Chad Bailey wrote: > I disagree, cutting wages for jobs that should get a wage of a certain > rate simply because of supply/demand is just as bad as senseless price > gouging in my eyes. Just because the job market sucks, from an ethical > standpoint, does not entail a person should get paid less. > There is no such thing as jobs getting a wage of a certain rate. The job market is the job market, and employers pay whatever they pay. Jobs in demand get paid more than jobs that are not. People in demand get paid more than people who are not. The same jobs in different markets pay different wages. If the overall supply of candidates for positions is higher than the overall number of positions, then the wage for the job is driven down.
It's not about ethics, it's about the realities of business and economics. > <snip> > > Soft skills are just as important as technical skills. I also believe > education/experience can sometimes be too heavily weighted of a > factor. It makes it very difficult to begin in the job market when no > one will give you the chance. A college degree is not necessary to > perform nearly as many jobs as requires them, however, many of the > people who have attained those positions perform far less than a > skilled individual who may not have the proper credentials to back it > up. It's my opinion that jobs should begin to some capacity or another > actually testing one's ability prior to hiring them. After all, what > truly matters is how well one can perform their job duties and in a > matter that's profitable to the company. In the end, that's really > what it gets reduced to. > That does not remove the reality that the resume is used as an initial first cut in most hiring, and a poor resume without the right credentials won't even get looked at. And in this job market, you need every advantage you can get. > > On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 5:15 PM, Andrew Henderson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On Mon, 13 Sep 2010, Kyle Gonzales wrote: >> >> >>> +1 to William's comments. >>> >>> What even worse is the number of technical folks who are considered "not >>> fit for hire" due to a lack of social skills. >>> >>> Technical support, consulting, sales engineering, and other roles in >>> technology require high levels of communications. The typical Linux >>> hacker IRC/email banter does not cut it. >>> >>> To round out one's work skills, I would HIGHLY recommend taking public >>> speaking and/or presentation courses at a local community college. >>> Learn how to present, learn how to construct and run a slide deck, learn >>> how to communicate with people in a highly effective way. Soft skills >>> are getting considered more and more in the hiring process and >>> promotions in the technical field. >>> >> This is quite true. There are many opportunities out there for technical >> people that can communicate. Technical merit is only a piece of the puzzle. >> If you are personable and have the technical skills to back it up, you will >> always be in demand! I speak from my experience on both sides of the table >> during job interviews. >> >> I should also probably throw a disclaimer in there that I have an MBA, so I >> suppose I am a little biased. >> >> Andrew >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 >> RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml >> Unsubscribe [email protected] >> >> >> -- Kyle Gonzales [email protected] GPG Key #0x566B435B Read My Tech Blog: http://techiebloggiethingie.blogspot.com/
