[jsfg_cinti] Articles on current employent trends

Dear JSFG Folks,

You may find the articles and videos listed below to
be of interest to you with regard to your search for
employment as it is impacted by current employment
trends.

First, here is a link to a video of a presentation by
a law firm advising their corporate clients on how to
avoid hiring Americans in order to facilitate
obtaining H-1B visas for lower wage foreign workers.  

------ Link to Cohen&Grigsby video ------
PERM Fake Job Ads defraud Americans to 
secure green cards for foreigners
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCbFEgFajGU
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And here is a link to an article on public reaction to
that video.

---------- Link to first article ----------
YouTube Video On Avoiding U.S. Job Applicants Angers
Programmers
By Mary Hayes Weier, InformationWeek, Jun 18, 2007

http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199905192
or
http://tinyurl.com/2nlb3e
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Also, here is a link to a follow-up article wherein it
is reported that Senator Chuck Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)
and Representative Lamar Smith (R-Texas) have
requested the Justice Department to investigate the
law firm who created the video.

---------- Link to second article ----------
Lawmakers Request Investigation Into YouTube Video
By Mary Hayes Weier, InformationWeek, Jun 21, 2007

http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199906044
or
http://tinyurl.com/25wt7v
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And finally, here is some news coverage of the topic
on CNN by Lou Dobbs and Christine Romans.

---------- Link to video ----------------
Lou Dobbs -- Cohen&Grigsby seminar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bsp2V3ifZjM
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I hope you find this material informative.

Good luck with your job search!

Regards, 
Lance Feldman
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



       
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