specific on-call rules for example
  - em-bee 6y ago
    only if you insist on having employees and not contractors. there is absolutely no problem to send someone money and have them do work for you. taxes is the contractors responsibility
ryandrake 6y ago
I remember my first entry level job out of college 20 or so years ago. The job description said I needed to know C and x86 assembly. That was pretty much it. During the interview I found out I'd be writing display drivers and working with the Windows kernel, so between the time I accepted the job and started, I grabbed a book on writing Windows drivers and crammed. They did not expect me to have "3 years of experience with their stack" for an entry level job. Those were the days!

tachyonbeam 6y ago

Companies going full remote also means they can completely avoid work visas. It's even cheaper to directly hire someone in a poorer country directly, and not even pay for office space or a relocation allowance...

foolfoolz 6y ago
you need to maintain a presence in the country you hire. this is not free and different countries have different requirements. you may avoid visas but at minimum you pay taxes and need to discover and set policies to follow local laws and regulations. this impacts more than finance, a lot of eu countries have specific on-call rules for example
- em-bee 6y ago
  only if you insist on having employees and not contractors. there is absolutely no problem to send someone money and have them do work for you. taxes is the contractors responsibility

ryandrake 6y ago

I remember my first entry level job out of college 20 or so years ago. The job description said I needed to know C and x86 assembly. That was pretty much it. During the interview I found out I'd be writing display drivers and working with the Windows kernel, so between the time I accepted the job and started, I grabbed a book on writing Windows drivers and crammed. They did not expect me to have "3 years of experience with their stack" for an entry level job. Those were the days!