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To: Thermalseeker

well yes and no. They are hiring some highly skilled
people for %20-%30 less (if they have the exact skillset
being sought and aren’t “too old”). There are plenty of
IT people unemployed due to age or undercut by
immigrants/H1Bs/offshoring.


58 posted on 10/15/2009 7:00:33 AM PDT by rahbert
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To: rahbert
There are plenty of IT people unemployed due to age or undercut by immigrants/H1Bs/offshoring.

Yep. Programmers are a dime a dozen. Engineers are better by design......

61 posted on 10/15/2009 7:05:12 AM PDT by Thermalseeker (Stop the insanity - Flush Congress!)
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To: rahbert
There are plenty of IT people unemployed due to age or undercut by immigrants/H1Bs/offshoring.

Such as myself. Job went to India, and I'm nearly 58.

I've had two interviews in 5 months, when in "normal" times I would have had a job in less than one month. Job hunting has become a form of keyword bingo, where you have to match a particular list of skillset TLA's even to be picked out of the pile.

64 posted on 10/15/2009 7:10:11 AM PDT by thulldud (It HAS happened here!)
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To: rahbert

see post # 74


77 posted on 10/15/2009 7:40:23 AM PDT by algernonpj (He who pays the piper . . .)
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