Re: OT Re: anti ev article

[SteveB48@aol.com]

Dennis,

What I said was there was a shortage here and I stand by that. I didn't speak for the entire country. I do have my engineers work at home and have not only at this company but for that past 12 years. How can you possibly say what my hiring practices might be? You have no idea how I search for people, what I might pay and where they will work.

I didn't speak about something I didn't know about, Florida's employment situation. You should do the same.


Steve


In a message dated Wed, 29 Nov 2000  7:22:38 PM Eastern Standard Time, "Dennis Hawkins" <n4mwd@amsat.org> writes:

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On 29 Nov 2000, at 12:36, SteveB48@aol.com wrote:

> Chuck,
> I appologize to the list as this is way off topic but we're looking
> for people in Oregon and Washington as well. Steve

Perhaps if you had more reasonable hiring standards.  Companies like 
Intel regularly disqualify resumes if the applicant has too much 
experience.  For example, if the job requirements say 3-5 years 
experience, then someone with 6 years experience would not be 
considered.  Also, most programming jobs can be done via 
telecommuting but only a small fraction of employers are wise enough 
to take advantage of that.  (ie-$40/hr telecommute vs. $100/hr on 
site for the same work.)

If you really want to hire somebody, try the classifieds in the 
paper.  Around here, there are rarely any computer jobs in there at 
any salary.  When a descent ad goes in, usually the employer will get 
around 200 resumes.  There are a lot of starving programmers here in 
Palm Beach Florida area thanks to IBM moving out several years ago 
and Pratt Whitney on its last legs.

In any case, please stop saying there is a shortage of programmers 
when there isn't.

Dennis.


Dennis Hawkins (n4mwd@amsat.org)

"It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so
ingenious."-anonymous

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