> > 3.I would like to comment on "Companies are being pressured to not > > give permanent employment to whites. In addition, it is hard for a > > skilled white programmer to advance to senior management > positions. " > > I've heard this being said many a times but I'm not too > sure how this > > is being done.My experience working in Cape Town has in > fact been the > > opposite of what you state here Heinz. > > > I agree with Jeff here. My 15 years in the Cape Town > development hiring > world (usually as one of the team of interviewers), job market and > general industry has shown me that the majority of senior > management and > even 'real' (non token) jobs still go to white professionals. > These are > still the people calling the shots and that is why the 'referral' > network perpetuates the status quo.
Interesting Lisa. Did you find that the 'real' jobs go mostly to men? Kind regards from Heinz -- Dr. Heinz M. Kabutz (Maximum Solutions) Sun Java Champion Author of "The Java(tm) Specialists' Newsletter" http://www.javaspecialists.co.za Tel: +27 (83) 340-5633
