Depressing IT Job Prospects

[Bryan O'Neal]

..." Even if I was, are they going to let go all of their people?  Doubt
it.  "...
I work/ed for a real estate company.  We went from over 50 people down
to 4 in a bit over a year.  It is all about the boom and bust; ride the
wave as long as you can and try to bail before you are pounded into the
shallow reef.

That said when the money supply is expanding and the economy looks
strong there are a number of fresh jobs driving up the market.  When it
all starts contracting there are fewer opportunities.  What I can say is
that if your in IT or alt energy you are going to do better during this
down turn them most.  BTW while it is still too early to tell, I would
get out of the alt energy industry within the next year and be costing
on the IT wave looking for a safe harbor before three.  Just my 2 cents.




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Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 11:31 AM
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Subject: Re: Depressing IT Job Prospects


---- Joshua Zeidner <jjzeidner at gmail.com> wrote: 

>    Hi Josh,
> 
>    Job boards, especially free ones, are not a reliable indicator.
Many
> people use those boards to gauge markets, which means that a lot of
the
> postings are not legitimate jobs.

Agree strongly.  Lots of spam from "recruiters" who scrape the jobs
postings from the sites with positive relationships with Intel,
Honeywell, GD, and Orbital and repost trying to hijack a commission.

>    My take on the economy: there is a major reorientation underway.  

blah blah blah.  Doesn't mean anything to me or Mike, who started this
thread with a "what do I do with my life" post, personally.  I'm not
employed by those companies you're talking about.  Even if I was, are
they going to let go all of their people?  Doubt it.  Again, too much
taking what the "media" is saying to heart, which are bits and pieces,
taken totally out of context, of stuff that means something to Ben
Bernanke and William Donaldson but nothing to me.


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