[misc.jobs.resumes] misleading *.jobs.* posting from Narod

eli@spdcc.COM (Steve Elias) (01/21/91)

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Joel Narod (recruiter?) says "rah-rah" about the Boston job market:

!Furthermore, in the Boston Sunday Globe of 1/06/91, I found 118 advertisements
!containing one or more of the 110+ skill phrases I track.  The large count in
!this issue tells me there is still a significant need for certain skills in
!Massachusetts.

BOSTON REALITY ALERT:  no matter the precise number of job openings shown 
in the boston globe or in any other source.  there are thousands of 
unemployed computer people around here, so a hundred job openings
aren't really that exciting.  beware.

note that the boston area employers need not pay competitively.
the "supply and demand" formula is now vastly in the employers' favor.
beware.

!This data is from my catalog of 1600+ employers whose help wanted
!advertisements for Massachusetts positions mention particular skill phrases.
!These phrases cover software activities as well as more general business
!functions.

!REPLYers to my news group postings expressed interest in these statistics.  I
!hope this information is useful.

i hope my information is useful, as well.

and i apologize for the vast crossposting.

i believe Narod's initial posting was misleading and self-serving.
hence this pinch of reality.

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