[ne.jobs] Jan 13,1991 Boston Reality Alert - response to Narod's BS

eli@spdcc.COM (Steve Elias) (01/26/91)

JOEL NAROD:  YOUR INCESSANT CROSSPOSTING OF THIS USELESS INFORMATION
IS ANNOYING AND MISLEADING.  PLEASE TRY RENTING A CLUE AND REALIZE
THAT THE BOSTON JOB MARKET SUX MAJOR WIND AT THE MOMENT.  THANK YOU.

i repeat my weekly reality alert to Narod's misleading posting about
the "1600+ employers".  the boston area job market is the worst
it's been in decades.  if you want stable and gainful employment, 
your odds are better in Baghdad than they are in Boston.  

(ok, so that's a bit of embellishment.)

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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 well.
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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/eli
; eli@spdcc.com ; 617 932 5598


In article <504@cfa.HARVARD.EDU> narod@cfashap.harvard.edu writes:
>
>STATISTICS UPDATE FROM THE JANUARY 13, 1991 BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE
> 
>For the above skill phrases, the top count gainers since the previous
>issue, in declining order, are: Lan, C, Unix and databases
> 
>This data is from my catalog of 1600+ employers whose help wanted
>advertisements for Massachusetts jobs mention particular skill
>phrases.  These phrases cover more general business functions as well
>as computer related activities.  I compile company information skill
>phrases.  This data helps me minimize competition when marketing my
>database application consulting skills.
> 
>REPLYers to my news group postings expressed interest in these
>statistics.  I hope this information is useful.

the information is useless at best, slimy at worst.

have a gainfully employed day, yall.


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/eli
; eli@spdcc.com ; 617 932 5598