South American engineers are lured to India and China

American businessmen and politicians are complaining about the shortage of talented engineers in the U.S., and managers and young professionals complain of difficulties with employment in America. Meanwhile, foreign companies are willing to hire graduates of technical universities in the U.S..

The fact that many foreign employers had to live in the U.S. and to evaluate the benefits of working with people who have received American education. Later, when they have to leave America - mainly because of visa problems - they are trying to bring a valuable employees.

Kunal Ball, executive director of Snapdeal - one of the most successful startups in India - in November, visited four prestigious American university with the intent to hire two or three dozen engineers, marketers and managers of production. According to Bala, these graduates could find jobs in the U.S., but here they are unlikely to be able to occupy such high positions at once, what he is willing to offer.

28-year-old Ball graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and some time spent in the Group Microsoft. However, a long-term work visa, he failed and he returned to his homeland. Last year, Ball was founded in New Delhi online coupon service Snapdeal, which is now occupied by about a thousand people. It is expected that in 2012 revenues totaled $ 100 million.

"Carry out a couple of years abroad is very useful professionally. In addition, we organize work, by analogy with the American companies, "- says Ball. According to him, in India and China is now an acute shortage of technical specialists. But the lack of wanting to work in his company does, and about a third of the candidates - the Americans.

Worried active "brain drain", President Obama and his supporters call lawmakers to soften tough immigration rules. But on Capitol Hill, there is no consensus on this issue.