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The following comments are based on observations of AILA members and are not based on any guidelines issued by the DOL.  Advertisement in a journal is required if the job requires an advanced degree AND has a salary of $75,000 or more UNLESS it is an IT job in which case a journal or newspaper is acceptable.  Journal advertisements are needed for jobs requiring PhD, MD or Dental degrees.  There are two RIR categories.  The Non-availability category includes IT positions, Mechanical Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Actuaries, Occupational Therapists, Chemists, Aeronautical Engineers, Specialty and Non-Specialty Cooks, Bakers and Bakers' Assistants, Live-In Domestics and Special Handling Professors.  For these occupations one print ad in either the Sunday newspaper in the area of intended employment is sufficient in addition to internet or other sources.  A Sunday ad is not required for Specialty Cooks, Cooks, Bakers, and Live-In Domestics.  The available category consists of all other occupations.  Two print ads in either the Sunday newspaper or a professional journal are required, in addition to Internet or other sources.

**RIR update:  Recruitment must have been conducted within the last 6 months, but no requirement that it cover every month.  One print ad is sufficient if there are other forms of recruitment  (Internet, job order placed with the state agency, career fairs, etc.).  Refer to Employment Service Letter 99-09 published 9-20-99 (attached) for which publications to use depending on the occupation, city, and salary.  RIR will be rejected if the wrong publication is used.  For example, for the requirement if a Ph.D. (even if it listed as an alternate requirement) or for an executive/managerial position offering 100,000 or more, a journal ad is required.  Consultant positions requiring extensive travel with no fixed job site should be advertised in a national publication, such as Computer World or InfoWorld for computer consultants.

   U.S. Department of Labor
Employment and Training Administration
P.O. Box 193767
San Francisco, California 94119-3767
Reply to the Attention of:  9TURC

   REGION IX EMPLOYMENT SERVICE LETTER 99-09

   TO:   REGION IX SESA ADMINISTRATORS

CLASSIFICATION:  Action
EXPIRATION: 9/30/2000

SUBJECT: NON-AG ALIEN LABOR CERTIFICATION ADVERTISING REQUIREMENTS

 The regulations at 20 CFR 656.2 1(g) require that an employer place an advertisement for the job opportunity in a newspaper of general circulation or a professional, trade or ethnic publication, whichever is appropriate to the occupation and most likely to bring responses from qualified, willing, able and available U.S. workers.

 Occasionally, disputes arise during the processing and adjudication of individual labor certification applications as to which publication satisfies this requirement. In response to requests from employers, attorneys and SESA staff for guidance, the attached list of publications is being provided.

 Employers should be advised that the publications listed are considered the recommended sources of recruitment. Where more than one publication is listed, the SESA should make a recommendation based on knowledge of the industry, occupation and labor market. If the employer believes another publication is more appropriate and advertises accordingly, information should be submitted to show that the alternate publication is more likely to generate greater response from U.S. workers than the recommended publication.

 The Standard Periodical Directory contains the addresses of the journals and magazines listed; the directory is available at many public libraries.

 This supersedes Region IX Employment Service Letter No. 97-8.

Questions concerning this procedure should be directed to Rebecca Marsh Day at (415) 975-4601.

NEWSPAPERS

 Generally, a daily newspaper that is circulated widely throughout the labor market area where the job exists is satisfactory for testing the labor market for the availability of U.S. workers. All advertisements must appear, under the appropriate header, in the main help-wanted classified ad section of the newspaper.

 ARIZONA

Arizona     Republic (Metro Phoenix area and balance of State where there are no other significant newspapers. Not used for Tucson.)
Arizona     Daily Star (Tucson and southeastern State including Pima, Greenlee, Graham, Cochise, Santa Cruz Counties.)
Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff including Coconino County and Yavapai County)
Mohave Daily News (Bullhead City - Mohave County)
Casa Grande Dispatch
The Prescott Courier (Prescott - Yavapai County)
Yuma Daily Sun (Yuma - Yuma County) 

GUAM

Pacific Daily News

HAWAII

Hawaii Tribune Herald (east side of Island)
West Hawaii Today (west side of Island)

