Midcom job ads
Midcom job ads
Date: Thursday, January 08, 2009 4:13 PM
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A consulting firm called MIDCOM Corporation posted a job ad that bears an
eerie similarity to the one this newsletter recently covered from
Resourcesoft. Besides the fact that both of them posted a job ad that is
obviously for H-1Bs only, there is one other thing the two companies have in
common -- they are both WBE certified.
I wouldn't blame you if you forgot what that means, but the first ad below
will remind you and so will their website:
http://www.midcom.com/about.php
MIDCOM is a Woman-Owned business (WOB)
WOBs and WBEs mean about the same thing.
Being a WBE is not just another piece of paper. This certification program is
used to put women and minority owned businesses at the front of the line when
lucrative city, state and federal government contracts are doled out.
Certification gives them an advantage even while dealing with private
enterprise companies.
Another important thing about being WBE is that it gives them some measure of
immunity if angry job seekers accuse them of discrimination.
Midcom is owned by Barbara Cepinko and her husband Stephen Grande. I wasn't
able to find out much about Cepinko because it seems she keeps a very low
profile. The CEO of Midcom is Diane Zak, who got her start in Human Resources.
Perhaps a coincidence, but the owner of Resourcesoft got her start in HR also.
The first job ad can be seen directly on dice.com or it can be found by
searching the Midcom database at:
http://www.midcom.com/job.php
Enter "h1-b" into their search engine to find the first ad. The 2nd ad can be
viewed by entering "h1b" and for the 3rd enter "citizen".
There is an important reason I included the 2nd and 3rd job ads: to show that
Midcom routinely specifies immigration and/or citizenship status in their job
ads, so it's no accident when they ask for H-1B, green cards, or U.S.
citizens. The second job ad says that they won't hire an H-1B for that
position but green cards and EAD status are OK -- they didn't say if being a
U.S. citizen is OK. The third ad is very specific -- the job is for U.S.
citizens ONLY.
I apologize for all the acronyms but sometimes it's unavoidable. This
paragraph has enough acronyms to make your head spin! EAD stands for
Employment Authorization Document, which gives people who are not lawful
permanent residents permission to work in the United States. The Midcom
requirement for EAD is somewhat redundant if not contradictory because EADs
aren't needed for green card holders, however they are used for H-1B, L-1, and
foreign students on OPT. Perhaps Midcom meant to specify EB (employment
based) green cards, but EB GCs don't need EADs.
In order for you to understand the dilemma faced by American job seekers
please read the comment from the FEMALE that made me aware of Midcom. She has
dual Master's degrees in business and computer related disciplines, and a
multitude of certifications. Without question she is qualified for many types
of technical and business jobs. Currently she is severely underemployed. Her
earnings aren't enough to make ends meet so she will soon be forced into
bankruptcy and foreclosure.
One of the concepts that is very important to understand is that companies
like Midcom aren't necessarily discriminating based on gender or race -- often
it's a question of nationality. She asked me if the Midcom job ad is legal. I
get that question every time I send a newsletter out with discriminatory job
ads. Unfortunately there isn't a simple answer.
I have written extensively on this subject of legality and the possibility of
lawsuits in the following archived newsletters. Please everyone, don't ask me
the legal questions until you have read those newsletters! I just know I'm
going to get an avalanche of replies to this one which is OK, I love to hear
from you, but I just don't want to spend time repeating myself.
Reference material from newsletter archive (link at bottom of page):
2007-06-15 Private right of action gutted in Pascrell bill 2006-06-20
Discrimination Complaints Filed Against H-1B Employers
2006-02-12 Job ad for H-1Bs only
2005-11-30 2 Articles about Sona Shah and Pascrell's bill
2005-08-23 Melindez vs. Quantum and SAP
2004-12-21 Civil Lawsuits and Pascrell's Bill
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COMMENT BY JOB SEEKER:
My own personal experience is that the major corporations in Chicago are using
unknown foreign vendor firms. They refer to their "primary client"
as though that client is the Chicago corporation. Instead, it turns out that
they are second, third, (fourth...?) level down from primary vendor, with each
company getting a percentage of the billing rate.
