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So what's Labour's strategy on migration?
Well, Yvette Cooper has high-skilled migrants in her sights as she wonders if skill shortages in key sectors like IT & engineering might be filled in different ways....
Well, the answer is two fold:
* Get these firms to invest in training!
* Get them to offer better work conditions.
But in the end for the young (at least) being part of a global labour markets may still offer more advantages than disadvantages for the UK?
As someone in that sector, I think there are a number of key problems, specifically around the educational side. Computer Science is the degree course most people do, yet what people really want is Computer Engineers.
It's very much like trying to have Physics graduates roll into an Electronic Engineering job. They might posses the underlying knowledge in theory, but they lack any of the practical skills.
@intrbiz
A high skill ( US PhD bioinformatics) friend and and I were recently in final round interviews to become expats in the Oxford area (I was coming from Finland). We both hit a hard wall on salaries in the 75k EUR range. I was getting that in Finland already.
I doubt the problem is poor advertising for desired skill sets.
@ChrisMayLA6
@dnavinci @intrbiz @ChrisMayLA6 Indeed.
An experienced software developer can earn maybe £35-£45k around Cardiff/Bristol. Here in 
a typical salary is CHF 120-140k, (£110-125k). Sure, the cost of living is significantly higher, but so is the quality of life (& healthcare), plus working conditions are often much better.
has freedom of movement, so any 
citizen can come and work here. If you're a smart IT graduate looking for a job abroad, UK is hardly going to be your first choice, is it?