 KAUAI

Garden Island

 MAUI

MAUI News

 OAHU

Honolulu Advertiser
Honolulu Star-Bulletin

 NEVADA

Reno Gazette
Las Vegas Sun Review

 CALIFORNIA

 ANAHEIM-SANTA ANA-GARDEN GROVE LMA (Orange County)

Los Angeles Times City Edition
Los Angeles Times Orange County Edition
Orange County Register

 FRESNO COUNTY

Fresno Bee

 LOS ANGELES LMA

              LOS ANGELES COUNTY
              Los Angeles Times (Main Edition)
              Los Angeles Daily News

             LONG BEACH

Long Beach Press Telegram
Los Angeles Times (Main Edition)

SAN FERNANDO VALLEY

Los Angeles Times

SAN GABRIEL VALLEY

Pasadena Star News
San Gabriel Tribune
Whittier Daily News

OXNARD-SIMI VALLEY-VENTURA LMA (Ventura County)

Ventura County Star

RIVERSIDE-SAN BERNARDINO-ONTARIO LMA

San Bernardino Sun (San Bernardino County)
Press-Enterprise (Riverside County)

SACRAMENTO COUNTY

Sacramento Bee

SAN DIEGO LMA (San Diego County)

San Diego Union - Tribune

SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND LMA (Alameda, Contra Costa, Mann, San Mateo and San Francisco Counties)
San Francisco Chronicle Examiner (must be placed in combined classified ad section)

SAN JOSE LMA (Santa Clara County)/RED WOOD SHORES (San Mateo County) San Jose Mercury News

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY

Santa Barbara News Press

ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES OCCUPATIONS

1.     Professional, technical and managerial positions (other than managers and executives ~arning $150,000 or more per annum) available in the geographical areas listed below, shall be advertised for three days in the help-wanted section of the San Jose Mercury News:
Carmel
Fremont
Hayward
Livermore
Menlo Park
Monterey
Redwood City
Redwood Shores
Santa Clara County
Santa Cruz
Scotts Valley
Watsonville

The San Jose Mercury News is located in Silicon Valley, a world center of computer and electronics technology, and is used by a large number of employers and job seekers in the computer and electronics industries. If an employer wishes to use another advertising source, documentation should be submitted to show why the source used provides a better test of the labor market than does the San Jose Mercury News.

2.     Professional, technical and managerial positions (other than managers and executives earning $150,000 or more per annum) available in the Los Angeles LMA, may be advertised for three days in the help-wanted section of the Los Angeles Times in lieu of a professional journal.

EXCEPTIONS TO USE OF NEWSPAPERS

ETHNIC NEWSPAPER

SESAs should consult with DOL on a case-by-case basis before recommending an ethnic publication.

Advertisement may be in English or a foreign language; however, advertisements in a foreign language must be accompanied by a translation.

If the petitioning employer publishes an ethnic newspaper, it may advertise the job opening in the ethnic publication itself.

JOURNALS

Exceptions to the use of newspapers include the placement of a help-wanted ad in a professional or trade journal or in an ethnic newspaper.

Journal advertising is usually appropriate in instances where an advanced degree is required, i.e., Ph.D., or for managerial and executive positions offering $100,000 or more per annum.

When a Ph.D. is required, journal advertising is mandatory, even if the employer is willing to accept as an alternative to the Ph.D., a lesser degree (Masters or B.S.), plus additional years of experience.

Consultant positions requiring extensive travel with no fixed job site should be advertised in a national publication, e.g., computer consultants should be advertised in Computer World or Info World.

USE OF THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

The Wall Street Journal may be the appropriate recruitment source for financial managerial and/or executive positions earning $100,000 or more per annum.

The ad must be placed in the Western Edition of The Wall Street Journal. The advertisement should also be placed in the National Business Employment Weekly, if at no additional cost.

Other occupations in a research or educational setting which require a Master’s degree or Ph.D. are to be advertised in a professional journal appropriate to the particular discipline.

