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Subject:Contractors: Local jobs, out of town recruiters? From:doc -at- edwordsmith -dot- com To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Wed, 1 Mar 2006 13:43:00 -0800
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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