Ed Gould wrote: >Timothy: You make a broad brush stroke in blue.
True. >There are *DOCUMENTED* instances where IT is coached into putting an ad into >the paper asking for the world in qualifications and then put in a low salary >in the same ad. This is used to show the "need" for more IT workers at a >reduced rate. Perhaps, but this is probably to weed out jobseekers who want money, money and more money. >About 20 years ago a company I worked for hired one of these workers. What >they got was a semi trained individual that could barely do JCL. He had a >contract for 6 months and was promptly lost when his contract was up. >I am not sure this example proves anything except he lied on his resume. That company could at interview, checks out his skills. Example, ask that prospective employee/contractor to show he/she/it could do X with JCL/JES2/RACF/SMS/COBOL/whatever. Something like this: "You said on CV, you can do X, Ok, show me how you do X with <tool, say JCL>, please. If you cannot do X, there is a map to door to pavement. Goodbye." Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
