Some employers complain that the competition in the labor market has driven them to hire inexperienced workers for skilled positions.

Powers says a big problem is that there aren't too many studios hiring for such positions.

But the aliens would, in effect, be locked into the jobs they held on Nov. 6 because they could not legally be hired for other positions.

Boyce also was criticized for hiring Democratic party operatives for several positions within his office.

There was no response to his question about ignoring affirmative action guidelines in advertising, recruiting and hiring for vacant positions.

"The college students we hire for entry-level positions are not generally people that have completed their degree online," Mr. Hartnett says.

Mr. Hastings, who is 65, has also moved recently to hire more outsiders for key positions and appointed a younger generation of top managers.

Those who were hired often left soon after for better-paying positions.

Her supervisors had gone into exile, and Jews were no longer allowed to be hired for academic positions.

He said not a single Tibetan had been hired for skilled positions, which pay up to $2,500 a month.