For the past two weeks I have alerted you that Verifone and Hewlett-Packard were running fraudulent help wanted ads. No one from the Sacramento Bee has even acknowledged my concerns. Instead we see the same fraudulent ads continuing to run - plus a new entry by Infinite Solutions - whose LCAs are here.

Indeed, the bulk of the Computer Help Wanted that your publication is running appear to be shams:

These ads are reproduced for the purposes of criticism, comment, and education of the public, legislators,
and media, in accordance with Title17 U.S.C. Section 107.

SIGNS OF PERM JOB ADS THAT DON'T REPRESENT JOB OPENINGS

• The ads ran on two Sundays within the 30 days, consistent with PERM requirements.
• In spite of the Internet, applicants must mail their resumes - which avoids an electronic trail of a flood of qualified U.S. applicants
• To distinguish from other cases where the employer will sponsor H-1b, these ads sometimes state "Must have legal right to work in the U.S.."
• The LCA database reveals that the employer had previously sought to fill the positions with H-1b workers.
• The ads don't list required skills because PERM rules do not require a skill list.
• All of these employers have previously sponsored PERM greencards. These can be seen in the Access database for 2004, downloadable from the DOL's FLC Data Center (This is worth downloading - DOL found that there were "no qualified Americans" to work as: Donut Maker, Cashier, Cook, Painter, Restaurant Hostess - every row in this database represents fake ads that ran in U.S. Sunday newspapers.)

I am awaiting the Bee's position on running help wanted ads that do not represent bona-fide intents to hire, and will continue to alert you to the fraudulent ads that you are running in your publication.

Sincerely,

Mr. Kim Berry kim@programmersguild.org

See more info on fake job ads:

www.programmersguild.org/RIR/

Infinite Solutions PERM applications in 2004 - the most recent data that the DOL has released:

Infinite Solutions, Inc.

3017 Douglas Blvd, # 300
Roseville, CA 95661

www.4infinitesolutions.com/