i am working as a recruitment consultant here. i have clients who prefer european candidates for pa or exec secretary posts. their budget? 10-K; the salary expectation of european candidates with 3-5 years exp? 20K. hahahhaha...i told my clients to wake up. they could never hire europeans with their allocated budget. so please david, before you go ranting and raving, please know all the facts first. "indian/ filipino" mafia is not necessarily the reason why companies hire certain nationalities. and ow, for the past 1 year that i'm working in recruitment, i haven't seen or heard that so-called mafia. if it's true, then this is just what i want to say to them:' take me to qp pls.! lol.