-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 At 10:20 27/11/2001 -0800, Jay D. Dyson wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Meritt James wrote: > >> "According to a recent report from online certification company >> Brainbench, disaster-recovery and network-security skills are >> scarce within the IT workforce." >> >> Full article at >> http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20011121S0015 > > Could have fooled me with the scarcity of such jobs in the Los >Angeles area. (There seems to be a wealth of such opportunities on >the East Coast, but my wife's work is in support of the DoD and thus >I'm effectively tied to the L.A. area.) > > I'm serious. I've been managing with part-time security advisory >work for NASA coupled with independent consulting gigs (following >the massive RIF at OneSecure in July), and I have yet to find a >company that isn't in the throes of downsizing (if not outright >eliminating) any and every computer and network security department >they have. This makes for some pretty thin job opportunities. > > Someone please provide information to the contrary if they think >I'm wrong. :) > Jay, Fellow underemployed, I must say things are looking grim in the west of canada too. We seem to be in a bit of a recession and there seems to be little sign of the technology sector picking up in the next few months. Most postions appear to be in the east, and require security clearance. This is the kiss of death for those of us who are here on working visas, as we are not elgible for security clearance. Consequently many of my fellow ex-patriots have been heading to the respective homes to wait this one out, and I myself am planning on heading back to the UK for at least 3 months until the situation here improves enough that I may return. I also think part of the problem is that most of the people on the list who seem to be afflicted by prolonged problems have not enough experience to go for the scarce VP/C/director level posts out there, and too much for more junior posts. I have been told several times that I am too experienced and that firms are afraid of hiring me as I would merely up sticks and leave when things got better. I would like to know if this is a common experience or is this a problem unique to me? My CV is at http://www.netjunkie.org/~emerson/cv.html Regards Emerson -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.8 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> iQA/AwUBPAWL9sRiLlWoFcdQEQLxWwCdGzXbv/gHgNHWB0s3Ac/05/m4dHYAn0Tc s65dXAFWGCq8lftKwvx15hR6 =Y0NM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --- "Life is understood backwards, but must be lived forwards" - Soren Kierkegaard "Goodness speaks in a whisper, evil shouts" Tibetan proverb Emerson Freelance Thinker. nutterat_private :PGP pubkey on request ICQ 13396569
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