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On Mon, 26 Oct 1998 04:24:49 GMT, ElocutusOfBorg@hotmail.com
(Elocutus, gangofborg) wrote:
>Clearly, the market has tightened.  I just don't think it's a big deal
>or outside of the purview of the normal business cycle of programming
>jobs.  I've had three students looking for entry-to-two-years
>programming jobs and myself looking for a senior developer job.  The
>number of interviews and financial industry interviews was
>high-normal.  Three of us found jobs within two weeks.  I sat with
>three of the recruiters who have gotten me positions in the past.  The
>consensus was that there are plenty of financial-industry jobs out
>there and that this was just business as usual.

I spoke with one of the managers of InPlace Technical Resources, one
of the high-end WTC financial recruiters, just a few hours ago.  He
said that it's the driest downtown technical job market he's seen in
years.  Cyclical, maybe.  But that doesn't mean make jobs any easier
to find.

Sure, there are some financial market jobs available, albeit at rates
20% below what I saw last year and mostly with "open-ended" contracts,
meaning you could be back on the street next week.  After a month of
dry hump interviews on Wall Street, I went uptown and got a great
contract with a large ad agency.  Interviewed at 10am; on the books at
noon.  The contrast was stunning.  I had two offers in one day, the
other from the NY Times.

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