Apparently the shortage went away pretty fast once everyone started
getting laid off.  Every week I end up competing against a larger number
of people for fewer jobs.  I think the HR departments are asking us to
do 2-3 interviews in revenge for the "shortage" were some would pit them
against each other.  (Why don't they just hand us a sword and shield and
the last man standing gets the job.  The rest, well, hope they had life
insurance.)

Linux wrote:
> Is there an economic slowdown in the Phoenix area?  I thought there was
> still a shortage of qualified programmers & sys admins in the Phoenix area.
> Is this still not true?
> Keith