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On 11/12/11 06:44, Aaron Trevena wrote: > On 11 December 2011 02:47, Simon Waters <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Fantasy Shopper, came to my attention as they were complaining about >> local IT recruitment.... >> >> http://gigaom.com/2011/11/11/fantasy-shopper-scores-100000-amazon-prize/ > Let me guess (without reading the article).. they're finding they cant > get senior web devs with 5 or more years PHP in a remote mostly-rural > region with poor transport links and for a salary less than you'd get > serving coffee in starbucks in london? > > I've little sympathy - we've built headforwards from 3 developers in > April (0 in march) to 10 developers when our last new join (as in > we've filled all our vacancies, without dropping our requirements) in > january. Recruiting decent talent is tricky but if you offer enough > salary, and make a point of selling the location (in our case Pool in > Cornwall) then you can still do it. > > Cheers, > > A. > > This is the issue down here in Devon / Cornwall, I saw a job in a nursery (working with children) they expected both experience and a level 2 qualification and expected applicant to work towards level 3 but were offering the minimum wage up to a whole 20p above the minimum wage, with no mention of a salary increase once level 3 has been reached, unless they were oddly expecting someone with level 3 to work for 6.28 an hour. This makes me laugh further when you read of employers whinging they can't get staff. Or cant' get decent staff for min wage. I suppose I could have contacted them and said something like Once the applicant has reached level 3 I assume the salary will rise to at least £7 -8 per hour. LOL Paul -- -- http://www.zleap.net Join the revolution, switch to Ubuntu http://www.ubuntu.com -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq