10.12.2001

Metro Denver Job Vacancy Survey

10.11.2001

"Thank you for your interest in Denver Water. Unfortunately we have closed this position and are no longer accepting applications. I'm not sure how we got on JobWarehouse.com, they seem to find us then never close our jobs. I wish you the best of luck in your career search."

Hmmm, interesting, for a job posted new today.

10.10.2001

"Experienced KM, Chefs, Assistant and General Managers needed for QSR and Full Service Restaurants located in CO and the USA.
Salary and Bonus 27-100k depending on experience. Excellent benefits and training included.
Your Employment history should include no more than four positions in ten years. Please do not apply otherwise."

Interesting... no more than 4 positions in 10 years. And that's for the food service industry... Wonder what the acceptable ceiling is for the IT industry? Probably a little higher than that, but I'd be curious to know.

10.9.2001

"Basically, following this short period of economic adjustment, we are assured of enjoying the "candidate-driven" market that we've all come to know and love for the past 5-7 years... well into the year 2020! The employment cards currently in the hands of companies will be shuffled and handed over once again to candidates, meaning more opportunities to consider and more negotiating power. Also, based on these demographic factors, the entire composition of the workforce will change dramatically: the shortfall of workers will cause the utilization of formerly untapped segments such as welfare to work, senior workers, and people with disabilities. We will even need to institute heightened immigration as well as export jobs overseas to fill the coming worker void." - Darrell W. Gurney

"Often permanent workers attempting to break into the contract world don't recognize that companies are more interested in technical ability than personality fit, Babich's DiStasi said.

``Sometimes they need to rewrite their résumé to be very specific to what that job is because they're not really hiring them as much for the person but for the skills,'' she said, adding that there are exceptions.

Dodge said that among all contracting positions, software developers seem to be doing better than network administrators, particularly in the health care and financial industries. That's because the big corporate employers have pretty much established their networks but will always be developing products."

This is by Victor Godinez of the Dallas Morning News. Now that the market is shaking out, what I've seen is that product development is more or less on hold, but that since there is so much infrastructure to maintain, there are still plenty of operations jobs.

With the cutback in H-1B visas, the increased security and length of time to obtain them if available, and the redeployment of Guard personnel away from their civilian jobs, I see less of a crunch for U.S. citizens in the tech sector. Hopefully.

If you don't have any available positions...

"Thank you kindly for your interest in SET ENGINEERING and submitting to us your resume'. Unfortunately, all of our positions are currently on hold. I will, however, keep your resume' on hand for future opportunities should they become available.

In the meantime, I would like to wish you the very best of luck and every success in your career search. I realize that this is a most difficult time for many people, but just "hang tight" because you just never know when things will change.

Sincere regards"

Then why did this come up as a NEW job ad, TODAY???

10.7.2001