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UK getting tough on 'foreign workers'! Hmmmmphh

The Times UK edition carried a shocking headline - High-skilled foreign migrants entering Britain to halve, Jacqui Smith says - leaving me to turn my dentures into organic paper shredders while saying WTF whenever finger breaks came in between. In brief, this is what was said, by the mighty Ms Smith, “All workers now coming to the UK from outside the EU have to meet the requirements of the Australian-style points-based system, which allows us to raise or lower the bar on who can come here. We recognise that migration continues to play an important role in the UK, at the same time as we are giving greater support to domestic workers so that we can all come through the recession stronger.” She has also asked the Migration Advisory Committee to look at the economic contribution made by dependants of all migrants entering under the points-based immigration system. Ms Smith confirmed that skilled jobs will have to be advertised for a minimum of two weeks in Jobcentre Plus branches bef...

In the UK for work? Really!

I do not mean to be rude or even praising the whole affair of Valentine's day, but for a confused mind like mine, I simply thought and thought and nothing happened and the next day, I was raising a toast to St. Valentine. Guess! On-way cronies like me never change. Am still a die-hard Barbara Cartland fan! Leaving the refreshing weather and dash of red in everything around me, I suffer from my daily attack of joblessness. After almost 5 months, I have found out some of the few important things to do before one comes to UK. A NIN (National Insurance Number) must be top priority, get it and then you are ready to job-hunt, next is a bank a/c and the last is a JOB. But as said, finding a job is not easy during recession. To be eligible to work with great names, you must have a greater Indian corp experience, else most of the recruitment agencies play the same flute- You need to have atleast six months of UK experience! Huh! After working on the same set of keys on the keyboard, using t...