I have been a silent spectator to this wonderful forum for long.
Lucky7 - My attorney also said the same thing.
(1) After Oct 06 release of FAQ for conversion from TR to RIR my recruitment efforts were started- Paper ads done and Company website ad done. My attorney wants to do one more ad and before that could be done, Dec 22 06 - 'Hold Harmless' Memo was released.
My attorney so put off the third mode of ad saying, after we send the intent to convert email, BEC will send us the prevailing wage and if that happens to be more than what was stated in 750A and/or Ads already done, those ads will have to be scrapped and redone. So, attorney did not want to waste one more mode of ad before hearing from the BEC.
Intent to convert email was sent two days ago for my case.
(2)My attorney also brought up another point saying, now The DOL defines job opportunities appropriate for RIR conversion as any position that has an SOC code falling into the following.
"in-(high)-demand" occupations, as listed on O*NET (browse by job family)
"high-growth industries" as identified by the Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
any position/s identified by a State Workforce Agency (SWA) as in-demand or shortage occupation/s
IF the industry and the underlying jobs for the industry is not in any of those, DOL could deny conversion.