23 Aug
2012
23 Aug
'12
4:48 p.m.
On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 10:04:43AM -0600, Richard wrote:
Ill-formatted, true. Generic, well, I don't think he is a native English
speaker and that makes it a lot harder. How's your Ukranian? I couldn't
write him a letter any better than what he sent me. I just read it and tried
to help. If everybody puts aside the formalities and tries to help maybe it
will work out.
I am not happy to see anybody talented or willing
to work out of a job, but
I'd prefer to see posts like his vs. the arguments and flame fests that make
up 90% of the rest of the traffic on this list.
I was disappointed to see that the message was ill-formatted and
obviously generic. I happen to work at a company that is aggressively
hiring, but not for
people in the Ukraine. (Seriously? You're emailing me from the other
side of the globe asking for work?)
Why not? It's a global market. I have worked (telecommuted) for companies in
three different countries in the past ten years. The American job market is
still the best tech job market and probably the best market period, despite
how bad it is. It's a good first place to look no matter where you live. I
say this as an American living overseas. It turns out none of the places I
found were American companies but that doesn't change the fact that the best
odds are with an American company for people who can't find work where they live.
I have interviewed more people in the past year than I
have in the past 30
years. I am surprised at the number of senior people that haven't kept
their skills current and claim expertise in areas where they really just
don't know it. Perhaps in the particular case I'm thinking about, the guy
just didn't want the job, but I never heard a person say "I don't know"
or "I
don't remember" so many times since Ollie North was testifying before
the Iran-Contra investigation in Congress.
I think it would be a good idea if people are working for companies that are
hiring to at least mention on the list what they are looking for. You never
know who you might find, and most good hires come through one kind of
networking or another. People on this list are at least interested in
technology for a hobby instead of just somebody who went to college because
he thought he could make money as a programmer, engineer, etc.
What goes around comes around...so do good and get some good on ya!
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