<p>“But we suspected that this information may not, in fact,
be totally accurate. In an analysis of salary and employment
data, we did not find any indication of a shortage of engineers
in the United States. Also, we obtained anecdotal evidence
from business executives doing business in India and
China that indicated that those were the countries with
shortages.”</p>
<p>“It is common in many industries to offer signing bonuses
to encourage potential employees to accept a job offer.We
found, however, that 88% of respondents to our survey
did not offer signing bonuses to potential engineering
employees or offered them to only a small percentage of their
new hires. Another measure of skill supply is the amount
of time it takes to fill a vacant position. Respondents to our
survey reported that they were able to fill 80% of engineering
jobs at their companies within four months. In
other words, we found no indication of a shortage of engineers
in the United States.”</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.soc.duke.edu/GlobalEngineering/pdfs/WhereEngineersAre.pdf[/url]”>http://www.soc.duke.edu/GlobalEngineering/pdfs/WhereEngineersAre.pdf</a></p>