[麦子谷子]

一个西人媒体想采访我了解以下信息，我是外行，请大家帮忙说一说你们的想法。

当然那些需要统计数据支持的问题就不必管了。

How difficult/convenient is it for Chinese Nationals or Chinese-Canadians to find good jobs here?

How many job postings for the MICROSOFT Richmond branch have you seen? Where have you seen the job postings? Are such jobs posted in Chinese jobs/network sites?

Why do you think MS opened a branch office in Richmond?

As for Chinese nationals who come to work in Canada on temporary worker visas, what percentage of them stay and renew visas so they can apply for permanent resident status and citizenship?

Is China facing a brain-drain problem? If there is, what is the Chinese government doing about it?

[deerlake]

麦子谷子 写道:

一个西人媒体想采访我了解以下信息，我是外行，请大家帮忙说一说你们的想法。 当然那些需要统计数据支持的问题就不必管了。 How difficult/convenient is it for Chinese Nationals or Chinese-Canadians to find good jobs here? How many job postings for the MICROSOFT Richmond branch have you seen? Where have you seen the job postings? Are such jobs posted in Chinese jobs/network sites? Why do you think MS opened a branch office in Richmond? As for Chinese nationals who come to work in Canada on temporary worker visas, what percentage of them stay and renew visas so they can apply for permanent resident status and citizenship? Is China facing a brain-drain problem? If there is, what is the Chinese government doing about it?

If I were you, I would say:

Why do you think MS opened a branch office in Richmond?
answer: I have not thougt so, but it has been a fact.

Is China facing a brain-drain problem?
Ansew: No, never.

[TopSpin]

deerlake 写道:

If I were you, I would say: Why do you think MS opened a branch office in Richmond? answer: I have not thougt so, but it has been a fact. Is China facing a brain-drain problem? Ansew: No, never.

You might want to rethink your answer, I believe what he was meant to ask is "Why (do you think) MS opened a branch office in Richmond?". He is asking for your opinion on the reason that MS opened a branch in Richmond. Everybody knows that has been a fact.

Agree with your answer to the brain-drain problem.

[Sunmax]

麦子谷子 写道:

How difficult/convenient is it for Chinese Nationals or Chinese-Canadians to find good jobs here?

In some way, it is pretty difficult as a lot of companies are looking for Canadian experiences. Language is still a big barrier for most people as I know quite a few engineers that their English skills are really really limited.

麦子谷子 写道:

How many job postings for the MICROSOFT Richmond branch have you seen? Where have you seen the job postings? Are such jobs posted in Chinese jobs/network sites?

Don't know about that as I haven't check job sites for a while, but I haven't seen any postings on Chinese sites.

麦子谷子 写道:

Why do you think MS opened a branch office in Richmond?

A few reasons:

1. Canada has a better and well-defined immigration policy than US. It is easier to get more talents here as right now H-1B visa in US is filled up so fast.

2. Vancouver is close to Seattle. ~2 hours drive is close enough, plus it is within the same time zone.

3. Vancouver is in North America, thus similar work culture as US IT engineers. I heard so many times that my friends had problem dealing with off-shore engineers, especially those in India (no discriminations, but this is what I heard).

麦子谷子 写道:

As for Chinese nationals who come to work in Canada on temporary worker visas, what percentage of them stay and renew visas so they can apply for permanent resident status and citizenship?

Don't know about this one.

麦子谷子 写道:

Is China facing a brain-drain problem? If there is, what is the Chinese government doing about it?

Not at this point. Not sure about the future. Currently, north America will face shortage of IT staff because there will be much less IT graduate in a few years.

[deerlake]

TopSpin 写道:

deerlake 写道: If I were you, I would say: Why do you think MS opened a branch office in Richmond? answer: I have not thougt so, but it has been a fact. Is China facing a brain-drain problem? Ansew: No, never. You might want to rethink your answer, I believe what he was meant to ask is "Why (do you think) MS opened a branch office in Richmond?". He is asking for your opinion on the reason that MS opened a branch in Richmond. Everybody knows that has been a fact. Agree with your answer to the brain-drain problem.

Yes, you are right. I misunderstood the question.

[ValleyGirl]

偶不是IT人士，来瞎说说，权当抛转。

Why do you think MS opened a branch office in Richmond?

1。ms看好加拿大经济持续发展。
2。社会安定。多元文化。医疗等社会保障体系好。
3。劳动力资源丰富，成本低。
4。richmond地理位置优越，交通便利，地价成本低，richmond 和附近地区it 人才集中。

待续。

[顶爷]

1. Because there must be a high management level director who likes to spend his/her next (n) years in Canada before retirement.

2. New immigrants from China obtain their first brain-drain lession in Canada, O...Canada b

[麦子谷子]

Hi guys, Thanks a lot.

Any other suggestion and ideas?

[心还是有点乱]

Richmond的商业税低.

[ValleyGirl]

麦子谷子 写道:

Why do you think MS opened a branch office in Richmond?

A few reasons:

1. Canada has a better and well-defined immigration policy than US. It is easier to get more talents here as right now H-1B visa in US is filled up so fast.

2. Vancouver is close to Seattle. ~2 hours drive is close enough, plus it is within the same time zone.

3. Vancouver is in North America, thus similar work culture as US IT engineers. I heard so many times that my friends had problem dealing with off-shore engineers, especially those in India (no discriminations, but this is what I heard).
1。签证是容易些，但不能说政策更好。更吸引人才。
2。距离不是问题。time zone 也不是主要问题，如果这么方便，何必再搞一套办公室？岂不是浪费资源？
3。how about working with the guys from china? 容易引起争议的话题最好回避。（虽是实情，也不能说，啥叫多元？）

呵呵，讨论而已，不对之处，多多包涵。之所以较点真，是因为英文媒体看得人多，不像中文媒体，关上门随便说说大家都不介意。