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 > -----Original Message----- > From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Michael Lewis > Sent: Monday, 5 April 2004 3:14 PM > 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 > > -------------------------------------- > Brandle Pty Limited, Sydney, Australia > http://www.brandle.com.au > -------------------------------------- > > ************************************************** > 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 > ************************************************** ************************************************** 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 **************************************************