There are always the people who ask for 5+ years of experience with .NET or something akin to that.
I saw one posting locally that asked for 30+ years of ethernet experience. My guess is that they wanted someone who worked at PARC, and that the guy had already applied for the job. -----Original Message----- From: John B. Moore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 4:10 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Java/JSP/Servlet Programmer Yeah, and those of "us" that do have the credentials get lost in the "forest". (Not to mention the observation that many of these "job postings" want the person to have x years of experience in 6-7 different areas, mostly unrelated and the total "experience" years exceeds most normal human's productive lifespans, even accounting for reasonable "overlap"...<G>) John.. Hart, Justin wrote: >That's what I've found. The market is full of tech workers, but that doesn't mean >that they're a programmer, or as familiar with technology X (for position Y) as they >should be. I went to a job fair a couple years ago for 4 job opennings, 2 for >programmers. 2 for techs. 1000 people showed up, and I spoke with only 4-5 that I >really thought qualified for the programming jobs or had credentials that showed that >they qualified for the job. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Ruben Gamez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 3:57 PM >To: Tomcat Users List >Subject: RE: Java/JSP/Servlet Programmer > > >I would think so, but it's true. I've gotten several people that >interview well, but none that can pass a couple of simple tests (I >consider them simple). > >-----Original Message----- >From: epyonne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 3:55 PM >To: Tomcat Users List >Subject: Re: Java/JSP/Servlet Programmer > >Cannot find anyone?!?!?! It is rather hard to believe based on current >job >market. > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Ruben Gamez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 02:33 PM >Subject: Java/JSP/Servlet Programmer > > >I'm looking for an experienced JSP/Servlet programmer located in our >area. We're located in West Palm Beach, FL. We've tried posting the >Job on Monster, and looking for candidates on there, but still cannot >find someone that can do the job. > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
