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In response to "Jack, I'm not running from what i said, your juvenile need to try and insult me notwithstanding." by Stephen

slightly off-topic: At work there's an IT recruiter within earshot and she tells candidates that, company-wide, we have 600 open IT positions...

Posted by howie (aka howie) Oct 18 '11, 21:03

She's also having trouble because many times we can't meet their salary demands.

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I'd say that's right on topic. After our last file clerk left we put out ads for a new one. - Stephen Oct 18, 21:24 4
- from the sound of it, she's mostly headhunting people who are currently employed and making more than we can offer. (nm) - howie Oct 18, 21:41 1
  - I've read several news stories in the past few weeks that stated even employers with several jobs open won't hire the unemployed person. It's like - Trish Oct 19, 04:57
- In the case of IT, at least in my area, there's a huge shortage of workers - so the salary demands are not unreasonable. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 21:25 1
  - (Had I been willing to move to vancouver, I could be making six digits at EA right now) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 21:27
There was a huge cool-down in IT college attendance from 2004-2008, I think ... the effects are in full swing right now. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 18, 21:14

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