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Subject:Re: How to get a job in these challenging times From:Tuples -at- aol -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 5 Aug 2002 19:00:45 EDT
In a message dated 8/5/02 3:35:11 PM Mountain Standard Time, shiva -at- io -dot- com
writes:
> I actually saw a guy on an Austin, TX intersection, dressed in a nice
> shirt and tie, with "MCSE Certified, Please Hire Me" kind of signage.
> It was really depressing to see, and made me despair of ever getting
> a job again, because we surely must be in the beginning of a new Great
> Depression.
I see TV ads for all kinds of certifications and the promise of big dollars.
Are we turning out too many unqualified IT people?
Is corporate America concerned more with paper slingers than qualified people
who can actually do the job?
Bob
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