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[Michael Czeiszperger <michael AT czeiszperger.org>]

On Sep 23, 2006, at 6:01 PM, matusiak wrote:

> You can barely find "Entry level" computer positions anymore, as
> everything Tech Support and Call Center centric has moved to distant,
> cheaper shores.

Try being on the hiring end; its even harder. I'm looking to fill an  
entry level position working on a fairly complex Java code base, and  
doing occasional consulting on improving the performance of websites  
after a period of training on that subject.  The job was advertised  
with a salary of $40-$50K, which seemed good for someone right out of  
school, and I did get about 50 resumes, but most of them have no  
computer, technical, engineering, or science training, even outside  
of work.  Its a motley crew of day-care workers, high school gym  
teachers, Wallmart employees, etc.

I picked through the resumes with terrible grammar and mispellings  
and selected the top four candidates. Two of them never responded to  
email or phone messages, a third had just found another job, and  
another declined to interview after actually reading the job  
description.

Back to square one again.








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Michael Czeiszperger
Chapel Hill, NC
michael AT czeiszperger.org