Hi,
Yep, I agree that it's bad out there! In fact, Fox News just reported on
Friday that 40% of programming jobs in the U.S. have now gone overseas.
Plus, President Bush said on the day after his recent State Of The Union
speech that people who are connected to the manufacturing sector, for
example (which is a lot of programmers and software engineers), need to
retrain in other areas. So, I don't know if keeping up with technology is
necessarily the best solution right now to keep the bills paid based on the
news reports. The good ol' 1990s-type days appear to be over [for awhile
anyway]. Most professionals that I know, [sadly] have felt some serious
economic strains over the last few years as you described. In fact, many
recruiters email addresses are now dead, company website links are now dead,
etc.
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"unemployed_for_two_years" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> Dear colleques,
>
> Is it just me or have most of you been experiencing the
> same dead-end results with finding Access or VB
> contracts? I've tried country-wide and it's rough out
> there. Any suggestions? I'm damn near homeless trying to
> use these skillsets.
>
> Hopefully, a new President will be in office next year
> who can help bring jobs back instead of worrying about
> defense issues as much.
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