Me personally: contract until perm gig. I start a perm gig April 5 at GTRI and will be removing my resume from Monster so the recruiters will quit calling me (hopefully).<br><br>I have seen an uptick in the number of recruiters calling me and I've been posting more jobs to the ale-jobs list in the past 3 months than in the last 3 years combined. That tells me things are moving but not stable enough for management to bring in the perms yet.<br>
<br>Is it a wise idea to leave a perm gig for a contract one? If the pay is better (WAY better - most have no health package worth looking at) and the perm gig is really crappy. It's a rough process knowing that after 6-9 months you WILL be out of work.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Jerald Sheets <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:questy@gmail.com">questy@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div style="word-wrap: break-word;"><div><realized I sent this off to -jobs. Sending where I really wanted to chat about it></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I'm glad you posted this... It brings up an interesting question...</div>
<div><br></div><div>Is anyone out there contracting? </div><div><br></div><div>More importantly, when these recruiters contact you for contract positions, would you ever consider leaving a full-time position (especially in an economy like this) to take one?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Or, do you (as I) more feel that contract gigs are sort of a holdover until you can find a perm gig?</div><div><br></div><div>I'd certainly take one if I was unemployed, but wouldn't generally consider one to leave a FT/Perm position.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Discussion? Thoughts?</div><div><br></div><div>--j</div><div><br></div><br><div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><div>On Mar 26, 2010, at 10:51 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:</div><br></div></div><blockquote type="cite">
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername"></b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Lakshmi_Parashar@artechinfo.com" target="_blank">Lakshmi_Parashar@artechinfo.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 10:11 AM<br>Subject: Urgent Job Opening for Linux Administrator in Alpharetta, GA<br>To: <a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com" target="_blank">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a><br><br><br><p>
Hello,</p><p>
My name is Lakshmi and I'm a recruiter at Artech.<br>
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Artech has an urgent contract for one of our direct clients:<br>
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Job Title: Linux System Administrator<br>
Location: Alpharetta, GA <br>
Duration: 8 months<br>
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Job Description:</p>
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<span>backup, Filesystems, I/O, IP (Internet Protocol), Kernel, LAN (Local Area Network), LDAP, Linux, LinuxKernel, Maintenance, Networking, On call , Operating Systems, PerformanceTools, Perl, Scripting, SCSI, Support, Unix</span></td>
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<span>Extensive Redhat Linux knowledge Basic PostgresSQL Database knowledge Basic Oracle Database knowledge Understanding Networking concepts</span></td>
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Skill: Operational Unix/Linux Systems administration</span></span><br>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: calibri;">Minimum Years Experience: 5-7 years</span></span><br>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: calibri;">Skill: System Level programming in Shell/Perl </span></span><br>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: calibri;">Minimum Years Experience: 4-6 years</span></span><br>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: calibri;">Skill: Fundamental networking skills and basic network troubleshooting skills</span></span><br>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: calibri;">Minimum Years Experience: 1-3 years</span></span><br>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: calibri;">Skill: Advanced knowledge of OS troubleshooting, kernel tweaking and system automation</span></span><br>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: calibri;">Minimum Years Experience: 5-7 years</span></span><br>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: calibri;">Skill: Experience in environments with more than 1000 managed Unix/Linux servers</span></span><br>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: calibri;">Minimum Years Experience: 2-4 years</span></span><br>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: calibri;">Other: Must be able to provide 24/7 support for infrastructure</span></span><br>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: calibri;">Responsibilities</span></span><br>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: calibri;">1. The complete process of infrastructure design and operations, including systems analysis and maintenance, security, network operations and support, and systems configuration.</span></span><br>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: calibri;">2. Conducts end-to-end plan design, controls production, and implements and monitors systems. </span></span><br>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: calibri;">3. Tune operating system and hardware for optimal performance.</span></span><br>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: calibri;">4. Develop scripts for automating routine tasks.</span></span><br>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: calibri;">5. Monitor servers and applications for errors and performance problems.</span></span><br>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: calibri;">6. Develops long-term strategy for historical data retention and archival plan for storage needs; defines data retention, backup, and recovery.</span></span><br>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: calibri;">7. Develops, packages and automates distribution of installation executable software and related software on Client machines</span></span><br>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: calibri;">8. Monitors and resolves any problems that may arise from the distribution or installation</span></span><br>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: calibri;">9. Maintains data dictionaries and ensures integration of systems through data design.</span></span><br>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: calibri;">10. Follow trouble and change management ticketing processes and ensure all changes and issues are well documented</span></span><br>
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If you are qualified, available, interested, planning to make a change, or know of a friend who might have the required qualifications and interest, please call me ASAP at (973) 993-9383 Ext.3409, even if we have spoken recently about a different position. If you do respond via e-mail please include a daytime phone number so I can reach you. In considering candidates, time is of the essence, so please respond ASAP.<br>
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Artech is a global IT Consulting company with over 30 Fortune 500 customers. You may visit our website at <a href="http://www.artechinfo.com/" target="_blank">www.artechinfo.com</a> to learn more about us.<br>
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Thank you.
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Sincerely yours,<br>
<b>Lakshmi Parashar<br>
(973) 993-9383 Ext.3409<br>
<a href="mailto:Lakshmi_Parashar@artechinfo.com" target="_blank">Lakshmi_Parashar@artechinfo.com</a></b></p><p>
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