RE: (used to be certification...)

You're not wrong at all.  This is a dead on b*lls accurate observation.
One that I have overlooked as well.  Great point.

Bradley V. Stone        
bvstone@taylorcorp.com
http://prairie.lakes.com/~bvstone/
"Robble Robble" - The Hamburgler

        ----Original Message-----
        From:   Don [SMTP:dr2@access.digex.net]
        Sent:   Monday, April 06, 1998 5:00 PM
        To:     midrange-l@midrange.com
        Subject:        (used to be certification...)



        Guys,

        In addition to the "what the job and company offers" array is
the
        questions of quality personal time and cash flow.  I can't begin
to tell
        you how many "great opportunity" calls I've gotten over the
years..and one
        of the first questions I ask is "how much does it pay?".

        Once I get past the standard BS of "salary comensurate on
experience and
        how hard we can flog you" replies, I generally get a hard cash
        number...and it's generally not a nice one.  To which they
generally
        reply, "but that's the going rate for this area where the job
is....".
        Which forces this question:  Let's say I want to take my family
on
        vacation to West BFE;  I call up the Holy Day Inn there to book
a room
        reservation; they tell me it cost X-bucks/night.  But, I
protest, I live
        in Boondogle, USA, where the cost of living is low and the wages
match it!
        My reply is "TS, turkey!, it's still X-bucks/night!".  

        Now, why should I WANT to work 4x as much in Boondogle for the
same
        vacation as I can may in 1x time in another place?  Why can't
"personnel
        types" get this through their heads and understand the industry?

        I submit that there's a major realism lack within the personnel
side that
        our industry has to relate to...which is why I insisted on all
resume's
        coming to me when I was a MIS Mgr years ago...and still do...

        ...just my opinion...and I might be wrong.....:)

        Don in DC metro...

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