|
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend Bookmark this thread |
This topic is archived. |
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010) |
crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 11:38 PM Original message |
Blogger uncovers fake jobs posted by Department of Labor in H1-B visa scandal. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
smtpgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. Because, hopefully the American applicant |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
BearSquirrel2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 12:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. Unfortunately ... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. This is all too believable. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 11:59 AM Response to Reply #2 |
22. Executive privilege. nt |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
illinoisprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. I've seen these type of ads here and wondered why so many and what is was about. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
4. The odds are huge that an ad that's VERY detailed is a pro forma H-1B scam. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 12:06 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. THAT is pathetic. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 11:06 AM Response to Reply #5 |
18. Law firms give seminars about how they assist in this process; here's video of one. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 01:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. I was hoping that someone would post that video again. Thanks |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 02:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
36. I can't believe that! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 11:02 AM Response to Reply #4 |
17. If immigrant investors and business people, here under e-visas, I |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 11:19 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. In our collective guilt over the bigotry that infests our society, we seem to forget ... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 11:16 AM Response to Reply #20 |
54. I couldn't have said it better. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
6. ttt...i've fallen victim to similar scams in my eternal job search |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
7. Not an H-1b scam - this is and has been the law for quite some time |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 01:10 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Sounds like a scam to me. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 01:22 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. This has nothing to do with H-1bs and is definitely not a scam |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 10:26 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. it seems to me, however, that these job postings contravene the spirit of the law. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 10:48 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Regardless, |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 03:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
40. This is not a technical loophole and it's not exploiting a technicality |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 04:37 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. I'll also repeat. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 04:38 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Did you read the whole of the original post? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 12:10 PM Response to Reply #44 |
55. The advertised job must be virtually identical to the alien's proposed job |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 01:55 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Well, I'm telling you as an experienced technology worker... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 03:29 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. It does match the exact job the employer offers the employee |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
The Vinyl Ripper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 12:09 PM Original message |
There are over three hundred million Americans |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
41. That has nothing to do with what I wrote |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 01:44 PM Response to Reply #11 |
32. Ah, Prince Mishkin, |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 10:58 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Here's the training that lawfirms offer their clients to conduct this "not scam" |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 11:07 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Exactly. We must always remember that "legal" does NOT mean "ethical" or "right." |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 04:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
42. Of course any lawyer is going to give his client advice in order to win |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 05:09 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. But it's not "protection", it's a head-fake. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 12:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
26. It's also "the law" for our tax dollars to go into the pockets of oil execs as "subsidies" |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
51. The intention may be to protect the American worker, but the employer |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 03:49 PM Response to Reply #51 |
59. It's not a perfect system but the job ad process is the only viable way |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
8. I've written about this scam dozens of times |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 01:19 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. If it's completely legal, then we need to DEMAND that it is made illegal. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 01:37 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. It's the whole system |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
BearSquirrel2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 12:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. Amen Brother ... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 12:28 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I dealt with that for over two decades. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 01:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
33. No SHIT! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 02:21 AM Response to Original message |
13. You win, just remember |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
BearSquirrel2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
21. DUHHHH!!! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
EnricoFermi (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
28. I want a fake job |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
rudy23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
29. They also use "wrong" phone numbers a lot. My old number was one of those numbers |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
flyingfysh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
30. this is a well-known trick |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
31. Old News... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
34. Always wondered why a job that basically had the responsiblity |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
35. Won't you join me in bringing this to the attention of Lou Dobbs? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 03:06 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Looks like he already knows |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
38. wtf? n/t |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
39. Send this to Lou Dobbs. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
45. Chairman Chao strikes again... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
47. There was a video posted a few weeks back on DU with a company |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
48. Thanks for linking to this. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
49. HI ELAINE CHAO!!!!!!!!! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
50. I got a great idea! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 09:16 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. I agree |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
newportdadde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
53. I wonder about some of these job ads sometime.. they want experience is everything. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
sadiesworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-03-07 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
57. Let's all write Hillary, maybe she'll help. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) | Mon Apr 29th 2024, 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
Advertisements [?] |
Top |
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010) |
Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators
Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.
Home | Discussion Forums | Journals | Store | Donate
About DU | Contact Us | Privacy Policy
Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.
© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC