My personal experience. I'm 67, laid off after 18 years May 2014, consultant with raise Sept 2014, Hired away with raise Aug 2015. Yes, there is work to be had. More so if you are able to travel and/or re-locate, but I am seeing more notices for work-from-home. PS, once you are on Medicare, most company"benefits" are worth very little to you, so you might as well consult.
On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 3:37 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > From my personal observation I don't see a shortage of Mainframe Skills.= > > I do see companies not willing to pay for an experience skill set. In to= > days economic climate business are very reluctant to hire staff positio= > ns, they would rather invest in contractors. > =2E > =2E > Just my observation. > > = > > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: David Speake <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: IBM Mainframe > Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 17:22:11 -0600 > > Last Friday I was told that there is a desperate shortage of IBM = > = > > mainframe talent at most all skill levels and specialties. I have = > = > > not done my homework, say on Monster.com or otherwise. = > = > > Suspect that, if true, it would be a hot topic here. So I scanned = > = > > rather quickly through October and November archives. Any = > = > > comment on this rumor. I am 71 years old and the same = > = > > source cheered me a bit by noting that a local outfit had very = > = > > recently hired an 81 year old COBOL programmer. No info on = > = > > his experience nor more importantly his skill level. A Good friend, = > = > > also 71, retired and then lost his entire retirement in failed business = > = > > venture. Hope the rumor is true. Job security for those of us that = > = > > still have them and maybe hope for him and some of the others = > = > > less fortunate. = > = > > = > = > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
