[NCLUG] Re: Job market in the Ft. Collins area (Chris Ernst)

[Shane Spencer]

You should join the rmiug-jobs list on groups.yahoo.com

This should give you an idea

Shane

On Sat, Feb 07, 2004 at 01:12:11PM -0700, DJ Eshelman wrote:
> "Don't do it, it's a trick!"  (that's what my friend Ben always says, 
> anyway :) )
> 
> Its been a hard year up here; but I'm optimistic that 2004 will start to 
> pick up (I guess I should say it BETTER pick up).  My suggestion to you 
> would be to examine much more of the programming route at this point- 
> there is still a lack of admin jobs out here; either that or there are 
> just too many people applying for the same jobs.  If you have Cisco 
> experience it would help- almost every job out here wants pretty solid 
> Cisco experience (most list a minimum of 4 years and aren't flexable 
> with it).
> If you're currently working my advice would be to wait to move until you 
> actually have a job offer in hand, if that's possible.
> Regardless, it's pretty hard work to make yourself attractive to 
> employers up here because of the mass of people applying for the same 
> job.  With 8 years experience you're sure to have a better time than I 
> have had, just remember- loyalty isn't what it used to be in this field 
> and it's best to be prepared for battle when looking at this job 
> market.  People who come here don't want to leave- and they'll fight for 
> the same job you're looking at.  The other big problem, I'm finding, is 
> the over-qualification problem.  I've talked to people that apply for 
> the same job I do, and they get it even though they have much less 
> experience than I do.
> Just my 2 cents from the past 8 months of unemployment (and several 
> other 3-8 month spans from 2000-2004); don't hate me for being 
> honest/bitter!  Like I said- I'm sure things will pick up again this 
> year- I have a few friends in HP's Itanium division that say they've 
> been crying for req's for a long time- I'm sure it won't be long before 
> they're hiring Linux gurus again- sounds like that might be an area to 
> keep your eye on given the experience you described.
> 
> All in all, good luck to you- the Fort Collins area is a great place to 
> live.
> If you haven't done so already, look at nichestaffing.com; run by some 
> of our esteemed members up here at the Fort.
> Otherwise, the usual suspects.  There is also a Yahoo group called 
> NOCONET that is a kind of employment watchdog and networking group that 
> has meetings up here every Monday.
> 
> On that same subject, does anyone know if places other than HP are 
> looking at hiring any real geeks any time soon?
> 
> (back to trying to fix my osCommerce site...)
> 
> -DJ
> 
> >  1. Job market in the Ft. Collins area (Chris Ernst)
> >
> >
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> >Message: 1
> >Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 21:44:42 -0700
> >From: Chris Ernst <penguin-guy at comcast.net>
> >Subject: [NCLUG] Job market in the Ft. Collins area
> >To: NCLUG at nclug.org
> >Message-ID: <20040206214442.15151d86 at ses.comcast.net>
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> >
> >Hi everyone,
> >
> >I'm just curious about the job market in the Ft. Collins area.  I'll be 
> >moving there from Denver this summer and I need to start looking around.
> >
> >I have a BS in CS and about 8 years experience in *nix systems 
> >administration, network administration/security, systems programming, 
> >hardware maintenance, bla bla bla......  Is this a good market for someone 
> >like me?  Am I going to have trouble fonding work?  Any recommendations on 
> >where to start?
> >
> >I'm planning to head up there for some meetings over the next few months.  
> >I'm looking forward to meeting you all =)
> >
> >Thanks a bunch!
> >
> >	- Chris
> >
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