[ale] Job requirements

[Calvin Harrigan]

Welcome to the new world of business...
Shame really, but it's the face of things to come.
All those old fashioned ideals of honesty, integrity, and hard work have
gone the way of the dodo bird.
Just look at the business landscape today.

Calvin

P.S.  Ignore this post, a bit off key today...

On Sun, 2003-07-27 at 08:55, Jonathan Rickman wrote:
> On Sunday 27 July 2003 03:33, Stephen Touset wrote:
> 
> > "5+ years experience with Exchange 2000/ 2003 design, implementation,
> > and migration planning"
> 
> I had an email exchange with a head hunter last week who wouldn't back down 
> on a similar requirement for Citrix Metaframe XPe until I sent her the link 
> to the original press release announcing product availability. She said the 
> contract had already been awarded to someone who met the requirement, so 
> the press release was obviously in error. The tech community desperately 
> needs a better solution for contract work than this. Traditional recruiters 
> are ok for most long term positions as the company has time to evaluate the 
> candidate better, but I believe they are doing companies a disservice by 
> essentially awarding contracts based on buzzwords. This particular job did 
> not even require an interview with the actual employer. Everything was done 
> by the recruiter. The company ended up with a contractor who lied to get 
> the job. Nevermind the fact that the recruiter forced the situation...the 
> company now has someone who is willing to compromise his or her integrity 
> to make a buck. That is a serious problem.
-- 
Calvin Harrigan <charrig at earthlink.net>

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