THIS WEEK: Has the mainframe job market changed?

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>> Receive this email as text  >> About this email   In this Issue >> From the editor: Has the mainframe job market changed? >> Featured Topic: Meet our database experts >> Expert Technical Advice: Rick Nashleanas is here to answer your career-related questions >> Site Highlights: * Real-Life Case Studies * Meet the Linux expert * Need help managing?  From the Editor: by Kate Evans-Correia, News Editor We know that the availability of mainframe jobs is a sensitive topic. In recent months, Search390.com has reported on a number of trends in the industry -- specifically, the impact of H1-B visas, the aging mainframe worker and the lack of decent paying jobs. It's clear from your responses to past surveys that it is getting increasingly difficult to find work as a mainframe professional. As we enter into the fall season and the new year, we were wondering if anything has changed in the mainframe job market from your perspective. Are you or the hiring manager in your department hiring any IT pros with mainframe experience? Are there plans to hire young IT workers and train them on the mainframe? Let us know what's going on in your organization-- just send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED].  Featured Topic: Meet our database experts-Tom Moulder and Willie Favero by BJ Rama, Site Editor Each week Search390.com's team of mainframe-savvy pros answer your toughest questions. This week we spotlight our database experts: Willie Favero-DB2 for OS/390 and Tom Moulder for Database Management. View some of their best Q&A's by clicking the URL below. Read more about this topic  Expert Technical Advice: Featured Expert Rick Nashleanas, Principal, Monarch Technology Management LLC Category: Careers Rick is our resident mainframe career guru. Send him your questions today. Also, check out some of Rick's answers to several questions he did not get a chance to answer during his recent webcast on September 12. If you happened to miss that live webcast, "Networking your way into a new job," just click here to access the archive. Ask Rick a question This Week: In the forums >> Search390.com member "envymurali" needs your help with the following: We have a DLL (COBOL DLL with a C interface) being used in CICSTS 1.3 and built as non-reentrant and non-reusable. Is it true that CICS or LE will treat the DLL as re-entrant even though it is built as non-reentrant? I did not believe it because then the option of having a non-reentrant program is defeated. Is there any way to monitor the usage of the DLL in CICS in the above perspective? Will the way CICS treats C++ DLLs change with CICSTS 2.2? If you have an answer, please post it here >> In our developer forum, Search 390 member "MainframeConnection" desperately needs your help reading VSAM KDSD files from Visual Basic. 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