[NTLUG:Discuss] Job market

[Greg Edwards]

Stuart Johnston wrote:
> Greg Edwards said:
> 
>>Have I been missing something or has the job market just taken a major
>>shift?  It seems that I've seen more openings posted to job boards in
>>the last 4 days than the last 6 months.  Is our industry trying to rise
>>from the ashes or is this just a blip?  Are they going to try and start
>>filling those empty desks up and down I-75?
> 
> 
> I've had that feeling a little bit too.  I got an email the other day from
> TI about a Web Developer position.  Not a bad sign, I'd say.
> 
> 
>>Not trying to be nosey but how are our list members doing on that front?
>>  I remember a thread we had about a year ago where we had a bunch of
>>our members out for an extended period.
> 
> 
> Currently, I have this sort of half job.  I do the work, I just don't get
> paid on a regular basis.
> 
> 
>>With my game effort I haven't been looking seriously until a couple
>>weeks ago.  I have been keeping an eye on things and they haven't look
>>very good.  When I did start looking seriously it was not a pretty site,
>>until the 13th that is.
> 
> 
> Is there some significance to the 13th?  Did you just get an offer or
> something?  Congrats, if so.
> 
> 
> Stuart Johnston

No offers or interviews.

What I noticed is that Computerjobs.com, Dice.com, and couple other 
boards went from 1 or 2 new posts to over a dozen.  And they are 
developer and project lead type positions, not just support or admin. 
Even more encouraging is that they are UNIX related with reasonable 
salaries and rates, and not just MS VB/ASP/.NET low dollar entry level.

If you've watched the boards, new posts were showing up 1 or 2 at a time 
and sometimes days in between.  There seemed to be a little increase on 
the 11th and then the 13th & 14th a mini flood.  You need to look at the 
date first posted to know when they were new to the list and not just 
touched to keep them on top.  I might be reading this wrong but I'd like 
to think that I'm not.

I get a daily new listing e-mail from Mojolin and that would sometimes 
stop showing up for 5-10 days at a time.  Most of the jobs coming on 
that have been Bangalore and India with a few in VA and sometimes CA but 
not many TX.  This morning it came with 10 Austin, TX jobs.  I forwarded 
it to the jobs list.

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