"We import 100,000 people every year because there aren't enough Americans for those well-paying jobs." Err, no. We import 100K people because there aren't en

"We import 100,000 people every year because there aren't enough Americans for those well-paying jobs." Err, no. We import 100K people because there aren't enough people in the correct age, wage and power cohorts. Some of them, probably, are also sent back after a few years post-training. A quick search reveals the 2014 unemployment rate for chemists was 9%, down from 12-14% in earlier years. These are ACS members, which probably skews towards advanced degrees as they're the ones who'll maintain membership. Pharma continues to downsize and offshore, and academic hiring is no better. It's reaching, or past, the point where "good people" should look elsewhere than in the sciences. Yeah, you CAN cure cancer, but it's way more BS than it used to be and you'll get to know moving companies on a first-name basis.