Re: Rural Outsourcing

(for me) it's still who you know.... I see jobs get filled by someone
recommending someone else - not by job listings and web posting boards.
To put it bluntly, that's a cr** shoot way to hire. The job listings go up
when contacts don't find the right person. I would agree
the days of a 'warm body coder' are about gone. You need to really know

and it has always been who & what you know.
Many companies will not lead with telecommute, but if your the right
person & skillset for the job, they may very well consider it (especially if
you ask for relocation expenses if not a telecommute).
jim franz

To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 7:32 PM
Subject: Re: Rural Outsourcing

On Thu, 2006-02-16 at 17:28 -0600, Shannon ODonnell wrote:

But she does make a great point. Why in the world would any company want to send programming work to India when you can get quality, reasonably priced

work done right here in the U.S. through the use of rural-outsourcers?

I don't know.  I've lived in central Iowa for about ten years now.  I
can work for my customers in California and other 'high rent' places for
a decent wage, but with an Iowa expense level.  However, I've noticed
that jobs are getting harder to come by, even so.

If it's so great, than why is it rare?  I ran a quick search on dice.com
for 'RPG or ILE or AS/400 or AS400 or i5 or iSERIES'.  1043 results.
Check the 'telecommute only' box and watch that drop to fifteen.

Regards,
Rich


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