To quote Bob Dylan: "The times they are a changin'"
Jon L. Veilleux [email protected] (860) 636-2683 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chase, John Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 10:14 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: State of Nevada Employment Opportunity > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Barkow, Eileen > > there is nothing odd about any of this. > NYC makes quite a bit of money charging to take civil service exams for > which there may not be a job opportunity for as much as 4 years, if any. > And potential applicants who are finally chosen have to pay for the > investigation which can take up to 3 months before they can be hired. I've been out of the "public sector" for a couple of decades now, but don't recall ever having to pay for my own background checks. And I've held "top-secret" clearances, for which I believe the background checks are rather expensive. -jc- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html This e-mail may contain confidential or privileged information. If you think you have received this e-mail in error, please advise the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this e-mail immediately. Thank you. Aetna ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

