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Subject:RE: A few more words on the job market From:"Lippincott, Rick" <Rick -dot- Lippincott -at- flir -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 8 Sep 2003 09:36:43 -0400
Dick Margulis [mailto:margulis -at- fiam -dot- net] said:
> My impression is that when companies advertise that they want in-state
>or local applicants, what they're really saying is that (a) they won't
>pay relocation; (b) they want someone who can start pretty soon (not
>after a month of house-hunting, in other words); and (c); they want to
>be able to say "this isn't working out" after a few weeks without a lot
>of recriminations about the relocation expense incurred by the
employee.
Don't forget the possibility of d) "We already know that what we really
want to do is hire back the person we let go last year, but due to
various compliance regs we are required to advertise this job first."