Where no recommended journal is available, SESAs shall exercise authority to recommend a source of advertisement

PUBLICATIONS USED FOR NATIONAL RECRUITMENT BY OCCUPATION

ACTOR
Variety
Hollywood Reporter

ACUPUNCTURIST
Acupuncture International Association
American Journal of Acupuncture

ADVERTISING/PUBLIC RELATIONS
Advertising Age
Ad Week

AEROSPACE POSITIONS
Aviation Weekly and Space Technology
The Air Jobs Digest
Aviation Digest
Aerospace America

AIRPLANE PILOT/FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR

Trade-A-Plane (Charter Pilot)
Aviation Weekly (Flight Instructor)
Professional Pilot (Multi-purpose)
Air Transport (Airline Pilot)

ANESTHESIOLOGIST
Anesthesiology

ARCHITECT
Architectural Record
Progressive Architectural

LANDSCAPE
Landscape Architecture
Magazine for Garden Design

MARINE
Maritime Reporter & Eng. News

CHEMIST
The Scientist Classified Advertising Department
Clinical Chemistry News
Chemical Engineering
The Scientist

CHIROPRACTOR
The Journal of the American Chiropractic Association

CORPORATE MANAGERS/EXECUTIVES
The Wall Street Journal

DENTIST
Journal of the American Dental Association
Academy of General Dentistry (AGD Impact) 

ECONOMIST
The Wall Street Journal

TEACHING & RESEARCH
Chronicle of Higher Education

AGRICULTURAL
American Journal of Agricultural Economics

EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN/PARAMEDIC

Emergency Medical Service Magazine
Journal of Emergency Medical Services

ENGINEER
Engineering News/Record 

AGRICULTURAL
Implement and Tractor

CERAMIC ENGINEER
American Ceramics Society Bulletin

CHEMICAL
Chemical & Engineering News
Chemical Engineer Process
Chemical Week

CIVIL
Engineering News/Record
EOS
Civil Engineering ASCE
Electric Light and Power
Civil Engineering News

ELECTRICAL and ELECTRONIC (Except as noted under Electronics Industries Occupations)
IEEE Spectrum

ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
Daily Variety
Hollywood Reporter

FACULTY MEMBER (University)
Chronicle of Higher Education

FINANCIAL and BUDGET OFFICER
The Wall Street Journal

GEOLOGIST
EOS
Geotimes
Engineering & Mining Journal
Journal of Geophysical Research
AAPG Explorer

LEGAL OCCUPATIONS (Attorney, Paralegal & Secretary)
The Arizona Attorney (Arizona)
The Maricopa Lawyer (Arizona)
L.A. Daily Journal (Los Angeles and Southern California)
The Recorder (San Francisco and Northern California)

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
The American Journal of Occupational Therapy

ORGANIST
American Guild of Organists

PATHOLOGIST
American Journal of Clinical Pathology
Lab Medicine

PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
Journal of Petroleum Tech
Oil and Gas Journal

PHARMACIST
American Pharmacist Association
American Druggist
Drug Topics
Neuroscience Newsletter
Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Pharmaceutical Executive

PHYSICIAN STAFF/TEACHING
The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
New England Journal of Medicine
Western Journal of Medicine
Southern Medical Journal
OB/GYN News
Annals of Internal Medicine
The American Journal of Medicine
The Medical Tribune

INTERN/RESIDENT
Employer must utilize Intern/Resident Match Program

PHYSICIST
Science
Physics Today
MRS Bulletin
Advanced Materials & Process 

APPLIED RESEARCH
Chemical & Engineering News

RESEARCH
Physics Today

SKI INSTRUCTOR/RACE COACH/NORDIC SKI GUIDE
Gliding Wedge (All other ski industry occupations should be advertised in a newspaper of general circulation.)

TEACHER
Education Week (Church-sponsored schools should use Church newsletters in addition to Education Week.)

TELEPHONE INDUSTRY (ENGINEER, TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNICIANS! SUPERVISOR/MIDDLE MANAGER)
Telephony

URBAN PLANNERS
National Cities Weekly

VETERINARIAN
Journal of American Veterinary Medical Association (JAVMA)