Re: AS/400 job market

[Bob Larkin <blarkin@xxxxxx>]

Joe,
In my part of Texas, their seems to be a shortage of available consultants, at
least thru the end of 2000. I personally was working as many as three customers
at a time, with 1"full time", and the others begging for as much time as I could
provide.

Just out of curiosity, what part of the world are you in?

Bob

Joe Teff wrote:

> A few months ago, there was a thread that discussed the lack of work
> in the AS/400 consulting marketplace. I've noticed this since last
> summer. As consultants came off of contracts, fewer and fewer were
> being placed again. This got really bad in the 4th quarter. There were
> many reports of consultants leaving the consulting business or even
> being laif off. So far January doesn't seem to be reversing this trend.
> I think it's due, at least in part, because of the former consultants
> taking full time positions, thus reducing the need for consultants. I'd
> be interested in hearing from others on thier thoughts, concerns and
> expectations on this.
>
> Joe Teff

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