yup, i do my job, the job of somebody never replaced, and ~1/2 the job of two people that still work there fixing their mistakes... the only saving grace is my boss NEVER bats an eye when i say i'm working overtime, sometimes till 7:30 or 8:00>>My little group has a couple of open positions, but we can’t get anybody with the skills we need. We’ve been looking for a couple of months.
True. Virtually all employers these days are looking for 100% qualified candidate with years of experience, who can do two distinct jobs previously held by three or more people, and they want to pay that person less than they used to pay any of the three they let go in 2009. Oh, that and a degree.
My group at work is down to 60% staffing because the requirements of the HR department and upper management have made the job unfillable.
We’re actually pretty flexible, if you have the basics you can learn the rest of the job, if you’re willing to work hard.
We’re definitely not 9 to 5, but the pay reflects this.
Unfortunately the lure to overseas work is scalping this nation of some of our best.....even among construction workers and those with skills favorable to those positions abroad are leaving.
I agree with you.
Now a days, they ask person should be expert in front end, backend, middleware, QA, SQl, NOSQL, Mysql, Unix, Linux, iOS... Full stack.
I have seen same job ads for last 6 months +
When I get a call with above requirement, I tell them look for God , I am humble human.
yup, i do my job, the job of somebody never replaced, and ~1/2 the job of two people that still work there fixing their mistakes... the only saving grace is my boss NEVER bats an eye when i say i'm working overtime, sometimes till 7:30 or 8:00“True. Virtually all employers these days are looking for 100% qualified candidate with years of experience, who can do two distinct jobs previously held by three or more people, and they want to pay that person less than they used to pay any of the three they let go in 2009. Oh, that and a degree.”
And that’s for an entry-level job, of course. At least, that’s the impression I got when I was looking for work last year.
Thankfully, I found a position with a local organization that actually *gasp* gave me some room to grow into my responsibilities. Imagine that!
Hear hear. “We’re Looking For A Superstar!” always means either H1B visa fraud or the HR equivalent of a starry-eyed 14-year old describing her perfect man.
I’ve come to conclude that the current thought must be that hiring one guy for $100K who meets all of the dozen “must have experience in” requirements instead of two guys at $50K who each meet half or more of the requirements means only one paid vacation, one health insurance plan, one retirement plan, etc., instead of two.