Survey: LoT Unemployment Rate

NirvanaMan · 03-03-2009, 10:44 PM

At are company, we are still employed with pay increases and bonuses. The one time where our companies ridiculous penny pinching and uber-conservative nature actually works to our benefit. That said my developers are working on 9 year old computers that can't actually run the software they need so they are bringing in their personal computers to work to get the job done.

However much like GD stated, we are making slightly less in terms of the billions in revenue so red flags going up. No cuts are likely but I am worried that my open positions might get frozen.

I have several open jobs I need to fill ASAP if anyone knows people who are out of work and have the right experience. I am looking for an analyst with several years of Website and interactive marketing reporting, dashboard and metrics experience who can handle a very high stress environment with constant (hourly) reprioritization. I am also looking for some QA testers with .NET, Java, .asp and mainframe expertise (though we do have a lot of resumes for these positions).

View Poll Results: Are you employed or unemployed?
Fully employed	35	64.81%
Parially employed (cut hours or lost lower-paying 2nd job)	5	9.26%
Unemployed or mostly unemployed (lost primary source of income, actively looking for work)	8	14.81%
Not part of job market (Stay-at-home parent, etc.)	6	11.11%
Voters: 54. You may not vote on this poll

03-03-2009, 10:44 PM	#11
NirvanaMan Making Change Happen Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 990	At are company, we are still employed with pay increases and bonuses. The one time where our companies ridiculous penny pinching and uber-conservative nature actually works to our benefit. That said my developers are working on 9 year old computers that can't actually run the software they need so they are bringing in their personal computers to work to get the job done. However much like GD stated, we are making slightly less in terms of the billions in revenue so red flags going up. No cuts are likely but I am worried that my open positions might get frozen. I have several open jobs I need to fill ASAP if anyone knows people who are out of work and have the right experience. I am looking for an analyst with several years of Website and interactive marketing reporting, dashboard and metrics experience who can handle a very high stress environment with constant (hourly) reprioritization. I am also looking for some QA testers with .NET, Java, .asp and mainframe expertise (though we do have a lot of resumes for these positions).
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