[ale] Linux Administrator opportunity

[Adrin]

After reading all the post I have to agree it so frustrating. 

After being laid off in 2001, at the best company you could get laid of
from,  almost 4 months paid, medical and bonuses.  I was still without a
job and Gwinnett labor dept. was telling me how the IT industry was
growing.  Mind you this was just after the IT and Tech industry bottom
dropped out. 

So I heard an add for with AJC that would allowed me to post my resume
online.  Well, the only call I ever got was from them wanting me to
subscribe to the paper.  After the third call I asked them nicely to
stop calling me. 

I never got the first call from a headhunter.  I didn't have the Cram
Certs. and keywords.  I got my break from a long time friend that was
honored to work with me again. 



On Tue, 2008-09-09 at 13:16 -0400, James Sumners wrote:
> I understand all of the views expressed previous to this one. But this
> is one is in line with my position. If I can't research the company
> beforehand, why would I apply to work there?
> 
> 2008/9/9 Michael B. Trausch <mike at trausch.us>:
> > On Tue, Sep 09, 2008 at 12:06:20PM -0400, Stephen Benjamin wrote:
> >> Indeed, I find the same issues job hunting.  Staffing agencies can be
> >> frustrating but you just got to play the game. Unfortunately, many don't
> >> have the experience or knowledge to identify good hires: they'll see someone
> >> with a B.S. and Linux+ cert and prefer them over someone who's been working
> >> with linux for many many years without a degree (e.g. me!).
> >>
> >> But you put your feelers out there for the jobs that you're best qualified
> >> for, and hope some bite.
> >
> > This is precisely why I don't take the bait that headhunters lay out.
> > Often, they'll claim that they are qualified to make a decision, but
> > will get totally confused when they give you these stupid
> > questionnaires.  On more than one occasion, I've been selected as a
> > potential person for the job, and then they ask these dumb questions, I
> > provide answers, and they're like "Well, that's not what's here..."
> > because the answers they have on their little keys are one sentence or
> > less, when the correct answer is more than that.
> >
> > If they _were_ able to figure it out on their own, and could hold up a
> > technical conversation on the topic of the job, then I'd be much more
> > inclined to give them a second thought.
> >
> > To be fair, the blame does not rest *fully* on staffing agencies:
> > Companies are vague in giving job descriptions to the agencies to
> > fulfill.  So, they can't answer your questions, and they won't give you
> > a contact to a person that *can* answer your questions (and often won't
> > even give you the name of the place until you agree to interview, which
> > is a no-no for me; I won't even think about working for a place that I
> > am not allowed to know about, because that is information that is
> > pertinent to my decision!), and they usually won't go out of their way
> > to find out for you---they'll just move on to the next person that is
> > more willing to work with far less information.
> >
> >   --- Mike
> 
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