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| No tech job worries for purple squirrels by Jeremy at 11:56 pm EST, Dec 12, 2001 | |||
Jobless? Consider transplanting some squirrel genes into your system and painting yourself with a lovely lavender latex finish. LA Times reports the ITAA says that good tech jobs are still widely available. They attribute the continued push for H1B visas to the fact that the people out of work are web designers, marketers, and dot-com consultants, when what industry needs are technically proficient business people. Salaries are still increasing, although at a lower rate than in the recent past. RSA Security is currently looking for 30 people, and Cisco is hiring in new product development. (FYI: "Purple squirrels" are "people with skill sets that are extremely hard to find," according to a recruiter at EarthLink.) | |||
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| Los Angeles Times: Industry Downturn Hasn't Killed Tech's Big Appetite for Top Talent by Decius at 2:54 am EST, Dec 13, 2001 | |||
JLM: LA Times reports the ITAA says that good tech jobs are still widely available. They attribute the continued push for H1B visas to the fact that the people out of work are web designers, marketers, and dot-com consultants, when what industry needs are technically proficient business people. Tom: Its amazing how ignorant this is. Biotech companies are looking for biologists. RSA is hiring sales people. Cisco is looking for electrical engineers with an RF background. The fact is that people who work in COMPUTING are not being hired, and I've seen very little recognition of this in the press. | |||
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