First World Countries like the United States of America (USA) and United Kingdom (UK) are both experiencing labor shortages in several industries, particularly in the field of information technology. To solve the employment problem, the two countries are eyeing to recruit workers overseas.

Both USA and UK acknowledge the fact that they need the help of people from other countries to maintain their buoyant economy. The leading company in business intelligence software and services, SAS which employs more than 10,000 employees worldwide, has prioritized increasing their manpower from other countries over the US applicants.

Goodnight said that the IT industry is crying out for reforms in immigration laws and added that SAS has slowed its hiring in the US in favor of growing its teams in other countries where he believes there is a rich pool of talent.

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of software giant SAS, Jim Goodnight, said, “The UK and US governments must open their borders to skilled overseas IT workers in order to remain competitive and foster a culture of innovation.”

The CEO also expresses the need to amend current immigration laws that makes it difficult for people of other nationalities to gain employment in USA and UK. He said, “The industry is screaming for help in this area. In the US we are not producing enough skills in science and math and yet we're not allowed to bring in more than 65,000 people each year who have those skills."