No evidence of a talent shortage has been presented. Firms aren't trying very hard to recruit. And when they do recruit, the requirements are (as was noted/admitted at Google) excessive for the actual job for which they're recruiting. Recruiters are aware of this. They use expressions like, "This isn't the 90s." and "This isn't the 80s." when confronted with how bad the job markets are today.

As to the plight of the fellow in Hawaii: They have had these great things for quite a few years. They're called airplanes. When you want to bring a candidate from Boston, Arden Hills or Sopchoppy, you purchase a ticket, the security personnel mug him at the airport (and due to the mugging he may not arrive quite so positively disposed), then let him on the plane. Then you interview him, and send him back. After you send them the offer and negotiate a deal, you fly them and their things back and help them a little to find a place to live. That's what US executives have been doing for guest-workers but not for US citizens over the last 18 years.

Claims of "tech talent shortage" can be found as far back as 1946, which is especially ironic in light of the million and more soldiers returned from the war and the wives having gotten used to economically remunerative work.

Body shops like CSC, Wipro, Tata, IBM services, Accenture, etc., don't deserve to find people willing to do their bidding.