The economic slump didn't hit IT as badly as most others and certainly hasn't seen under employment for a year now. On Mar 6, 2012 9:14 AM, "Brodie, Kent" <[email protected]> wrote:
> The only input to this I can add is, “we’re seeing the same thing”. We > recently posted a (windows-based) sysadmin position, and the slate of > candidates that applied was well, really sub-par. It kind of stumps me – > given the state of the economy, I would have assumed that we’d have a stack > of resume’s two inches thick. Not the case. We eneded up only having > two applicants that were even qualified at all. I’m not sure what I can > conclude from this, other than that perhaps in the mid-to-high-end IT > market, most people really ARE still employed, and are hunkered down trying > to preserve their existing jobs?**** > > ** ** > > -kcb**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Evan Pettrey > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 06, 2012 7:44 AM > *To:* LOPSA Discuss List > *Subject:* [lopsa-discuss] Candidate Recruiting**** > > ** ** > > Group, > > Good morning everybody. I currently have a position for a Jr. Systems > Administrator available in the Northern Virginia area (I've already sent > out an email to the group about it last week) and have been having > difficulty locating qualified and motivated candidates. > > The position will pay 50-65k depending on experience and is fairly entry > level so I don't feel the wages are a hindrance to finding candidates. > However, I've only managed to receive a limited number of resumes so far, > almost entirely from people who would not be a good fit the position. > > Would some of you with hiring experience share what has worked for you? > I've posted the position on reddit.com/r/sysadmin jobs a couple times in > addition to using mailing lists, all without any success. > > I realize using a recruiter may be what becomes necessary but I'd rather > use that money in my budget to pay for a better qualified candidate rather > than having that money go to a recruiter if at all possible. > > > Any insight into things at all would be greatly appreciated. > > > Thanks, > Evan**** > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > >
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