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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	I've been seeing this trend in the US since the mid '80s. It's been getting worse as time goes on. It started around the time the Congress passed the 1986 tax reform bill and the head-hunters were able to convince most companies that it was dangerous to hire a consultant without a head-hunting firm in between. That law is still on the books and can come back to bite the company in the ass, but the law is not being strictly enforced. Prior to the mid '80s most head-hunters were happy to place a contractor in a position and take 15-20% of the gross as their cut (admittedly a pretty high rate). By the early to mid '90s they felt they were being ripped-off if they didn't get at least 40-45% of the gross. I used to search for jobs on Monster, Dice, etc. I stopped looking there five to seven years ago because there are no real jobs listed. 99% of all listings on Monster are from head-hunters trolling for fresh meat. They put up a listing with a lot of keywords in it trying to get a consultant to bite so they can tell you they don't have any definite positions right now, but if you'll give them a copy of your resume, they'll let you know if they find a match. The head-hunters are controlling the job market through their use of marketing strategies to companies, using fear to convince the companies that a consultant can hurt them and the head-hunter will protect them from any danger. It used to be that a head-hunter performed two services. 1) Many jobs are only listed through an agency. Even if you contact a company directly they will not admit they have any openings because they would rather have the head-hunter vetting the applicants. 2) Most companies want to pay net 30, 60, or 90. This means that if you work directly for them you will work for 60, 120, or 180 days before you see your first paycheck. Most consultants can't afford to work that long before getting paid. The head-hunter has a number of consultants working at several companies and already has income from these other companies so they can start paying you every week or every other week from the time you start working while they wait for the money to start arriving for your contract. However, it's gotten so that many recruiting firms will not pay the consultant until the company pays them. This means that the consultant is the one suffering from the length of time it takes to get paid and is also the one taking the risk of doing all the work assuming the company will pay for the work. Allewyn, I can understand your frustration over this and, unfortunately, I don't have any real suggestions to help you get through the head-hunter's screen to the real jobs. I have found that, because, I have experience with perl, I can look on the InterNET for companies that are listing jobs, rather than head-hunter listings and can circumvent the head-hunters in that way. It's harder to do with C, and C++. The other thing to keep in mind is that in a good economy, it takes about 250 resume submissions to land a job. In this economy, I have no idea how many it will take, but 5000 or more would not surprise me. It's a numbers game and you just have to be persistent. Good luck with your job search. Let us know if there's anything we can do to help you out. . -- not necessarily stoned... just beautiful. [url=http://www.hyperbole-software.com/] [img]http://www.hyperbole-software.com/ozone/hyperbole-88x33.gif[/img] [/url] Loading...
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