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Subject:Kevin's Question and the Job Market From:"Bruce Curley" <civilization -at- adelphia -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Sat, 7 Jun 2003 10:58:09 -0600
I was in telecom for 3 years and with a semiconductor company for another
3
years where the chaotic situation you described was the norm rather than
the exception. I went by the 80/20 rule. If I could get the 80 percent
done and the 20 percent would go in the next version, I was happy. At
least the customer, field service engineer, training department, etc. had
SOMETHING instead of nothing to use to get their work done.
As for the employment questions I've been reading for the past several
days...I was "downsized' 2 months ago and I've been doing the rewriting,
seminar, networking, posting, calling circus show since. I've noticed an
uptick in calls and interviews the past 2 weeks where I am anyway (the
Baltimore/Wash. DC market). Two look good for offers next week.
If I had an "active security clearance (SCI/Poly/etc) I would have had a
job immediately, but I don't. There are now bidding wars in this area for
those with security clearances because the Defense Security Service can't
get them done fast enough and their is an artificial shortage. Some firms
have told their employees to offer an immediate $25,000 bonus to anyone
they meet at a job site with a clearance to leave their firm and join the
other firm. That's what it has come to, sadly.
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