Yeah....I would say "we're seeing the same thing", too. I've copied the posting to lopsa-jobs each time, and my social network sites to try to expand its reach....
Last few times....barely get 3 applicants, where only 1 is remotely qualified. And, then if we make an offer....they tell us that they need us to get them a visa to work for us (one had a J-1 visa, another had been staying past his h1-b [but had already sent his family home], the more recent one wasn't living in the country anymore) But, our position is not H1B eligible (since we don't require a Bachelors degree.) The most recent time we put out the ad....we wanted the applicants to tell us how much they wanted for the position. But, the ones that wanted lots of money didn't bother applying.....which I guess is good, because we probably don't want them anyways. But, its hard to get a market adjustment if the market won't tell us what to adjust to. The person that gets the applications, did show apparently show something to my manager that said people like me average 25% more than what he makes..... He's been trying to get us all market adjustments for a while....CIO had said if we hire somebody (qualified) at market, he would get market adjustments for the rest of us...hence the last search.... But, finding somebody remotely qualified seems to be a stretch.... If only I didn't hate moving all my home computers/electronics..... ----- Original Message ----- > 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 > 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.
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