SWA Job Posting Services ( State Work Force Agency ) are part of the required process that the Department of Labor requires employers to complete before they are able to bring over and employ a person from overseas for a position that is within the United States.
Each state has its own specific regulations for SWA Job Posting and are typically located on their state workforce development page. In order to have a service complete this Job posting for you, they will need the following information:
Company address, job response contact, email & phone: While not typically displayed this information is necessary to register a sponsoring company.
 FEIN Number and UIN Number  Or Federal Employment Identification Number and Unemployment Insurance Number These numbers may range in number but are required.
Job information including things like Education, Training, Job Experience and Salary and benefits when possibleÂ
While not all of this information is required for every state, some states will require the exact salary amount to be filled out before a Job posting can be submitted.
How do I Complete an SWA Job Posting?
Each state has its own State Work Force Agency ( SWA)Â which requires that an ETA Form 9089 must be submitted
Required info
- Title of occupation
- Skill Level
- Wage source
- The prevailing wage and applicable tracking number
- SOC/ O* Net (OES) Code which helps to organize jobs into one of the 1000 categories that help to determine skill level, knowledge base, and tasks involved with a job. The appropriate code can be found online.
- Dates of Determination and Expiration
The completion of the SWA process is done by registering on one or more sites as well as proper documentation and tracking and notation of any Vets hold (s). This may also include tracking and noting the end of any Vets hold(s)**. Once the prevailing wage is finalized they are typically valid anywhere between 90 days to a year. Documentation must also be kept by the employer for 5 years.
** A Vets hold is a determination of whether or not it may be appropriate to first train and hire a United States Veteran for the position
What is a SWA Job Posting used for?
A SWA Job posting is meant to determine whether or not the salary or wage that is intended for a specific job is acceptable based on the location of where that person will be employed. It verifies that the amount is appropriate for the requested job so that employers cannot try and pay a salary that is any lower than deemed appropriate.
If this sounds like it might be a time consuming and tedious process, It is ! but luckily if an employer is recruiting for multiple persons of the same job and skill levels this part of the PERM process only needs to be done once. Yay! However, be aware that the more generic job description is the more likely that there will be a larger number of applicants.
How do I Complete a SWA Job Posting?
Each state has its own State Work Force Agency ( SWA)Â which requires that an ETA Form 9089 must be submitted
Required info
- Title of occupation
- Skill Level
- Wage source
- The prevailing wage and applicable tracking number
- SOC/ O* Net (OES) Code which helps to organize jobs into one of the 1000 categories that help to determine skill level, knowledge base, and tasks involved with a job. The appropriate code can be found online.
- Dates of Determination and Expiration
The completion of the SWA process is done by registering on one or more sites as well as proper documentation and tracking and notation of any Vets hold (s). This may also include tracking and noting the end of any Vets hold(s)**. Once the prevailing wage is finalized they are typically valid anywhere between 90 days to a year. Documentation must also be kept by the employer for 5 years.
** A Vets hold is a determination of whether or not it may be appropriate to first train and hire a United States Veteran for the position
Why don’t all Immigration Advertising Agencies  Do SWA Job Posting Services?
Because of the detailed nature of these types of recruitment ads, the process of placings SWAs and accounting for all of the steps can be quite cumbersome and time-consuming. Â However, because the financial incentive for SWA Jobs Postings is very small there are not very many company’s that do SWA Placement Services along with the rest of the Labor Certification Ad placement process.
For more information on SWAs please check out this additional postÂ