While I would agree about the communication barrier - Just wanted to point out FYI - India is not in the middle east...
On 3/31/06, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Despite various websites' preference settings (Career > > Builder and DICE > > come to mind), I STILL get emails from recruiters, usually > > with > > middle-eastern names, shopping for candidates for jobs I'm > > simply not > > qualified for. I hate that. > > I used to get that pretty frequently with recruiters seeing that my > resume had some minimal ASP experience on it (a year of ASP 2.0 that I > never liked and haven't touched more than twice in the last 6 years) > and would call me up saying they're looking for an "experienced ASP > _expert_". That was from predominantly American recruiters > surprisingly enough. Over time "java expert" gradually crept in as > well, and now I'm getting frequent contacts for "C++ expert"... I > spent 3 days fixing a C++ COM object for scanning images from the web > directly to a server about a year ago or so, and that's the sum total > of official C++ experience I have (I taught myself from books about 9 > yrs ago just before I started working with CF and hadn't been asked to > work with C++ in all that time). If it gets much worse I'll have to > stop posting my resume on the job sites and just rely on searching and > submitting it myself. Although mercifully I shouldn't have to deal > with this for much longer and then will get a nice long several year > break from it. Maybe in 2010 or so when I'm ready for another change > people will have figured out how wasteful and unproductive the current > recruiting trends are. > > > s. isaac dealey 434.293.6201 > new epoch : isn't it time for a change? > > add features without fixtures with > the onTap open source framework > > http://www.fusiontap.com > http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:11:2988 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/11 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:11 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
