RE: OT -- the volume of job postings is way down

[JOE TESTA]

What about like amateur radio(aka ham radio, not to be confused with radio controlled pigs), alot of those geek heads do radio stuff(well ok a few of us) :)   joe   >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/01/01 12:52PM >>> The weight in ounces of the Sunday San Jose Mercury News Classifieds is a valid measure of economic activity. At one point it was around 24 pages for IT jobs but it recently has been down to 1-2 pages. A few years ago, despite the positive outlook for careers in computer science, students majoring in computer science was down because of the geek stigma. The result was a shortage in IT workers. Then came the Internet bubble and students began jumping onto the computer science bandwagon. So... to ensure demand for our services we should discourage student enrollment in the computer sciences by playing up the geek, propeller-head thing. :-) Got pocket protector? Steve Orr -----Original Message----- [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 9:51 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Another sign of the times is that ITI is closing its US schools. For those who don't know - it is a computer training school. They started years ago as a school in Atlantic Canada offering a 10 month course. Later they expanded to few Canadian and US cities. Last year they advertised on TV and radio about 400,000 unfilled positions in e-commerce etc. and offered-commerce training. Yesterday I have heard that they are scaling back... Witold -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Orr, Steve   INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services    -- (858) 538-5051  FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California        -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from).  You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).