[TriLUG] OT Humor (at least to me)

[jason watts]

I’ve been hired twice in the IT field since I have graduated.  The first was 
a company with horrible business tactics (work the engineers 54 hours in a 
week, threaten to find someone else to do the work if you take a lunch 
(which they said when I started was only a 30 min lunch anyways) and then 
pay you for 38 hours saying "we adjusted the time clock since you forgot to 
clock out for lunch" ).  After a month and a half of that, I found a 
security job.

So, yes, new grad's are hired.  If you can afford to give the training, give 
the new people a chance.


>From: "Tim Jowers" <timjowers at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion <trilug at trilug.org>
>To: "Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion" <trilug at trilug.org>
>Subject: Re: [TriLUG] OT Humor (at least to me)
>Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:49:08 -0400
>
>Just curious if anyone ever hires new grads? With the huge shortage in IT
>workers according to the government maybe new grads are finding jobs?
>
>Tim
>
>
>On 9/28/07, Jason Tower <jtower at cerient.net> wrote:
> >
> > same here, everyone i've hired (either full time or for contract work) 
>has
> > come
> > from trilug or via personal recommendations.  in *any* business 
>networking
> > is
> > one of the single most important factors, and IT is no exception.
> >
> > jason
> >
> > Christopher L Merrill wrote:
> > > We were in the same position as you, recently.  Out of 3 hires, we've
> > only
> > > kept one.  That one came from one of the local developer group 
>meetings.
> > >
> > > We got a lot of junk leads from Monster, Hot Jobs, etc, but not much
> > quality.
> > >
> > >
> > > Work your network!
> > >
> > > C
> > >
> > >
> > > Ron Joffe wrote:
> > >> On the subject of employment we are in the process of trying to hire 
>a
> > few
> > >> programmer types. I am looking for suggestions as to how best a small
> > company
> > >> can go about finding resources without spending a huge amount of time
> > >> interviewing folks who do not have the proper background.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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