Hi Christine, I must admit that even without your investigative reporting, I had come to a similar conclusion myself on the odd occasion I actually got an interview. Like with Morgan and Banks and its offspring. I must admit that little Johnnie has got his wish to free up the labour market - when I was studying electronics, we used to say, "If you open the window wider, a lot of crap flies in." Brian. You reported: Hi all A few weeks back I completed a little two week contract with a Sydney recruitment company (not one that deals with us). This was so instructive that I wanted to share some of it with the rest of you. ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************