[NTLUG:Discuss] Job Searching

[Allen Flick]

Greg Edwards wrote:

> ndr wrote:
> >
> > I was wondering if someone could let me know what the current
environment
> > for tech jobs in the Dallas and surrounding area is like. I am
currently
> > living in Kansas City and will be laid off in about a month. My
girlfriend
> > lives in Dallas and I wanted to find a job in the area. The 7 hour
drive
> > from KC gets a little tedious at times :)
> >
> > I have 4-5 years of diverse and solid Unix Sys Admin experience. I
can
> > provide a copy of my resume if anyone is interested :)
>
> I can't say what's available today but while things definitely have
> slowed down the market is still active.  Many areas of the job market
> are really hurting in the DFW area but the high tech industry seems to

> still be holding its own.  Where 18 months ago there were 10 jobs for
> every techie looking I say that today there are at least 2 jobs for
> every techie looking.  But then again Alcatel just rolled out a big
> layoff this week.

I wish you could corroborate the numbers you spouted here.
2 jobs for every techie looking !?!?!?  Get real !!!
What you should be saying is 18 months ago there were 10 jobs
per techie looking, there's about 1 job per 10 techies looking now.

Don't believe?  Read the news.  Visit a job fair.  Attend one of the
networking groups (there's lots of them) around the area.

Personally, I've been OOW since Feb. Can't get any nibbles on my
resume at all.  Can't find any hiring managers names.  Every one I
know are sitting on pins and needles waiting for their own name to
bubble to the top of the layoff list.

Hiring companies put out a position as a wish list. Like, if we can
find a person with these qualifications with this low amount of
experience then we'll talk to him/her to see if they'll be willing to
work for the small salary we're going to offer.

Such is life in the hi-tech arena.

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  :^)  Allen Flick  (ALF)
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Microsoft has done for software what McDonald's did for the hamburger.
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