The scourge of Indian IT Recruiters

161 posted on 08/27/2016 7:42:34 PM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)

To: BuckeyeTexan

Well now that’s odd; the implication is you took offense.

Farthest thing from my desire!

I certainly recognize that there are a million roads to Rome, and your road is every bit as valid as mine.

162 posted on 08/27/2016 7:46:01 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Every word the "News Media" prints these days are a lie, including "and" and "the".)

I wasn’t offended. Don’t be silly.

163 posted on 08/27/2016 7:53:33 PM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)

To: BuckeyeTexan

Good... I’m glad for that. Last thing I would ever desire. I treasure your friendship.

164 posted on 08/27/2016 8:08:13 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Every word the "News Media" prints these days are a lie, including "and" and "the".)

To: BuckeyeTexan

Besides, you know wayyyy to much about me. :^o

165 posted on 08/27/2016 8:08:38 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Every word the "News Media" prints these days are a lie, including "and" and "the".)

To: BuckeyeTexan

166 posted on 08/27/2016 8:08:58 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Every word the "News Media" prints these days are a lie, including "and" and "the".)

I've told this story before, but about 11 years ago, when I was looking for a job, I contacted a head hunter about finding a job. When I game them my resume, they told me that they would get back to me. However, I saw an on-line posting for a job that was made for me. At the time, I was both a Novell Master CNE and Master CNI (instructor,) and not only was I familiar with every product they mentioned, I was certified to both support and teach the products! When I contacted the recruiting company, it was the same one I had gone to, and even though my resume stated I was qualified for every one of the software packages, I just wan't the right guy for the job.

I later learned that recruiters from India will often post job requirements that are so outlandish and over the top, that no American could possibly qualify, allowing them to bring in H1-B visa employees. They figured that nobody could possibly have all those certifications.

I later learned that the company that was looking for staff was one that I had actually run their pilot conversion from OS/2 LanServer to Netware 3, and eventually trained many of their staff. The guy who was brought in new very little about Novell, the company was very unhappy (eventually letting him go, and I've heard never worked with that headhunter again,) and the company eventually migrated to Microsoft networks.

Mark

167 posted on 08/27/2016 9:45:04 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)

Love me some Tandoori Chicken! I also learned I don't care for goat. Nor most curries, but I do love butter chicken. And naan, and mango lassi, and a couple of other things they have at a local restaurant - I've been told that many of their dishes have been "americanized," but hard-core eaters can order them "traditional style." This restaurant serves dishes from a region of India that uses a lot of heavy sauces, and a co-worker (from India) doesn't care for it, since she's from a different region that uses fewer sauces. I can understand that, since even regions in the USA have different styles of food.

Oh, and I love those deserts, but I can never remember what their called... One is sort of a liquidy rice pudding, and the other, for some reason I keep referring to it as "gom jabbar" (as in the poisoned needle from Dune.) These are little, fried balls of deliciousness, in a thin honey sauce.

Mark

168 posted on 08/27/2016 10:35:58 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)

I have Type 2 Diabetes but I will never give up the sweet indian honey balls.

I will gladly loose body parts for that delicacy.

169 posted on 08/27/2016 10:44:09 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Every word the "News Media" prints these days are a lie, including "and" and "the".)

To: Big Red Badger

Lol... I fell the same way, and I work in IT!

I started out in software, teaching myself the C programming language (from the book by the same name, 1st edition,) Steven Bourne’s “Russian Shell Doll” book, and the Bell Labs v6 System Programming Manual (it actually looked like, and was the same size as a telephone book!)

But I haven’t worked in software since 1989, and now although my job title has changed to “Network Architect,” it seems I’m still doing the same old “network administrator” grunt-work!

Mark

170 posted on 08/27/2016 10:50:29 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)

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