I thought things were better too. BUT I've received lots of emails from others who cannot find work. I've rewritten my resume at least several hundered times, stopping short at lying, but I'm beginning to believe that’s what its going to take to get me back to work.
I have identified the specific cause why I havent been able to find work, but not a way around it.. When I left high school and chose the military instead of college. It has been proven to me time and time again lately that if I don't have a degree on my resume, I don't even get past the HR dept. Another problem with my specific situation is that I have allways been a contractor and I have worked a lot of 90 day contracts in a 30 year period.. I had one guy hiring contractors ask me, why havent you ever stayed at one contract very long. I guess he doesn’t understand that contractors are a temporary fix. Another problem seems to be that the contracting agencies will no longer present people if they don't live in the area which is new to me. I guess they forgot that us traveling data ho's were the one's that helped them to build their businesses. Oh well, I'm not going to cry about it. Just going to figure out a way to bring money in some other way. Virgil Bierschwale http://www.virgilslist.com http://www.tccutlery.com http://www.bierschwale.com http://www.bierschwalesolutions.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kristyne McDaniel Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 2:30 AM To: 'ProFox Email List' Subject: RE: [OT] RE: Keeping American Programmers at Work Virgil, > Here's to hoping it never happens to you and I'd drink to it, but the > cupboard is bare, for now <grin> My own job at EDS was recently outsourced to India. However, there are still plenty of jobs and a lot of work in the area. I haven't replaced all of my former income yet but I think I will soon. The market really isn't all that bad for programmers. I'm a believer in growing the entire pie rather than thinking that the pie is a fixed size, and that if a slice goes to India there is necessarily that much less for Americans. There are bumps in the road but I think they're smoothing out. Kristyne McDaniel www.mcstyles.com www.shamrocktrails.com [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
