# H1B Hiring Reality Check

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Podcast: [The Nearshore Cafe](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nearshore-cafe-7063903)
Published: 2026-06-15T01:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2417050/episodes/19291842-h1b-hiring-reality-check.mp3
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## Resource

The H1B conversation is loud, political, and often full of half-truths, so we wanted a clean, practical breakdown from someone who has lived it from the staffing side. We sit down with Robert Richard, Chief Digital Officer at Tier 4 Group and the creator behind the H1B Guy, to talk about what is actually happening inside high-skilled immigration and the labor market right now. We unpack how H1B hiring works in the real world, including the staffing agency supply chain, why sponsorship became...

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