IT offshoring is exaggerated and the IT labor shortage is real

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RE: We can fill their jobs

I have to agree with Virgil. I'm an IT Manager/Project
manager with over 25 years experience in the Fortune
1000. I've been out of work for going on 8 months. I
have a very current and relevant depth of skills.

I submit my resume to some 25 to 50 positions online
every week... I was at least interviewing occasionally
until about 3 months ago, then all the positions that
were at some stage of interviewing closed their job
reqs until at least after the new year. I don't know
if all of these jobs I'm submitting to are real open
positions or not... I usually get an automated email
response on the receipt of my resume. But I only ever
hear back from maybe one in ten when I get a rejection
email. I rarely ever get a chance to give my
'pitch'... If I try to contact somebody at the
companies I'm targeting, I get a "please use our
careers web site" response.

And of course, the 'magic bullet' of "Networking"... A
good portion of my 'Network' is already in the same
sinking boat or in fear of having to start bailing
with us.

I'd be interested to know about how many of the 11Mil+
unemployed in the US right now are IT professionals
with decent skills going unused.

Doug
http://www.linkedin.com/in/jddalrymple

Posted by: jddalrymple1   Posted on: 11/17/08  (Edited: 11/17/2008 @ 05:05) You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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