Re: OT -- the volume of job postings is way down

Hey, I have a pair of those from my Navy days. Even have the 1/2 wire bows to go around my ears and stop slippage on the nose.

Rodd

On 01 Aug 2001 11:31:13 -0800, Scott Shafer wrote:
> BCG (Birth Control Glasses) wearers of the world unite! Tape on the
> nose-bridge is required.
>
> --Scott Shafer
> San Antonio, TX
>
>
> "Orr, Steve" wrote:
> >
> > The weight in ounces of the Sunday San Jose Mercury News Classifieds is a
> > valid measure of economic activity. At one point it was around 24 pages for
> > IT jobs but it recently has been down to 1-2 pages.
> >
> > A few years ago, despite the positive outlook for careers in computer
> > science, students majoring in computer science was down because of the geek
> > stigma. The result was a shortage in IT workers. Then came the Internet
> > bubble and students began jumping onto the computer science bandwagon. So...
> > to ensure demand for our services we should discourage student enrollment in
> > the computer sciences by playing up the geek, propeller-head thing. :-)
> >
> > Got pocket protector?
> > Steve Orr
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > [mailto:Witold.Iwaniec_at_atl.bluecross.ca]
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 9:51 AM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> >
> > Another sign of the times is that ITI is closing its US schools.
> > For those who don't know - it is a computer training school. They started
> > years
> > ago as a school in Atlantic Canada offering a 10 month course. Later they
> > expanded to few Canadian and US cities. Last year they advertised on TV and
> > radio about 400,000 unfilled positions in e-commerce etc. and
> > offered-commerce
> > training. Yesterday I have heard that they are scaling back...
>
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