RE: Contractors: Local jobs, out of town recruiters?

Subject: RE: Contractors: Local jobs, out of town recruiters?
From: "Clare Turner" <cturner -at- redflex -dot- com>
To: <doc -at- edwordsmith -dot- com>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 15:10:03 -0700

I think it depends on the part of the country you're in. I occasionally
get emails from out of state (got one yesterday from OR for a job in
OR), but as a rule, I hear from local companies. Then again, I've been
contracting for over 10 years, and have an extensive network of
contacts, so that's probably a big factor as the majority are from
companies with whom I've either worked in the past or had previous
contact. Maybe 25% are new, unsolicited (even tho' I've had a perm gig
for 8 months now) - I get about 1/week as a rule.

Clare L. Turner
Technical Writer
Redflex Traffic Systems, Inc.
15020 N. 74th Street
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
480.607.3583

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Subject: Contractors: Local jobs, out of town recruiters?

I have been seeing interesting local contracts announced by recruiters
from
anywhere but local. This seems to be getting more typical, where a
recruiter
in Michigan or Florida or California contacts me about work 20 miles
from my
door in Washington. What seems really odd is that they often do this a
week
or more before any local recruiter has the job listed.

What is going on?? One local telecom employer I know uses a big
staffing
provider with headquarters out east, and they fit this profile of
contacting
me a week or two ahead of local recruiters.

At least 80% of the work I hear about between Portland Ore and Seattle
WA is
announced first by distant agencies. I sometimes send a resume, rarely
hear
anything more. Is this for real, that there is a big de-localization of

contract announcements going on?

So, I am noting a change. Does this ring any bells? Anybody?
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