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Posted by Michael Austin on 11/18/15 11:40
CJ Llewellyn wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 13:38:45 +0000, Michael Austin wrote:
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>>samudasu wrote:
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>>>I'm seeking a technical recruiter who knows what they are talking about.
>>>He/She shall know that PHP5 has only been out approximately 1.5 years.
>>>
>>>It is also desireable that he/she have 100+ years of recruiting
>>>experience and 50+ years knowlege of computer/software terminology.
>>>
>>>Look forward to hearing from you all.
>>>
>>>
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>>not to mention the fact that they are posting an "on-site only" job in a
>>global (world-wide) forum and would wager that they would not be willing
>>to raise the rate to cover travel
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> Hay! Leave her alone, she's quite good looking ;-)
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> Geezzz no wonder why geeks don't have girlfriends :p
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She may be "good-looking" however,
<rant=ON>
my comments were very true in today's ecomomy - everyone thinks they have to
have the "consultant" on-site but are unwilling to make the rates such that it
would be possible. Doing as much traveling as I have done over the past 10+
years, travel expenses are ~$28-$32 per hour based on a 36-40 hour work week.
So, for a consultant to cover his/her own expenses, his/her own taxes, his/her
own health care, his/her own retirement fund AND actually have a life, the
rate should be 2.5 times the rate of a full time employee + the travel expenses
which equate to at LEAST $75-100/hr. Any more, if a consultant can get into a
major company at ~40.00/hr they are lucky and usually have to go through a
"preferred" vendor that does little more than take money from the client, skim a
large chunck off of the top and give what's left over to the poor consultant.
Quite frankly it seems like it would be considered restrictive trade practices.
And the Company loses because they generally do not get the BEST candidate -
only the one willing to work for such swill.
<rant=off>
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Michael Austin.
DBA Consultant
Donations welcomed. Http://www.firstdbasource.com/donations.html
:)
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