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Re: Economy Picking Up?

Subject: Re: Economy Picking Up?
From: Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 11:15:27 -0800

Pete Sanborn wrote:

The increase in the number of jobs being posted is based, primarily, on
forecasts that the market will improve in the first quarter of '02. I have
also seen an increase in the number of job postings, but those don't mean
anyone is actually being hired, yet. Since the early part of this year I
have seen lots of job postings, most of which were back-burnered.

Keep applying, but the economy isn't improving until you actually get hired
for one of those new jobs.

Best of luck.

You could be right. However, last summer I heard forecasts of improvements for this fall, and there wasn't such an increase in jobs - even before September 11.

I should also explain that only one of these jobs was actually posted anywhere. At least three of these positions are solid ones responding to my cold calls. If companies are hiring, they're using different tactics than last year - possibly to avoid the deluge of unqualified applications that results from postings on a job board.

Maybe I just have to attribute it to clean living on my part. However, I wouldn't mind coasting a while with a long term contract or even the right full time job. I can still make a good living, but contracting in the economic enivironment of the last few months is hard work. I could do with a rest.

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Oh, you can't be up-to-date if you don't call out when you meet,
'Are you working?' 'No, are you?'"
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