A recruiter got me the position I'm in, Today. I give props to them being a central point of contact for job opportunities and those seeking work.
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 4:29 PM, Jim Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > Merrill you are killing the reputation of the recruiting industry. > > Jim Wright > Technology Recruiter > Prince, Perelson & Associates > (801)365-0407 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Merrill Oveson > Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 4:00 PM > To: Provo Linux Users Group > Subject: Re: idea to help each other out > > Well stated. > > To rephrase in economicese "An individual will only enter into an > exchange > if that individual will be better off as a result of the exchange > regardless > of the how much better off the other party will be." > > My employer may bill me at $100 an hour. Suppose I make $20 an hour. > Subtracting out his costs of doing business - minus my cost, he may make > $50 > profit for every hour I work. > Now I have two choices. I can either stop working for my employer, or > keep > working for my employer. > If I continue to work, (make the exchange of my time/effort for money), > then > I must feel that I better off earning the $20/hr - regardless of how > much > better off my employer may be. > > I might not like it, think it's unfair, etc. But, I'm still better off. > > On a personal note: > What I'd really like to do is get really rich. Then I could buy my > freedom > and do what I wanted. > Instead I'm a slave, only thing I get to choose is who I work for and > what > work I do. > > Someone like, Paris Hilton did it right. She managed to be born to very > wealthy parents. > In her case the biblical verse, "by the sweat of thy brow shalt thou > earn > thy daily bread" does not apply. > > > > On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Derek Davis <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Alex Esplin<[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Even in a straight across trade, from my point of view I have to be > > > better off than the person I'm trading with, or there is no > incentive > > > > No, I think you only need to be better off than you were before the > > trade. How you are compared to the other person after the trade is > > less relevant. > > > > /me creeps back into the shadows after popping out to make this less > > than helpful comment. > > > > /* > > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > > Don't fear the penguin. > > */ > > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > -- Take care, William Attwood Idea Extraordinaire [email protected] Charles de Gaulle<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/c/charles_de_gaulle.html> - "The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs." /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
