i have gone thru the same situation you are going thru .. first reason for denail was the same like you filed again with changes in ETA and got approved in just two days..
let me tell you something your thesis work will never be counted cuz you were working on something which was the part of your post graduate program. it will be only counted if you were working on some thing with a paid salaried job after your master's and PHD, if you are filing an EB2 case then only Phd + 0 years would be more then good for you and make ur ads this way MS + 5 years of experience or Phd + 0 years, the same way you have to mention this in ur ETA 9089, then you will be all set, this reason will be gone, another thing ur lawyer must be familier of PERM case find an efficient lawyer most of the lawyers claims that they know they are experts but 90% of the time they lie and screw you up. I was screwed up twice by a lawyer, then finally involved my self read all the perm procedure's how it works advertised everything back again then along with the HR filed the case got approved in just two days. you have to follow the all ads requirements
advertise ur job in the foillowing manners'
1) local broad band news paper sunday consec ads
2)job posting website
3)employer's website
4)Internal notice boards of company in two different locations
5) Material science magzine
6) place job oder with state work force agency
these are the normal procedure's which you have to follow at first
find your job title on O*net along with catagory of filing ( for ur case if you have international publications in that feild you can file directly EB1 you will get rid of LC)
Hi,
You followed this steps? Because our attorney was telling us that first step is:
1. SWA(State Workforce Agency)
2. The employer must place two newspaper advertisements on two different Sundays.
3.The employer must choose at least three additional recruitment steps from the list provided by U.S DOL.