WORSE is that I have no way to verify that those foreign firms have even
submitted my resume AT ALL, particularly when only two resumes may be
submitted.
I strongly suspect that resumes of Americans are no longer being submitted at
all; instead, statements about having submitted an American candidate
effectively has taken those Americans off the market for that engagement
entirely to avoid a double submittal- And again, even if that "submittal"
did occur, it may have simply been to another vendor firm, *not* to the end
client personnel.
Remember being told to avoid Human Resources at all cost? This is sooooo much
worse, because my resume may be going through 2-3-4 *different* company layers
before even being submitted to Human Resources/hiring manager at all! And
half the foreigners on the phone don't even know what a business analyst or a
quality assurance analyst is!
Happy New Year - if Americans no longer have jobs and/or the rates have
plummeted to 50% of prior incomes, the Great Depression will look *better*
than what's coming. :-(
Midcom has had my resume for many years [snipped for privacy] in the Chicago
market.
FYI - I worked a total of 2 weeks in all of 2008 (ran out of
unemployment/federal extension failed because it requires year's earnings to
be 1.5 times best quarter and I only *worked* one good quarter in 2007!), so I
am now filing Chapter 7 bankruptcy and will be losing this home that I
designed and my rental half-duplex to foreclosure. Worse, I have about $3000
left to my name. When that runs out, I will have no money for food or money to
even get to a food pantry!
P.S. Add age descrimination, as well:
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals puts in its job reqs that no one "overqualified"
will be considered.
- Covenant Health Care specifies "mid-level career" for its fulltime positions
-d'ya think that eliminates me as an over [snipped]-yr.-old?
- Job reqs used to have minimum number of years specified. Now, they
routinely have *maximum* number of years specified, e.g., 3-8 yrs.
experience. Even as a second career, 8 years maximum means under 40!
You are about the *only* one who is discussing the loss of work for
*Americans*. Thanks for the information in your newsletters.
Is this even legal (referring to first ad)?
AD #1 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
http://seeker.dice.com/jobsearch/servlet/JobSearch?rel_code=1102&op=302&type=14&dockey=xml/f/6/f68808d4dc6f61b4f44da9bc37c33bf9@endecaindex&bb=0&source=
13
Title: Information Systems Consultants - H1-B
Skills: Please see Job description
Date: 1-5-2009
Location: Chicago, IL
Area code: 312
Tax term: CON_IND CON_W2
Pay rate: Market - DOE
Length: 6 mos to perm
Position ID: MID-1
Dice ID: cxmidcom
Job description:
Midcom, a National Woman-owned Consulting Firm is currently seeking
EXPERIENCED Information Systems Consultants currently holding H1-B status or
eligible for H1-B status. If you are experienced in the following disciplines
and desire to make a change, I would like to discuss this with
you: Oracle, TIBCO, PeopleSoft, Siebel, SAP, WebSphere, Software Testing,
Lotus Notes, Maximo, Client Server or Mainframe. Please send a resume and
contact info to Paul@midcom.com. I will contact you.
Travel required: none
Telecommute: no
Paul Mistal
MIDCOM Corporation
Westchester, IL 60154
Phone: (708) 562-1695
Web: http://www.midcom.com
AD #2 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Title:
Oracle J2EE Infrastructure Engineer
Skills:
Strong J2EE Infrastructure with strong RDBMS expertise; application servers,
portal servers, databases, directory servers, network com, candidates with 10+
years of experience are preferred.
Date:
1-5-2009
Description:
Contract 117113 Oracle J2EE Infrastructure Engineer (San Francisco CA)
No H1's can be considered as this is a possible Contract to Hire EAD Status,
Green card OK
Job Title: Oracle Infrastructure Engineer
Internal Job ID: USW-117113
Job ID: 117113
Work Location: 100 First ST San Francisco, CA 94105 US
# Positions: 1
Position Type: Indefinite
Bill Rate: $60.00 No stretch whatsoever
Job Length: 6.0
MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING TO SUBMIT - I CANNOT SEND WITHOUT THIS INFO BELOW:
a. Candidate*s first and last name
b. Candidate*s contact number or a candidate unique 10-digit number for
tracking purposes c. Bill Rate d. Candidate*s location (city and state) e.
