Ed Davey Quotes

Hiring foreigners is more expensive and more difficult than hiring locals, because of the visa fees and long lead times for visa processing. And companies face a backlash by anti-immigrant groups for hiring foreigners. So they do it only because they have to.

Put simply, the U.K. must remain a hub for international talent.

From teaching, the NHS and social care, to cleaning and building, the U.K. economy depends heavily on E.U. workers. Under a Canada-style deal for the U.K./E.U., the ability for E.U. workers to live and work freely in the U.K. would stop.

Everybody knows: people, operations, and the HR component of Google is one critical strategic asset that we have.

We are going to make sure that America is open to legal immigration because that is wealth and the talent and the entrepreneurial skills for the 21st Century.

We ought to be opening up our borders to skilled labour from all parts of the world because [the state of the world is as follows: ] if we were to do that we would increase the supply of skilled workers that our schools have been unable to create and as a consequence of that we would lower the average wage of skills and reduce the degree of income inequality in this country.

A lot of these industries are having difficulty finding reliable workers with the skills they require.

Immigration is America's No. 1 economic asset. The rest of the world can't do that. We can have every smart person we want, every high-skilled person we want.

The United States is locked in a new arms race for that most precious resource - the future entrepreneurs upon whom economic growth depends. Substantial research shows that immigrants play a key role in American job creation.

We need to invest in a way that makes sure we've got the workforce we need in the future.

Immigrants provide skills that we simply cannot afford to do without. They have contributed hugely to Britain's success.

Globalization has changed us into a company that searches the world, not just to sell or to source, but to find intellectual capital - the world's best talents and greatest ideas.

The experts typically know where the other best-in-the-world talents are currently working and can help you recruit them in with a credible intro.

Let's face it: Engineering companies in general have more men than women. Google has tried really hard to recruit women. On the other hand, we have a standard. Google tries to recruit the best engineers.

Canada reserves 35% of its immigration slots for skills they need. We reserve 6%. We educate the (foreign) doctors, but don’t give them a green card.

Human resources are the most valuable assets the world has.

Britain’s efforts to restrict immigration have become “a very large obstacle” to hiring the best scientists.

The most important import the United States has ever had has been human talent.

I do not owe hundreds of millions of potential foreign workers from around the world an obligation. I owe Singaporeans a responsibility.

Why commit technological suicide by restricting the flow of talent into the United States?

If Japanese cannot have new babies quick enough, then the government should start importing workers faster.

I have made comments in favour of British people getting jobs over and above those from southern eastern Europe.

The first thing you always do is seek out the best people that you can find for your organization. If you find the best people, you can basically go anywhere you want to go because they will take you there.

As a professional services company, our people ultimately make the difference in delivering high-quality services to clients. This is why we are so focused on attracting the best people and investing to further develop their skills.

Running businesses of all sizes and stages, I've seen the challenges companies face in trying to identify, attract, and retain talent.