Or boycott the offending companies' products.  The dollar speaks loudly.

John Lee




At 05:08 PM 10/23/03 -0500, Shahan, Ray wrote:
>Tom, the very point of all this is that 'they (the company)' are the ones
>who define 'what skills they need'.  There is absolutely nothing illegal
>about a company defining a job right down to the exact lines of source code
>that must be know or previously worked on.  This is how a company can
>legally skirt the intent of the H1B law.  So, no there really isn't anyone
>you can go to report an illegal act, however, this is something that the
>press, or TECHSUNITE.ORG (or both, or as many folks/institutions you can
>think of) may want to review since they are the ones who can raise the 'red
>flag' for the rest of the beguiled in the U.S.
>
>
>
>Ray Shahan
>
>"There is so much good in the worst of us,
>and so much bad in the best of us,
>that it behooves none of us
>to talk about the rest of us"
>                  --Robert Louis Stevenson?
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Emerson, Tom [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 4:36 PM
>> To:   [log in to unmask]
>> Subject:      Re: [HP3000-L] OT: tough job market
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: John Penney [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> >
>> > Wirt (and Company):
>> >
>> > How do you think an advertisement for someone who needs a
>> > Green Card, is worded [...] Nobody [...] has that complete
>> > skill set, ta dah! except for! you got it! the candidate for
>> > the Green Card!....
>>
>> So, is there any "oversight" in this?  Is there somewhere I could go and
>> say, "hey, XYZ co. is looking for someone with skills ranging from A to Z
>> -- this is impossible on the face of it, but they claim they found a
>> green-card/H1b worker that has this EXACT skill set -- I don't believe it,
>> please look into it"
>>
>> Of course, investigating these things "one-by-one" is pointless -- even if
>> the potential [pre-selected] hiree doesn't meet all the qualifications,
>> the company can turn around and say, "well, we realized our demands were
>> too high, but this person comes close enough...", and it simply isn't
>> worth the time and effort to "prove" you are more qualified than a foreign
>> worker.
>>
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