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[Michael Winslow Czeiszperger <michael AT czeiszperger.org>]

On Sunday, July 20, 2003, at 12:26  PM, BigLee Haslup wrote:

> In an expanding economy, recruiting is all about aptitude.  Candidates 
> with experience are viewed with suspicion: if the guy is as good as he 
> claims why did his previous company allow him to leave?  In a 
> contracting economy on the other hand, experience is the key.  
> Companies know that the really the topnotch people are out there -- 
> the ones who, in the good old days, they would have loved to lure away 
> from their now-bankrupt competitors but couldn't afford them.  The 
> high-tech depression represents a fire sale on top-calibre, known 
> commodities.  Why wouldn't companies snatch them up if they are lucky 
> enough to be able to hire?

There was a recent article in Fortune about how companies in silicon 
valley, CA were firing half of their staff and hiring new, better 
qualified and lowing paying employees.

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