Re: Flame on low-ball job offers

In article <5j4c5u$2uk@bamboo.verinet.com>, Cathy Kipp <ckipp@bamboo.verinet.com> wrote: >In this particular case, I believe I know which job this is for, and >the intent here is not to hire illegal aliens or anything. The simple >fact is that some people who do hiring for government (federal, state, >county, city) are only permitted to pay fairly low amounts. Notice >that the ad that got flamed was from a recruiter who asked for the It was only 2-3 months ago that I saw an ad in Baltimore Newspaper that had something in it like this. . . Database developer needed. Masters degree required. 5 years experience in SQL database developement, C, knowledge of TCP/IP, . . .. plus a lot of other stuff. Salary $38,000/year. This was for some government agency. That I don't remember. Hard to imagine that they could fill this position. If you watch the ads you'll see a lot of these from state/local governments. They seem to ask for LOTS of experience which suggest that this ONE person must do EVERYTHING for NOTHING. But when the BOSS, who does nothing, only makes $50,000 its tough to get higher. -- Michael J. Kuhn Computer Systems Consultant phone:410-254-7060 Email: mkuhn@csd.clark.net, csd@clark.net mkuhn@rhlab.com c/o Baltimore Rh Typing Laboratory, Inc. phone:410-225-9595