[H-GEN] Linux related work in Bris vegas?

Matthew Taylor bmatthewtaylor at yahoo.co.uk
Sun Aug 11 07:52:52 EDT 2002


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this should devolve to chat?

Robert Stanford wrote:

>I remember reading IBM was going to expand its security research centre
>somewhere in the Gold Coast/Brisbane area to/by around 150 people.
>
I came across some QA type jobs advertised under an agencies name a 
while ago, a telecon revealed they were recruiting for 'an office IBM 
was establishing on the Gold Coast'.

A few trends I've noticed over the last few years,

- few 'blue chip' employers actually advertise jobs directly. There are 
so many agencies these days they seem (?) to use the agencies as a 
screen. [this is not something I think much of.]
- some agencies tend to advertise jobs their clients have not committed 
to filling on the offchance someone will materialise they decide they 
just have to have.
- some of the older more established agencies have become publically 
listed companies. (so now we have agencies who do not actually produce a 
physical product nor employ people in 'real' jobs becoming publically 
listed companies?)

As I'm sure many others will relate most 'agents' will most likely not 
have your long term career interests at heart. Those that are capable of 
this move on to become HR managers in companies with a sizable staff 
level. (Dilbert PHB breeding grounds perhaps?)

Mat.

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