[OT] Contract Offer

[Mike Labosh]

I am not a recruiter. I am just a VB guy in a cubicle. But once in a while
I get messages like this, and since I am just fine with my current gig, I
pass this on to you. Because of the 610 area code on the phone number, it
looks like it's in the southeastern area (Philadelphia) of Pennsylvania,
USA.

Have fun!

<quote>
A resource is needed to perform analysis and development activities specific
to the migration of applications to the offsite datacenter. This primary
focus of this position will be to assist with the analysis, remediation and
testing of internally and vendor developed applications as these systems are
migrated from the current infrastructure (servers, AD, Exchange) to an
offsite datacenter. This person will also develop and enhance utilities
(C#) in support of the migration effort. This candidate needs to have an
advanced knowledge of SQLServer2000 administration on
Windows2000/Windowns2003 servers. This is required because the person will
have to set up multiple web and database servers for an enterprise system.
The candidate needs good C# skills. The candidate needs SQL server
administration skills as well as experience in writing stored procedures,
T-SQL, etc. The person needs to be willing to spend next several weeks on
migrating existing application from old servers to new, which does not
involve a lot of programming. Mostly complete bug discovering and bug
fixing, as well as documenting every step and preparing migration plans as
well as setting up new servers.

Thanks again,

Melinda J. Lerma
Senior Recruiter
Extolutions, Inc.
Office: 610-992-1192 x24
Cell: 720-219-5987
(e-mail address removed)
</quote>

 

[Jeffrey]

Hey Mike - a lot of these "offers" are for jobs that don't exist. The deal
is that recruiters need to have a pool of qualified candidates so that when
REAL jobs come in, they can fill the position quickly. They do not wait
until a real job comes in before they advertise positions because it may
take weeks for qualified candidates to apply and another recruiter may fill
the position first (and get the head-hunting fee). So they just advertise
vague descriptions that require every skillset under the sun - in hopes that
they will actually get a real job to offer one of the many candidate who
applied for the phantom job.

-FWIW

 

[Mike Labosh]

Hey Mike - a lot of these "offers" are for jobs that don't exist. The deal

is that recruiters need to have a pool of qualified candidates so that
when REAL jobs come in, they can fill the position quickly. They do not
wait until a real job comes in before they advertise positions because it
may take weeks for qualified candidates to apply and another recruiter may
fill the position first (and get the head-hunting fee). So they just
advertise vague descriptions that require every skillset under the sun -
in hopes that they will actually get a real job to offer one of the many
candidate who applied for the phantom job.

I know. I spent about 3 years fighting against that system. In fact, in
2002, I came across a job ad that wanted 5 years experience with .NET (?!?)

I did not validate the authenticity of the position, nor did I make any such
satement in my OP. I was just doing my good deed for the day by passing on
the referral.