True, True.  Three Canadians and an Australian apply for a summer archive
job I advertised last year.  Before interviewing any of the applicants I
called around to find out what I would have to do to hire outside of the
U.S., and was finally referred to Immigration and Naturalization.  They told
me, essentially, to forget it.  There would be a lot of red tape and it
would cost a substantial amount of money.
There were, by the way, also about 30 applicants from the U.S. so there
would be no way to justify hiring outside the U.S. even if the non-U.S.
applicants were the highest qualified.  The good news is I hired a grad
student from California who was a great asset to my project.  Still, I wish
it was easier to cross borders.

Jerrie

Jerrie Clarke
Curator of Collections
Valdez Museum
http://www.alaska.net/~vldzmuse/index.html


>From: Indigo Nights <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: jobs in the UK (and schools)
>Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 09:55:04 -0700
>
>Ah, so we're bashing Brits for not hiring Americans
>(and the rest of the world).
>
>Ahem (whispering here so as not to offend any).  Have
>we narcistic Americans looked at our own immigration
>policies?  When was the last time you talked to
>someone who tried to get a work visa for the USA?
>First, talk to someone from Europe or Asia.  Ask them
>how hard it is.  Then ask someone from Africa, the
>Carribean, or Central America.
>
>It will really open your eyes if you haven't already
>had this conversation.  How many of us can argue we're
>uniquely qualified to do our jobs?
>
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