atw: Re: Recruitment consultants

Ha. That's a given Michael.. or maybe the rates they try and get us to
accept are just attempts to get even with the world for their own crappy pay
rates. :)

Cheers,

Bruce Ashley




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> To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: atw: Re: Recruitment consultants
>
>
> Bruce Ashley:
>
> > I couldn't see the relevance or anything salut-a-ry in the
> post either but
> > thought it may have just been my suffering from the dreaded
> Monday-morning
> > eye syndrome. It usually takes until lunch time for my eyes
> to come into
> > focus for the week.
>
> I thought that perhaps Christine was offering a reflection on
> the parlous
> state of the recruitment business. If consultants are paid
> $17 per hour, can
> we wonder that they don't fully understand the complexities
> of the Technical
> Communicator's world?
>
> In other words, no wonder job ads for TWs are often
> unrealistic; the people
> who should be helping employers put together sensible job
> specs don't have a
> clue themselves.
>
> Michael Lewis
>
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> http://www.brandle.com.au
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