Candidate*s date of availability f. Candidate*s work status (US Citizen, EAD,
green card, H1B, etc.) g. Brief summary of qualifications -
AD #3 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
http://seeker.dice.com/jobsearch/servlet/JobSearch?op=302&dockey=xml/d/9/d93563d3285aa81bab488d523318301d@endecaindex&source=19&FREE_TEXT=citizen&rating
=99
Title:
TFIM - Tivoli Identity Manager SME
Skills:
Tivoli Identity Manager with TFIM expertise Java and XSL US CITIZEN ONLY -
Government related
Date:
12-29-2008
Description:
Position ID 00019 * NEW - Can work Remote and some travel to client sites
TFIM/Account Provisioning Resource:
This person will be responsible for JIT (Just in time) account provisioning.
This role will include developing code (Java/XSL) to integrate TFIM *on the
fly* (JIT). This code will automatically create an account.
The ideal candidate will possess TFIM/Java/XSL and must have a development
background.
XSL (Extensible Stylesheet Language) is an XML-based language used for the
transformation of XML documents into other XML or "human-readable"
documents. The original document is not changed; rather, a new document is
created based on the content of an existing one.
Other skill mixes that would be considered would be a strong TFIM/Java/XML or
short of that, a TFIM/Java candidate that can demonstrate the ability to learn
XSL very RAPIDLY.
This person can work totally remotely via a secure VPN access portal but must
hit the ground with a minimum NAC clearance or Secret clearance. US CITIZEN
ONLY - Government Related
Nice juicy work from home gig for the right candidate
Some intermittent travel may be required (10%) , 3 months duration, possibly
longer.
IF WE CAN NOT FIND SOMEONE WITH THE ABOVE THE 2ND BEST WOULD TRY TO LOCATE A
CANDIDATE WHO HAS VERY STRONG EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH TAM AND JAVA AND XML *
BUT PLEASE MAKE SURE THE CANDIDATE IS SENIOR AND VERY HANDS ON*..
Paul Mistal
MIDCOM Corporation
Westchester, IL 60154
Phone: (708) 562-1695
Web: http://www.midcom.com
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http://www.usd.edu/press/news/news.cfm?nid=184
Jul 26, 2004
Diane Zak Named Director of Human Resources at the U
VERMILLION, S.D. -- Diane S. Zak is the new Director of Human Resources at The
University of South Dakota. She replaces outgoing Director of Human Resources,
Karon Fuller, who served the U for 35 years before retiring this year.
Diane received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Human Resources Management from
Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, Minn., and in 1994, attained a
lifetime certification as a Senior Professional Human Resources (SPHR)
from the Society of Human Resources Management.
Before joining the U, Diane spent five years as a Vice President of Human
Resources, for Midcom Inc., a privately owned electronics firm in Watertown,
S.D., supporting their global manufacturing operations. In 2001, Diane was
instrumental in staffing a turnkey manufacturing operation in the People's
Republic of China and a sales office and warehouse in Hong Kong.
Previously, Diane spent four years as Director of Human Resources for
Supervalu Inc., at their location in Easton, Pa., and fifteen years supporting
the Human Resources and Information Systems Departments for The Toro Company
in Riverside, Calif.
About The University of South Dakota
Founded in 1862, The University of South Dakota is designated as the only
public liberal arts university in the state and is home to a comprehensive
College of Arts and Sciences, School of Education, School of Health Sciences,
the state's only School of Law, School of Medicine, the accredited Beacom
School of Business and the College of Fine Arts. It has an enrollment of
approximately 9,200 students taught by 400 faculty members. More information
is available at www.usd.edu/press/news.
This material is available in an alternate format upon request. Please contact
University Relations at 605-677-5759. If you are a person with a disability
and need a special accommodation to fully participate in any university
activity or event, please contact Disability Services at
605-677-6389 as soon as possible, but no later than 48 hours before the event,
so that appropriate arrangements may be made.
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